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Originally Posted by KingIdo87
So you crushed poker playing full time for a few years then one day just stopped playing completely? don't you miss the challenge/competition/money etc? would love to hear the reasons behind your decision.
Roughly yes. I grinded hard for a number of years starting in 2003 from the very smallest stakes and onwards, till I was able to move my focus to bigger edges in higher variance spots. I had a few things break my way, and did really well when it mattered.
Then a bunch of external things changed, America getting kicked off online poker being a big one. I decided to take a break in 2011, emptied everything online, organised my offline finances and lived a more "normal" life for a while.
A year or two later I gave poker another run for about 6 months on Stars in midstakes PLO, overall it was profitable but without question my opponents were adjusting more swiftly and better than I was. I didn't enjoy winning, and losing frustrated me. Yet I had no motivation, and no desire to improve.
That was pretty much the end of it, I knew wasn't going to put in the work anymore, and thus I was never going to be ahead of the curve again. So, I packed up, and moved on.