I don't think you're really serious about jacking it in - you actually enjoy the game. I sometimes think of your levels of analysis, keeping charts and tables and the like, are really just a means of keeping score. And there's nothing wrong in that except it can have a corrosive effect on your grip on financial reality.
I guess there will come a point in time when you do cut back on your poker playing but external things will lead to that. Just as your poker drives out the TV watching, so something else will curtail the poker. It isn't practical to say, "I will cut down the poker and fill my increased leisure time with an unspecified leisure activity". That's not how it works.
From what I glean from your tables and variances and all that crap, you don't consistently make money at a faster rate out of being more or less committed to playing poker. Playing tired and playing when you psycologically shouldn't, seem to have an effect but sheer volume doesn't enter into it.
I think you'd be happier playing less and studying more because I think you are not playing to make money, you're trying to understand and conquer the systems. You want to play well and win, not play lucky and win. So study and practise in lieu of playing is fine - just get out and smell the roses a bit from time to time.
It actually points up why I will never have any interest in playing poker online or otherwise and it goes to a different approach to games. I don't actually care much about winning and losing games so long as the experience is enjoyable and I'd rather be lucky than good. Of course I know myself to have an addictive personality so I think I'm wise to find excuses not to stick even a toe in the water. I'm guessing that playing online poker in search of being lucky is not a healthy pursuit.
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Sticking with it
Date: 2006-05-24 03:37 pm (UTC)I guess there will come a point in time when you do cut back on your poker playing but external things will lead to that. Just as your poker drives out the TV watching, so something else will curtail the poker. It isn't practical to say, "I will cut down the poker and fill my increased leisure time with an unspecified leisure activity". That's not how it works.
From what I glean from your tables and variances and all that crap, you don't consistently make money at a faster rate out of being more or less committed to playing poker. Playing tired and playing when you psycologically shouldn't, seem to have an effect but sheer volume doesn't enter into it.
I think you'd be happier playing less and studying more because I think you are not playing to make money, you're trying to understand and conquer the systems. You want to play well and win, not play lucky and win. So study and practise in lieu of playing is fine - just get out and smell the roses a bit from time to time.
It actually points up why I will never have any interest in playing poker online or otherwise and it goes to a different approach to games. I don't actually care much about winning and losing games so long as the experience is enjoyable and I'd rather be lucky than good. Of course I know myself to have an addictive personality so I think I'm wise to find excuses not to stick even a toe in the water. I'm guessing that playing online poker in search of being lucky is not a healthy pursuit.