Operation: Learning to Think - Eliminate The TAG-FISH in Me

Originally Posted by Illfavor

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

I reallly need to get my priorities straight.

I've spent the last 2 days grinding turbo SNG's and not making any money whatsoever.

I need to find a way to get motivated to play cash again..

Play cash bc you are good at it (better than you think. Seriously remember most ppl are BE or worse and you really should feel special for being a winning player) and you can make Platinumz and NOVA sir. I mean if the SnG thing speaks to you obv. just get good at them; but like you said get your shit in order.

I think I lack appreciation for being a winning player (I say this with the intention of not trying to sound like I am full of myself and apologize if anyone takes it the wrong way). I take it for granted. Unfortunately because of who I am, nothing is ever good enough for me. No matter what I'm never satisfied and I get all worked up/anxious etc over nothing. In fact, you could say winning tilts me, if that makes sense, because I know that every time I make a mistake it sets back my win rate which I tend to worry about too much. I need to open my eyes to the big picture you mentioned - most players lose. Most regs suck, etc.

I enjoy digging deep into different variants of NLHE to see what's really out there. I want to master cash games, sit-n-go's, and MTT's. I'm not satisfied with being labeled as a 'cash grinder'. I want to experience it all, and I want to excel at them all. The trouble with this approach is it leaves me with alot on my plate so I'm learning a multitude of things at once. I'm currently reading 3 poker books aside from my web browsing and I've been running quizzes on SNG Whiz so I'm really all over the place. I love this game though so having all this going on is exciting, but I do need to be aware of when I get out of line and lose direction.

I need to simplify things, and get a schedule going or something. There's also something else I think I have discovered that sparks this motivation drainage when it comes to cash - I won't mention it here but you can talk in IRC if you want to know more.