I think I’ve decided to downgrade poker from a “hobby” to just a casual fun thing to do every once in a while but not get serious about.
For a while now I haven’t been playing hardly at all (maybe a couple times in the last several months), and the times when I have (last Saturday night being the most recent), it just seems like my head really isn’t into the game the way it should be. This is probably due to all the other stuff I have to devote a lot of concentration / mental energy on right now (primarily work stuff).
For a while, when I first got into it, I was playing a lot - online and in person - and reading all kinds of books etc., to the point where I think I was getting pretty decent at it, but lately that has not been the case, and it shows in the last couple games I’ve played, which have probably been some of my worst.
I still like it, and will still play when friends organize a game or whatever, but I think I’ve just decided that (at least for now) it’s not something I’m going to put a lot of time and energy into getting better at, because there isn’t a lot to spare, and what I do have I can think of many other things I’d rather spend it on.
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poker is for suckers
and idiot savants.
I did okay last time with the sharks. Need to bring my glasses next time - it might help to see the cards.
maybe you should start concentrating on improving your peanut skills.
Or you could go back to playing video games. That’s always fun…
Don’t listen to them. I’ve been in the same boat before but just for longer. I don’t take it too serious anymore either but I love playing, I figure the nights I lose a night of hanging with good people and it turns out to be cheaper then going all out together. More importantly it seems to always come back around, look at Dave Lehr he hadn’t won in so long but he did the other night. I hadn’t completely won a tournament ever until the time before last and before that I was down a ton of times.
Just remember it’s just a game and you have a job that prevents you from going pro.
Yeah, I still like it too; I’m mainly just realizing that I don’t have the time to keep up with it and really be as good as I know I could be.
I understand, I could be a great golfer but I don’t have the time or patience either but in the end it’s just a game and if you’re taking it too seriously it’s not a game anymore.
i’m the same way with [dirty joke].