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Originally Posted by satellite84
Treating your poker like a business is what will do that. Name a successful business that operates the way you do at poker...?
Where are your spreadsheets with sessions logged?
Expense reports?
Monthly targets?
What game do you play for a living anyway? 1/3? 2/5? Online?
And what are you studying that is specific to THAT game?
I've decided that I'm going to stop thinking this way. This is just results-oriented thinking and it's a really negative mindset to have.
1) F**k setting monetary goals
2) F**k being obsessed with a particular "hourly"
3) F**k focusing on one particular game and ignoring the big picture
Every day, I'm going to set a goal to make improvements to myself and my game. I'm going to grind a game which I can afford to grind, whether it be 50nl online or 1/3 NL live or whatever, and I'm going to play that game to the best of my ability and control my tilt to the best of my ability.
If I practice, study, grind, learn and improve, then that's my best shot at moving up to 200nl+ online and $5/$10+ live where all the big money is made.
Wasting time and wasting mental energy obsessing over stupid things like hourly win rates and budgets and risk of ruin just isn't healthy for me. I'll look back at these things maybe once a month, but I want to spend the majority of my time just playing and studying and improving.
So without further ado, I'm going to start my 50nl session now. I'll post interesting hands as they pop up.