Reading this thread was hilarious and made my night.
Its great to see people trying to give OP advice on poker and life. How OP handles all the help is just priceless.
The downsing of 3 BI, playing poker for three years making 400$ a year, wondering why friends might advice to look into other things, justifying being mad about losing 1k with a 5k BR whilst ignoring all advice on BRM, the HHs, the increased spending on the major heater, the shared spending account with his GF, just amazing.
When I read that OP found the 100$ chip and contemplated on what to do, I just couldn't contain myself anymore and burst in laughter. The confirmation of deciding to keep the chip is comedy gold.
At one point I was not sure if OP is a troll and it felt like reading a post from
www.dontevenreply.com , if anyone of you might know this gem from the past.
On a more serious note; I suggest OP not to put his eggs in the poker basket as it is not worth it for many reasons. Currently youre on a massive heater, a winrate way lower than you think, no openness to new ideas or admittance of your flaws and it will backfire in the long run.
The way I see it you could do the following:
1.Start accepting constructive criticism, work on all aspects of your game(not only at the table), join a training site or whatever and improve your poker ability and do it as a
part-time job.
2.Acknowledge you are unwilling to take poker seriously and therefore treat it like a hobby, while not letting it consume your precious time, energy and life as a whole.