Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 163
Hi all,
I am stuck in a cycle with poker and I am wondering if anyone lose has this same cycle or have any tips to get out of it... (sorry if this is a bit rambly)
So it starts with not playin poker for a few weeks, I may have been focusing on something at work, exam or just generally not in the mood to play.
I decide that I fancy playing some poker so make a deposit online or go to a live game. My mindset at this stage is purely trying to play my A game at stakes that are enjoyable and win what I can but in the main have fun.
Because if this relaxed mindset and playing very low and comfortable stakes I find myself making a profit. Very quickly this can grow and grow as I dominate the comfortable games.
Let’s say an example would be i deposit £100 and my bankroll grows to £300 in the first week.
I’m elated, my mind stays timising that profit up by 52 weeks! £10k tax free profit a year! Now that is a huge sum of money to me and I start imaging the new stuff I could buy!
As I get into the second and third week of play my mind has now moved from enjoin the game and playing my best when I am in the mood to grinding every hour possible in order to make that £200 a week and therefore £10k a year.
I leave work at 5pm on the dot to quite literally jog home to play. I’m tired, I play. I can’t be bothered, i play. My friends want to go to the pub, oh no I play poker instead. (Maybe not the last one but you get my point)
I became obsessive about winning more and more and there I nothing I want to do more than play. I look at people winning millions from the game and imagine myself in their shoes.
Eventually i even start dreaming of playing full time, work suck now and I start to watch the clock until 5pm when I can go and play.
Eventually I can’t win at the rate that I expected and I start to tilt, play stakes I shouldn’t and eventually lose a big amount.
At this point I am almost relieved, I take a break from poker and can go back to normality.
It may sound like I am a full on addict but it’s annoying because if I just aimed to play for the enjoyment I am sure I could grind out a decent amount each year but I get too greedy.
Anyone else be this problem?