I'm picturing lottsa Cosmo Kramer's there, who just sorta "work" as much as they can under the radar and getting by on their great personality, before someone who knows what they are actually talking about eventually calls them out on the fact they don't have the slightest clue what they are doing.

Amirite?

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The epeening (or irlpeening if JM3 is reading) in my field is epic. Mainly among the newer entrants though. But it's also amazing how little you need to know (in terms of the book-y school-y stuff) to get by and do pretty well.

This week has been ******ed. I've been doing 9 - 12 hour days at job #1, then doing another 3-5 hours of #3 at home every day. Had no time for poker or studying poker. Will get lots in this weekend. Also going to reward myself with a shopping trip on sunday...

It's been so tiring but somehow i dont mind it.. in fact i kinda like being busy. Doing things that i find interesting/build my career makes me feel productive...

Making more money so you can travel more right?

Err ya... if there's anything left after covering my sushi and shoes expenses..

Gotta have the two s's!

About $300 away from getting out of my 4 month 5-figure downswing.

This is not how an optimist sounds...

Optimist would say "Last few months been on a 5 figure upswing!!

Amirite ??

which

PS. congrats on digging out and keeping your wits about while in the hole, nice work !!

Entertaining read. It's very interesting to see someone rise through the limits so quickly. I'm sure we all hope that your career doesn't monopolize your poker time going forward!

Major announcement

I am officially out of my 4 months downswing and back to profiting (for now).

I've been in a downswing from Sept 14 - Dec 14 for 5 figures running worse than I ever imagined it could be possible. At several points during that time I was seriously prepared to quit because i thought the money im trying to make was just not worth spending all that time feeling like crap. I just could not beat the game no matter what. Every time i convinced myself to get back into it I would just magically find a new way to run bad.

Here's a lolpaint giraffe for visualization of my swings over the past 8 months since I started my pgc (only approx. to scale)



I shot straight up for 2 months then straight down for the next 4. And those are the flames of (poker) hell at the bottom cuz that's where i felt like I was in hah.

Anyways, things literally turned around since the beginning of this year and I came out of the 4 months of downswing plus some profit in just 1.5 months. It's pretty unreal because i had gotten used to losing. I didn't start to run really hot or anything, just managed to string together a few wins and didn't get coolered too much - it was nice.

I am so glad to have my friends and coaches who had been putting up with me when i was a wreck (wrt poker) and felt like i had hit rock bottom mentally. I must have betched so much over the 4+ months and they are still around, so you are awesome . I met up with my coach the night i dug out and made profit and we did shots of top shelf cognac to celebrate.

Of course, this isn't a lock or anything and I could go back to losing tomorrow. However, it was a mental victory. It reassured me that persistence is key and variance can be overcome. (that's easy to say but it was also easy to stop believing in that when it came to poker so I really needed that reminder). There is a ton of money left to be made in live poker and i'm not even close to being done.

good job snowball, good to hear you didnt quit

Good job Snowball.

Nice work SB2!!!!

Love the flames on the giraffe - for a second it also looks like you're flipping the double bird to the downswong

Entire graph should have flames for all the money you light on fire imo

grats sb

Good job on climbing back out of your downswing. Playing well through downswings is a true test of character. Lots of so-called "hotshot poker pros" can't handle downswings well, so you should give yourself a pat on the back if you have managed to play well and maintain good mental discipline despite the frustrations of your downswing.

Congrats snowball!

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Congrats Sb

I guess when you have 2 phones stolen, you can't afford one of dem fancy poker tracker apps

I would prefer rage guy where the graph bottoms out instead. Someone with any sort of image making skills get it done damnit!

Congrats Snowball.

Zomg a shoutout. Nice word.

& grats.

SUbbed.

Nice work!

Persistance in what you believe, who you are, and your mental discipline were all exercised during this period. You'll be better prepared for next time, hopefully not as long nor as painful as this run.

Proceed cautiously, but with great optimism on your achievement.

The reason you don't see a whole lot of winning players stick around for years is because they hit a patch like that and it breaks them. Congrats for breaking through it.