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Originally Posted by BlazinAces
No, I don't second guess myself.
I count cards and I have fun winning or losing@ video poker, it's still a game I usually beat. ..
Usually win.
I only get kicked out while drunk bc I can't pretend idiots are just people while drunk... ,
I have nerve damage & panic disorder I smoke bc of, no that wasn't a wink , my little sister has MS and mom has lupus.. Doing what I'm doing mostly to show my sisters they don't have to be another ****ing statistic.
You're in a forum with a vast majority of guys, so you will often be receiving "white knight" advice. That being said, here's mine....
You have said you are trying to "reach" something--a dream; a better life; become a defector from the 9-5; control your destiny; have the bankroll travel on a whim; be a gypsy with a purpose; or [filled in by Amanda]...
You (and ONLY you) control each and every choice you make and action you take (your comment about you "can't pretend idiots are just people while drunk"). But actually you can make a choice to not drink, to stop after a certain point, to not get kicked out, to not play video poker, etc.
In order to reach your dreams you will have to make choices. Your choices should reflect thoughtfulness. Granted, you do not control the outcome of your choices, but you do control the choices you make. Do you limp under the gun with 4-9 off suit because you're stuck and tilted after your set got cracked by a runner runner flush? You can, but does that choice get you where you want to be or have you likely put yourself in a -EV situation? Blowing $50 at video poker on the hope to hit a straight flush someday is entertaining, but does playing a -EV game get you where you want to be in life? Drinking and becoming obnoxious at a bar is a release and lets you forget about your current troubles, but does that choice get you where you want to be?
Dreams don't come easy--they're Hard. ******. Work. And they require making hard ****** choices to get there.
No one ever makes perfect choices each and every day, much like no one ever makes perfect choices at the poker table each and every session (plus both life and poker would be boring as hell if we never got off the straight path every now and then), but when the bad choices start to outnumber the good choices, your bankroll at the table bleeds dry and your dreams slip ever so farther away.
Make more +EV choices at the poker table and eventually, your bankroll will grow. Make more +EV choice in life and eventually you will succeed at what you are trying to accomplish.
I've blamed everyone (and every deity) at points in my life for failures I've endured from bad choices I've made. However, while I do not control the outcome, I control the choices that put me where I am at and where I will someday be.
[White night steps down from soap box]