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Originally Posted by Micturition Man
Meh. If OP were asking for pity you might have a point, but he's not. He's asking for advice.
tbh... I didn't read the op at all... I just kinda assumed where it was going... I'm still not going to read it though. Like what's already been said, you're always going to have a new set of problems no matter where you are in life. For me, I prefer the problems that I have now compared to when I was going broke every other month 6 years ago.
The problem w/ a lot of poker players especially is that they're never able to get enough satisfaction to fulfill them. My brother hated poker for the last few months. On Sunday, he ran KT through AA w/ 11ish left in the UB 200k. With 3 players left, he had 600 vs. 1.3 and 1.3 million. One of the players busted the other w/ quads vs. top full house on QQ778. He ended up getting 2nd. Yet, when him and I talked the next day, he kinda rolled over the already mentioned quickly to talk about how he got owned headsup even though he went in as a 4 to 1 chip dog.
I pretty much hung up on him. It's amazing to me how he still had something to complain about after so many things going right to get 2nd and 26k. In poker, you have to be happy w/ what you have/recieve otherwise you're going to be the next 20-something to retire even though you've done more or better than over 99.5% of those than consider themselves a poker players.
I'm going to outlast most that I know and most of those on 2+2 not because I'm a better player, but because I'm more realistic than and willing to accept what just simply is.
Cliffs: We're always going to have a new set of problems no matter where we are in life. The op is most likely in a better place now than where he was prior to his success in poker. Suck it up and stop having expectations w/out a ceiling.