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Yeah, I know all of these
Nick's videos are great!
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Yesterday night was listening to something and the good old 'Why?' came up.
I started thinking about why do I play poker and why do I want to do it professionally.
Also remembered bbisick's post where we talk about what's our vision.
The answer, to the 'why?' question, for me touches a lot of things.
I was discussing with some friends a few days ago if we would teach poker to our eventual kids. I would definitely do it.
In my opinion, poker can be a very cruel thing, let's say.
The fact that we are playing with our salary, without someone to tell us what, when and how to do anything is obviously a double-edged sword. There's this inherent freedom but at the same time, you still need to show up. And, if your competition shows up more than you, you're done, eventually (variance).
Variance is obviously another big thing. Winning without being a winner and losing whilst being a winner. The fact that our brains are not used to deal with percentages besides 100/0 or 50/50. 10% is still 10%. It will happen. That two outer is going to happen too. But, what about that 876sss flop when you have AhAd?
Nonetheless, I think poker is amazing.
Dealing with variance. Accountability to oneself, not only to play but also to study, to have decent meals throughout the day, and exercise, and sleep, and 1001 other things. Management of financials and risk. Mental health. Making hundreds of decisions per minute, with incomplete information, which will effectively affect how much you get paid.
Poker pushes us so hard into getting to know ourselves better and actually fulfilling our potential, it's amazing.