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AFchung
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11-29-2008, 02:06 PM
Post subject: Motivation to keep playing?
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Full House
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UCLA
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So after a great run of over 30k hands and beating 2nl/5nl at 10ptbb each, I've finally hit a really hard downswing of 12 buyins (and probably more to come). Session after session i end in -ptbb/100 and I look at the hands where I get stacked and they are just complete coolers. And yes, I've checked with my 100nl regular friends and they verified that it's not bad play, but I just got the bad end of a cooler
Regardless, the variance has made me really lose an interest in the game. I've taken more than a week and a half off from the game and have just read forums and watched a few videos. I feel that I'm incorporating most of the advice but I keep ending up losing after every session.
Is there anything else I can do to re-spark my interest in poker? I don't need another pep-talk on riding out the variance, since I've had more than enough of those.
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The best way is to try SNGs or limit. They're both games with the same cards dealt, same board. But the hand strengths and ranges are all way different.
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jyms
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Tilting Mod
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Go try bowling or something. Poker is not for you if you quit and lose interest this easily.
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killerkebab
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Straight
Join Date: Jul 2008
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If you're asking us for motivation you'll never get it. The variance is tilting you, pep talks notwithstanding  Read spoon's thread on willpower and I believe there was a thread by someone else on psychology and dealing with tilt (aokrongly?).
The only advice I can give you is take some more time out. It can even take a month. Don't play poker in your spare time in the evenings for a while, instead go out with your friends, play some video games, even do things that you've been meaning to do for a while but haven't gotten round to it. Force yourself to do it, it will cheer you up and hopefully improve your frame of mind 
If you have to artificially 're-spark' your interest in poker then you're only propping yourself up to fall harder later.
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kb coolman
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Flush
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Meh...we've all been there, but don't waste your time doing something you don't enjoy.
I used to play golf. I loved sinking a long putt or a great tee shot. But not nearly enough to make up for all the slices, hooks, shanks, pulls, pushes, ricochets and fish missles. Now, I still play golf every now and then, but I take it for what it is: A waste of $100 but a really good excuse to drink beer with my buddies. I never did care enough for the game to spend time at the range or put any real investment into becoming a better player. So I don't play anymore, and my life is better for it.
With poker, I enjoy playing enough to put effort into learning the game. If I ever get to a point where I don't enjoy playing, I'll stop. Then when I occasionaly play, it will be as it is for golf. A waste of $100 and a good excuse to drink beer with my buddies.
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Robb
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11-29-2008, 07:12 PM
Post subject: Re: Motivation to keep playing?
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Originally Posted by AFchung
Is there anything else I can do to re-spark my interest in poker? I don't need another pep-talk on riding out the variance, since I've had more than enough of those.
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Try grinding a few days at limits you pwn'd in the past? If you win, you get your confidence back. If you lose, it's not destroying your bankroll.
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AFchung
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11-29-2008, 07:18 PM
Post subject: Re: Motivation to keep playing?
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Full House
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Originally Posted by Robb
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Originally Posted by AFchung
Is there anything else I can do to re-spark my interest in poker? I don't need another pep-talk on riding out the variance, since I've had more than enough of those.
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Try grinding a few days at limits you pwn'd in the past? If you win, you get your confidence back. If you lose, it's not destroying your bankroll. |
this sounds like a great idea  i'll hit up 2NL fr and hopefully i can run good again. or at least average
thanks robb
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Poker is not for you if you quit and lose interest this easily.
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I do enjoy the game. Just get discouraged easily 
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daven
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11-29-2008, 07:38 PM
Post subject: Re: Motivation to keep playing?
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Straight Flush
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Originally Posted by AFchung
Is there anything else I can do to re-spark my interest in poker?
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this:
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Originally Posted by Robb
Try grinding a few days at limits you pwn'd in the past
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ask yourself what your goals are in poker.
Write them down.
Think about it.
Study a little.
Read a few of the successful op threads about turning not much money into real $$ - e.g. mine from the first, stax, etc - or read those about making a lot of money (search forum for coco_bill !!!)
if you're still not motivated to play, then does it really matter? life is about more than doing things you don't enjoy...
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