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Standard feelings when you aren't winning. You never see people killin the games and going all Emo. Just get your head together and turn your game around.

07-08-2009 , 01:38 PM

#177

Redgrape

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Originally Posted by thaaj

this is sick to admit but i think i am probably no longer a profitable poker player.
This is mostly because no matter how much i try to enjoy playing...i simply loathe the game now. I used to love playing, learning, challenging myself but now its just like i go through the motions whenever i play..and when i try to get tricky i usually just get punished for it. It's so sick i remember when i got my first 10k br years ago i was on cloud 9 for a month thinking i finally attained financial independence/ security. At that point i wouldve not believed i ever wouldve made as much as i have from this game...but now i wish i never found poker. For a while now i have played purely because i am addicted to making money and feel less worthwhile when i am not in the pursuit of money. In general i used to feel like i was earning my money during the golden era but the new state of the games have dulled my sense of accomplishment. I have a great situation at home..but i am somewhat defined by poker and money here and bc i loathe the game so much that is really starting to bother me. When i get asked poker questions from acquaintances i usuallyjust change the subject and want to punch them in the face. Driving a 100k car is nice...but i truly dont feel much joy out of the things this game has allowed me to have...and its not a good feeling because i feel like an ungrateful POS for even complaining about not being content when i should. i'm basically wondering if any of you guys have ever felt anything similar and if so what did you do to change your mindset about all of this. Ok thats my kirby style cluster **** rant for the year...sorry/

I've recently been having a thought that you truly have to not care whether you win or lose or go broke.

07-08-2009 , 02:04 PM

#178

DOG IS HEAD

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thaaj

become a freegan. your life will be complete.

07-08-2009 , 02:07 PM

#179

Inyaface

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Originally Posted by Troy Gamble

I was playing in a tournament today at the venetian and overheard a gentlemen in conversation talking about playing the main event on Day1D. He proceeded to say he was in seat 6 and LarsLusak was in seat 5. then he proceeded to brag about how he could see LarsLusaks' hole cards (always 1, sometimes 2) the entire tournament.

he claimed it helped him one hand. he described that he held KK and saw that Lars also had a K. he said that this gave him confidence to put his stack in the middle vs. Lars. Lars flipped up AK and nailed an ace.

i guess that's karma for this dude being scummy and not telling Lars to cover his hand. someone should probably tell Lars to cover his hand better tho for the future.

Lol.
In Monte Carlo on day 3 I could see his cards as well and let him know. After I told him about it he limped the sb and I saw a six, we had a bout 15 bbs and I jamed any two. He tanked called with A6 and held.

The moral of the story is Lars will still own you even if you know one of his cards

But ya he should prob cover them up a bit better

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07-08-2009 , 02:15 PM

#180

MagicNinja

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Quote:

Originally Posted by M0n3y0nf$r3

Standard feelings when you aren't winning. You never see people killin the games and going all Emo. Just get your head together and turn your game around.

maybe this is a bad thing. it doesn't sound like thaaj is suddenly going to be super psyched to play poker if he was winning again. so does he just autopilot and grind away forever, happily docile since he is making money?

sounds like you should do some non-poker **** that you find challenging thaaj, then you will be more content to see poker as more like a job. and lol at saying you wish you had never found poker. you must have seriously never worked in any kind of real job for 40+ hours a week, or have a very poor memory.

i can think of very few jobs i would rather do after 6 hours sleep and a 30 minute commute that would be better than playing poker after 9 hours sleep while eating cereal. still, i am trying to find one of those jobs for the same reason you are having a mental breakdown; poker doesn't have that much longevity, and it's frustrating that it's hard (almost impossible) to improve from the skill plateau you've (i've) reached.

07-08-2009 , 02:20 PM

#181

NLSoldier

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Originally Posted by gman06

Xpost for Legislation which obv no1 ever reads:

Hoping to get some input on my next move. Have a check from Pokerstars for around 5K. The check itself says it's a bank draft from the Bank of Ireland. Yesterday I go into the WF in the Las Vegas airport to cash it out.

The manager gets on the phone w/ someone and then comes back and says that the check will need to be sent to collections which will a) cost me a good amount of fees (she didn't say/know exact amount) and b) could take up to 60 days. Of course the main dilemma is that once this check gets sent to collections they might do something drastic?

So she gives me the option to just take the check back which I snap accept and then she recommended that I cancel the check and just get the money wired to me if at all possible. It should go w/o saying that I told her the money was payment for some consulting work and I didn't mention poker at any point.

So what's my play? Take it to another WF in Scottsdale and see if they will cash it? Open up a new bank account? Email Stars and ask them what to do or tell them to cancel the check ($25 fee I think).

Appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.

Just keep taking it to other branches until you find a manager that doesn't suck. I used to run into this problem at the USBank closest to my house and they would always say they were gonna send my cake checks to collections and I'd blatently tell them that I was just gonna drive to the next closest location because they always took my checks there and they never did anything about it other than make me drive there.

I also use wells fargo though and have never had any problems there, the managers know that me and my roommate are poker players and probably know the nature of our checks as well.

07-08-2009 , 04:16 PM

#182

DLizzle

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Given the tone of the other 599 thaaj posts, does anyone find this one slightly laughable?

07-08-2009 , 05:21 PM

#183

raptor517

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why the fk are my ftp cards so ugly looking now? i cant figure out how to change it

07-08-2009 , 05:24 PM

#184

aejones

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the entire update has so far been bad on my comp, it looks weird when they ship the pot to me, teh cards look weird, and i have cut out likie 790 times-- idk if its the software or my internet or a combination of both.

07-08-2009 , 05:30 PM

#185

thaaj

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MagicNinja

hey,

i actually have a job lined up(assuming i pass my securities certification) in finance. My post really just relates to poker and the fact that i cant really get fullfillment or contentment from it. You are probably right..i probably have smoked enough weed since now and when i worked real jobs that i forget that they really werent fun. I simply want to be ab;le to enjoy playing more.

07-08-2009 , 05:51 PM

#186

raptor517

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thaaj

what do you think will be different about a finance job that will give you fulfillment and contentment? seems very similar

07-08-2009 , 06:17 PM

#187

DOG IS HEAD

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you want to know the truth about finance? finance will rot your soul from the inside and propel you into an endless spiral of meaninglessness and self-hate. if you really want to be happy you should get a job picking flowers for homeless single mothers.

07-08-2009 , 06:20 PM

#188

cashy

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hey guys were doing a 300-400$ buyin fantasy soccer premier league
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samoleus is organizing it so pm him if you are interested

07-08-2009 , 07:23 PM

#189

adam001

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http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/26...iverse-519990/

check this out thaaj

07-08-2009 , 07:28 PM

#190

aejones

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my friend has a job in finance, he says its just like poker but its less stimulating and less challenging.

07-08-2009 , 07:35 PM

#191

ike

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Originally Posted by aejones

my friend has a job in finance, he says its just like poker but its less stimulating and less challenging.

if having a job in finance will make you feel like you're "contributing to society" and you care, there's an outside chance that will be worth the pay hit, longer hours, and inanity of working in an office.

in before "warren buffet makes more money than every poker player combined." i don't think anyone is under any illusions about thaaj's likelihood of becoming warren buffet.

07-08-2009 , 07:37 PM

#192

aejones

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Originally Posted by ike

personally, i can't imagine it would do that, but yea, i would imagine that is what most people are 'going for' when they stop the poker thing and start the finance thing

07-08-2009 , 08:27 PM

#193

riverboatking

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i had to replace the hard drive on my laptop and i can't even get ****ing FTP to download a;lsdkfja;lsdfkjas;lfjlas;djfasjfdk

07-08-2009 , 08:40 PM

#194

oscillator

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thaaj

absolutely! i've played as my only source of income for the last three years which stemmed from me wanting to be home with my instruments more ( making and touring music is what i should be doing as a career ). basically the point was to buy time, but due to poor prioritizing along with a few scattered setbacks, ive managed to not only lose my complete musical repertoire, from a lack of consistent practice, but i no longer feel happy with myself as a developing individual. ive always been strongly opposed to complacency and the idea of settling.

naturally downswings tend to be a path towards enlightenments of this nature, and i've cut my ( time ) losses and decided to restart. sometimes this can be the hardest part - knowing that you've invested x amount of time in something, and feeling like you cant let it go until its paid off at the level you'd intended. i feel its a victory just getting past ego and moving on.

its not healthy alienating so many people in, and facets of your life. its not healthy feeling so much anxiety logging on to a session because you're finally a bi from even. this is often times such an extremely unhealthy profession if you simply no longer enjoy it.

personally, i've picked up 3 shifts a week at an overnight diner in chicago, for the social appeal, to be active and moving, and to take a bit of pressure off financially, and i am SO happy. i doubt i will ever NOT have a social job on the side if i'm playing poker, no matter how much money i make. peace of mind can not be over valued. gl!

tl;dr

07-08-2009 , 08:58 PM

#195

yellowsub

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Originally Posted by riverboatking

i can't even get ****ing FTP to download a;lsdkfja;lsdfkjas;lfjlas;djfasjfdk

+1, esp to the fja;lsdfkjas;lfjlas;djfasjfdk

07-08-2009 , 10:13 PM

#196

nycballer

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just busted from feature table. ***** joke had them drawing slim twice in huge pots of course they hit, people play so bad i play so good. at least i got some tv time and when i took 4k less because i refused to wear UB and instead went with stars the guy goes "ur the first person to take less money"