How High Can You Get?

Originally Posted by Keith_MM

pretty sure stars have made the bonuses instant bonus now so no clearance requirement.

Right, but if you have 185k FPP points, your value on those points changes drastically if you are Bronze versus SuperNova. I hope one month next year I might be able to get Platinum again and just take a hit for what I would get if I was SuperNova because unless Stars changes their structure AND I can shake the burnout, I don't see me getting that anytime soon.

Originally Posted by Sasquach991

I think the real Jason is dead. This is an imposter. The real Jason wouldn't be whining like this.

Maybe I'm not explaining it right, but I didn't stop playing because I wasn't winning or the games were getting tougher. I stopped playing because I was/am burnt out. It's hard for me to combat burnout based on my personality as I throw myself into everything I do and have a somewhat addictive personality and drive to succeed PLUS a wide variety of other interests and responsibilities outside of poker just like most other people. One of the SEVERAL factors I think contributed to the burnout was the seemingly never ending changes of poker and the frequency with which those changes occurred ... not even just on the poker table, but the legal aspects, the way online rooms are always changing their structures for VIP/rakeback, worrying about withdraws/deposits, and so on ...

So, if explaining some of the reasons that led to burnout is whining, then, yes, I'm whining, BUT when I wasn't burnt out and playing, I responded to all those changes and found ways to be successful every time and I'm sure I could do it again IF I could summon the muse to play again.

I stopped playing in 2006 for similar reasons when UIGEA came out, partly because I had been playing too much too long, but also because it gets tiresome and not fun having to deal with the UIGEA and stuff like that ... but I eventually got the itch to play again. Hopefully I'll get the itch again sooner rather than later this time. I start a long Xmas break Friday, so maybe I'll fire up some tables and just try to have fun again. If and when I can get the fun factor under control, I'll reevaluate where my skill level is compared to the field and try to rebuild.

I understand the burnout thing. I think I'm approaching it myself. I don't play nearly as much as I used to. It use to be 6 days a week for at least 1k hands a day. Now it's 4 days a week for sometimes a little as 500 hands a day. Don't know why I'm losing interest.