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Originally Posted by craigthedeac
Also, this is such a great quote:
"No amount of money is worth how miserable poker is capable of making me feel at times. Plus, I feel as if it has alienated me from the majority of people my age, and frankly, I hate this. I want to have the same aspirations and concerns as most everyone my age; most people don’t think in 6 and 7 figures, and really, sums this large have been much more a negative, rather than positive influence on my life."
Absolutely. Coming from someone who has made a similar amount, I completely agree with you gordo that the negative aspects from poker can be rather overwhelming. I think most people get into poker as a fun hobby where hopefully they can win some money. Then in time if you are lucky and committed enough to reach high stakes it can get really stressful. Especially when you start running bad and as a result start playing bad….it’s the recipe for life tilt. It sucks when you don’t have that satisfaction of being at your peak bankroll. With that said it feels ridiculous to ever complain about this to anyone that hasn’t played enough poker because they will never truly understand.
Thank god, I haven’t played PLO (where I understand variance can be 2x as worse) but these kind of downswings can really test your love for this game. The fact that you are in a pretty nasty downswing at the moment is kind of is important. Since I think everyone at your point seriously thinks about quitting but never really follows through with it. Either way I wish you the best of luck. BTW, I am 3rd year undergrad at WSU btw, you going to grad school at UW?