Ok…where was I?
The reason for the delay in posts was due to me having no telephone, and also no Internet, since Friday afternoon. I felt like a limb had been amputated, how sad am I? BT tell us they can’t fix it until Monday which I think sucks the big one. I spend the weekend cursing their incompetence until the engineer finally turns up today and blames it on a tree that has also somehow knocked out the lines for 5 other houses. Bloody tree, show me where it is and I’ll have a word with the owner.
Oh…that tree!
Opps…….that tree’s mine (sorry).
…………
So……..
I was rambling about why do I play poker and what do I want from poker. I’ve come to the conclusion that the kind of concentration needed for ring games is similar to that needed for my work. I may not work with numbers but when juggling several jobs at once it feels like I’m using the same part of my brain as when 2 tabling and concentrating on others actions. So perhaps I’m just burned out. The wife kind of suggested that I should leave the computer off for a week, the apparent look of horror on my face may be the reason I’ll never make it as a live player, my face always lets me down and shows the truth!!
I’ve also started to enjoy the social aspect more, be it on MSN while playing a tourney or live. As long as the chat is good I haven’t cared about the result. (haha…cue all the invites to some live games now you can smell the easy money)
I also questioned why do I feel the need to step up limits? At first, once I had the bankroll, I thought I’d be avoiding some of the bad play you see at the micro limits. I was wrong, and from what others have said it’s just as bad at 5/10! I think for now, if I do play ring, I will stick with 2/4 and 3/6, I know that if I step down I’ll take it even less seriously than I currently do. But maybe I should step right down to the 0.10/0.20 limits and play nearly every hand and genuinely play for fun? But for now I’ll stick with tourneys, sometimes they are boring but they take up less headspace (and I don’t have that much spare).
Its been a bit rambling again, sorry but that’s my head at the moment.
See you at the tables!
(Where is the next live game anyway? ;-) )
The reason for the delay in posts was due to me having no telephone, and also no Internet, since Friday afternoon. I felt like a limb had been amputated, how sad am I? BT tell us they can’t fix it until Monday which I think sucks the big one. I spend the weekend cursing their incompetence until the engineer finally turns up today and blames it on a tree that has also somehow knocked out the lines for 5 other houses. Bloody tree, show me where it is and I’ll have a word with the owner.
Oh…that tree!
Opps…….that tree’s mine (sorry).
…………
So……..
I was rambling about why do I play poker and what do I want from poker. I’ve come to the conclusion that the kind of concentration needed for ring games is similar to that needed for my work. I may not work with numbers but when juggling several jobs at once it feels like I’m using the same part of my brain as when 2 tabling and concentrating on others actions. So perhaps I’m just burned out. The wife kind of suggested that I should leave the computer off for a week, the apparent look of horror on my face may be the reason I’ll never make it as a live player, my face always lets me down and shows the truth!!
I’ve also started to enjoy the social aspect more, be it on MSN while playing a tourney or live. As long as the chat is good I haven’t cared about the result. (haha…cue all the invites to some live games now you can smell the easy money)
I also questioned why do I feel the need to step up limits? At first, once I had the bankroll, I thought I’d be avoiding some of the bad play you see at the micro limits. I was wrong, and from what others have said it’s just as bad at 5/10! I think for now, if I do play ring, I will stick with 2/4 and 3/6, I know that if I step down I’ll take it even less seriously than I currently do. But maybe I should step right down to the 0.10/0.20 limits and play nearly every hand and genuinely play for fun? But for now I’ll stick with tourneys, sometimes they are boring but they take up less headspace (and I don’t have that much spare).
Its been a bit rambling again, sorry but that’s my head at the moment.
See you at the tables!
(Where is the next live game anyway? ;-) )
posted by Aledan at 5:42 PM
3 Comments:
How about NL (or PL) ring? It has its own thrills and spills, and I'm sure it's more "fun" (whatever that may mean) than limit, plus you're already good enough at it to probably make just as much at £25 or £50 as you do at limit these days...
Ah go on, you know you want to.
Mark
Well, mate, it sounds as if you are burned out a wee bit on limit ring games for the moment. When it's not fun, play something else (MTTs, SNGs, etc.) until you get the itch to play limit again. Nothing wrong with that all.
There IS a reason they call limit ring games a grind, you know. ;-)
Thanks guys, you are probably both right (not sure about PL though).
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