I'm going to need a mulligan for this month

nath · 01-28-2009, 12:07 AM

The mere fact that you are reading this post 19 days after my last one should tell you all you need to know about my failure to meet my goals as a poker player this month. I don't play enough and I stink when I do play. I've paradoxically managed
to take myself too seriously while not taking poker seriously enough. By that I mean, I managed to not put the proper effort or study into my game while at the same time being so arrogant and egotistical as to blow up whenever I lost or took a
beat. ...

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nath · 01-28-2009, 02:58 AM

I just spent the last three hours reminding myself why I can't stand tournaments: I got just enough luck to bubble or min-cash everything I played. Grinding out hours doesn't mean **** if you don't make money in those hours.

burningyen · 01-28-2009, 08:51 AM

Very smart to rethink your game selection. No shame in just grinding small-stakes full-ring at a small site for awhile. Don’t let your ego trap you into feeling like you have to play HUNL and multi-table and earn $x/hr at mid-stakes and play the big MTTs like all the cool kids. All of the games have gotten harder, and it takes more work to maintain a healthy edge-to-variance ratio these days. I’m glad you’re planning to make some changes.

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nath Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 56	I'm going to need a mulligan for this month The mere fact that you are reading this post 19 days after my last one should tell you all you need to know about my failure to meet my goals as a poker player this month. I don't play enough and I stink when I do play. I've paradoxically managed to take myself too seriously while not taking poker seriously enough. By that I mean, I managed to not put the proper effort or study into my game while at the same time being so arrogant and egotistical as to blow up whenever I lost or took a beat. ... Read Full Post

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01-28-2009, 02:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
nath Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 56	I just spent the last three hours reminding myself why I can't stand tournaments: I got just enough luck to bubble or min-cash everything I played. Grinding out hours doesn't mean **** if you don't make money in those hours.

01-28-2009, 08:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
burningyen Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7	Very smart to rethink your game selection. No shame in just grinding small-stakes full-ring at a small site for awhile. Don’t let your ego trap you into feeling like you have to play HUNL and multi-table and earn $x/hr at mid-stakes and play the big MTTs like all the cool kids. All of the games have gotten harder, and it takes more work to maintain a healthy edge-to-variance ratio these days. I’m glad you’re planning to make some changes.