I recently celebrated my 20th birthday. That marked the end of the 4th summer I made my income by playing cards. I have been in the game for over 3 1/2 years, and I am still a year away from being able to legally swig booze.
But if there is anything I have learned from cards, is that poker is a royal mind fuck flushing time down the toilet. Days where you lose hundreds of dollars with the intention of just flipping on the switch again tomorrow is like patiently stabbing yourself in the eyes with shards of glass that broke from the window that got a rock thrown through it.
Lessons like learning where you can play Q9s in position, that transform into whether playing 7QT9 single suited out of the blinds are not relevant to winning on a consistent basis as much as figuring out how to deal with swings, and not letting the game consume too much of your supposedly socially intelligent life.
That is what real winners can do. Yea, being a degenerate can have its own sex appeal, but what is the use of that when you spend 14 hours a day in front of your computer trying to figure out how the 12th version of Kaiser Soze(KeyserSoze, KyzerSauze...etc, its all really ridiculous) has beat you with TT37 single suited after limping UTG and check calling every single street.
It's tiring to lose, so when you are losing about 45% of 'sessions'(i have it in quotes because it looks more pro. wait no, its cause pokertracker tracks 'sessions' based on single tables, while i am playing multiple tables) life doesn't look as fun as it did 1200 dollars ago.
So yea, these things all suck. But what do you do to work against things like these?
What I try to do(i.e. what you should not do):
- Hold your breath until the tide turns into your favor
- Become a Zen Master who always 'wins'
- spend 14 hours a day in front of my computer trying to figure out how the 12th version of Kaiser Soze(KeyserSoze, KyzerSauze...etc, its all really ridiculous) has beat me with TT37 single suited after limping UTG and check calling every single street.
- Take lots of time off
-Bitch about why you have to take time off for 'mental difficulties'
I mean really, it feels like whenever I quit for a week, month, or a couple days, I am going on the DL for cards, only it is like when you are trying to figure out what 3rd RB to start in a fantasy league when you have 4 guys who are 'out indefinetely'
But anyways, this is about where I'm at.
GG for now, Alex
