It ain't all fun and games, kid
----------"Stones"? You little punk.
I'm not playing for the thrill of fucking victory here. I owe rent, alimony, child support. I play for money. My kids eat. I got stones enough not to chase cards, action...or fucking pipe dreams of winning the World Series on ESPN.
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Ok so the truth is I do have pipe dreams of winning the World Series on ESPN, but the point still remains, the bulk of the reason I play is for money. (Astute readers will notice that the movie scene to the left isn't the same one this quote comes from, but it was the best I could do)
As Worm would say, "I've had a few reversals" this month. Last month was the life of luxury, playing infrequently and banging down the bucks. This month has had a quite a different turn. I hit the worst downswing ever (doesn't it seem like each subsequent downswing is the worst ever?) right after coming off my biggest winning month. From talking to others, I've noticed this happens a lot -- Huge monetary accomplishments followed by a sharp downward turn. I'm not sure if it's a feeling of invincibilty or just the cards "evening out" (or some combo, undoubtedly) but it seems to be a common theme.
So as it was, my deepest deficit for the month was -$15k, and that was sometime on Monday. Since Monday I've played over 20,000 hands and cut the deficit to -$3.5k. Certainly this isn't turning into a good month so far but I've got plenty of time to make it up. You might notice that 20,000 hands in just 3 days is ridiculous. It is...I'm at 26,000 hands total for the month at the conclusion of the first week of Feb, I've played more than two thirds of the total number of hands I last month.
There are some positives in this mess though. The good news is that I've proven to myself that I can truly grind out the hands if I need to. I've got the work ethic to do it. I played 6-8 tables for literally 14 hours one day with just minimal breaks. It can be done. With continued determination and hopefully a mere average run of cards, I should be able to get this ship back on course.
So I just thought I'd throw an update to let everyone know that the life of a "poker pro" isn't all fun and games. It's a lot of sitting in front of the computer (of course so was my last job as a programmer) but the amount of focus and concentration required for playing so many tables for so many hours dwarfs any effort I ever put into writing Java code.
Run well,
Aaron
posted by WiltOnTilt at 12:24 PM
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