Operation: $$ accumulation

Good luck daven.

Why do you think you're getting annoyed at the beats? Is it because the money means a lot to you in a "wow that pot was worth like 5 meals out" or is it just because you feel you've been running bad for a long time?

Originally Posted by Pascal

Good luck daven.

Why do you think you're getting annoyed at the beats? Is it because the money means a lot to you in a "wow that pot was worth like 5 meals out" or is it just because you feel you've been running bad for a long time?

This has always been what has got me.

daven, you have a great life from poker and you need to keep sticking to your guns. I think there are some great posts in this thread to help bring you back into the moment. I'm not sure if I am making sense, but in this day and age of poker being what it is, your still one of the ones taking money out of the system to have a pretty good living while not playing at some tough swongy high stakes. That's pretty special and I envy you.

10nl from a starting roll of $200 is the plan, see if i can grind a roll again! it feels good to have made that decision.

Originally Posted by Pascal

Good luck daven.

Why do you think you're getting annoyed at the beats? Is it because the money means a lot to you in a "wow that pot was worth like 5 meals out" or is it just because you feel you've been running bad for a long time?

cheers for the good luck wishes. It's a combination of what feels like extended runbad along with I think i'm more annoyed than normal because it's the first time since i started playing for a living that i haven't been both playing off a ridiculously fat roll and with a bunch of money in the bank. Guess that's what buying a house does. I also made a couple of decisions that in hindsight weren't financially optimal (warmth optimal though!). I got ceiling and underfloor insulation installed + fixed up a couple of other things BEFORE grinding the money out. So I've been watching my life bank accounts slowly drain along with my poker account balances as I've been making withdrawals exceeding profits. I've got an emergency bank account with a bunch of months worth of mortgage/life money in it, and for the first time i've had to start looking at it with an eye to touching those $$. That's something I really hope not to have to do, this isn't/shouldn't be an emergency. Yeah, so i've been trying to force things, playing off a roll that's probably too thin, that sort of thing.

The decision to start over has been refreshing, and i'm feeling good about poker all over again. I should have done that a couple of weeks ago, better late than never

Originally Posted by jyms

daven, you have a great life from poker and you need to keep sticking to your guns. I think there are some great posts in this thread to help bring you back into the moment. I'm not sure if I am making sense, but in this day and age of poker being what it is, your still one of the ones taking money out of the system to have a pretty good living while not playing at some tough swongy high stakes. That's pretty special and I envy you.

cheers for the post, makes a lot of sense. Life is cool, and that is unlikely to change regardless of whether i continue on the poker track - thanks for the reminder. And also thanks for pointing out that living off poker without too much stress is a pretty lucky place to find myself still hanging out.

Originally Posted by daven

10nl from a starting roll of $200 is the plan, see if i can grind a roll again! it feels good to have made that decision.

i'll post updates at 10k hand intervals for a while
looks like i'm playing too loose, but hopefully that's influenced at least a little by starting tables. Just checked, average number of players dealt in is 7.5. 12-20tabling. Hmm. Calling less is good, the regrind is fun - it's good to be enjoying poker! that winrate should be higher, but the right direction is ok for the first 10k.


and spring is happening in my garden. Some flowers, the white ones are eventually going to be edible (plums).

Originally Posted by jyms

...I envy you.

me too

Good Luck, daven.

(Plizz try not to obliterate me as you go whooshing past, though)