poker has been pretty sour lately, lost about 10 bi in 2 days and havent played since. you'd think i'd be used to the swings by now but it's still frustrating. not winning any flips and playing like total shit is a nice recipe for losing money. doh. i plan on coming back in april and cutting down to 4 tables and seeing how that goes. i had the mentality of 'omg i need to play 8 tables so i can get my $ back and THEN i'll do 4 tables to cut it down'...idiotic. i just sometimes lose perspective on the fact that poker is about the long run and these little downswings (however significant/insignificant they may be) don't matter that much. it all evens out in the end (hopefully).
i have a few pics up from spring break.
south padre was a fun time. the beach was nice, weather was pretty solid (for the most part). the drive down there and back was pretty bad overall and i got a ticket (still have to call in for that bullshit). enjoying the last trip that all of my friends and i have before everyone enters the real world was fun.
i recently went to a 1999 themed party and dressed as a chigga. we ran streets in beer pong and i probably pissed off about 30 people.
as i've said in the past, i am always seeking a balanced lifestyle. alec torelli made a pretty cool post on his blog HERE where he is fighting the same problem(s). while i make nowhere near trahoe i think all of us as poker players can understand the constant battle of floating in and out of reality. on one hand we are making great money, well above the average for our age. making 6 figures in this game in a year is only predicated off work ethic (typically) and how many hours you put in. if many of us had to do 8 hours a day on poker, 40 hours a week, we'd probably all be millionaires (ok not true but you understand where i'm getting at). as poker players, we grow accustomed to our lazy ways, disregarding price tags and living a life that frankly not many live.
we lose touch with reality. we think about how much we can make, what we can do to increase our winrates or find passive income such as rakeback deals/staking/etc. like any hobby or profession that takes over one's life, poker can be such a habit. i think being balanced is something all of us strive to do. i know that i have a few hobbies that i'm either partaking in now (rock climbing, scuba diving) or want to try in the future (learn to cook, do more outdoors stuff like hike/etc).
anyways, time to sign up for classes now. i think i'm taking some history, spanish (fuck), an education class and an elective. seems simple enough i think. bah.
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