Haven't been playing much since the end of WSOP. I think I was a bit burnt out after playing for 2+ weeks for SCOOP, then only like a week off before 6 weeks of WSOP. I've only put in like 5 sessions online in the last 3 weeks and I've lost every time so far, which doesn't help me want to play more. It's weird though, I haven't been this unmotivated about poker since about 2004, and that was when I basically quit playing for 3 years (I didn't really 'quit' but I played very seldom for those 3 years). I was motivated earlier this year because I wanted to be the first to Supernova Elite and make it onto Team Online, which I ended up getting, and then after that I was motivated to try to be #1 on the SharkScope leaderboard because it would be fun to be #1, but for some reason I really don't care about that anymore.
I think the motivation will come back since WCOOP is in about a month and I really love those tournament series, but I think I'll take it easy until then. I guess I probably deserve a little break as much as anyone in poker.
I normally go months without watching TV but my wife and I have been watching way more than our fair share the last few weeks. We watched the first 2 seasons of Breaking Bad in a span of 2 days about a week ago, and now we're watching Mad Men and are almost through season 2 of that. Both are absolutely amazing shows and that means a lot coming from me since I think most TV shows are downright unwatchable. Also been watching Shark Week a little because, well, sharks are interesting.
And last but definitely not least, I'm gonna be a daddy in about 6 months. Wish me luck. :)
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5 years ago
wow, very nice. Good Luck G.
ReplyDeletewish to see you back on the grind soon!
ReplyDelete2004-2007 seems like the worst possible period in the history of the world *not* to play poker. :)
ReplyDeleteGRATS!!!!! Becoming a father is sooo awesome!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! You'll love being a dad. I'm guessing you'll get plenty of hand-me-downs from the family, but if you need anything, don't hesitate to let us know.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the congrats. :)
ReplyDeleteAs for not playing poker in 04-07, I was doing a lot of sports betting and made plenty $ doing that during that time period, so no regrets. It's a lot easier to know these things after the fact than it is to know them while they're happening. Sports betting on the internet was insanely soft for a lot of the same reasons at that time too.
Grats on the baby to come! It will change your game for sure at least until preschool years... I recently did a blog post on it. My kid starts school this year, so for the first time I'm looking forward to being able to play many WCOOP events next month. But at the same time you feel focus may be fading, nothing can re-inspire you more than your kid.
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't have been rank 1 on the leader board if it wasn't for the way sharkscope displays its stats. As you buy into a lot of tournaments with FPPs and win cash it goes down as a freeroll, and the sheer amount of FPPs you get add up hugely, as you can see below.
ReplyDeleteJorj95 Click for details Visit my Blog 884 $77 $0 0% $67,736 - N/A PokerStars Year2010 S<=0 SNG Only x
That's $67,000 profit this year from freerolling, where as an FTP player doesnt have this luxury, or a non hyper turbo player earning less FPPs. If you took that $67,000 off your total profit this year, you still have impressive results, but you will be like 12th overall?
Also because of this the correlation looks slightly straighter then is actually true, you actually go from $800,000 profit down to $600,000 profit if you do a search with stakes $1 - any, rather then $0 - any.
You are an awesome player and an inspiration to people like me who grind these types of games, just thought i would point this out to the people who think your super human or something.
Hope you get your motivation back! Good luck.
Yeah you're right obviously, the way sharkscope calcs it is screwed up. And also they miss lots of games, I think they've missed a few thousand games that I've played this year. I don't really play the fpp ones anymore and haven't for a few months because I want to save them up and use them to get a car probably.
ReplyDeleteCongrats !!!
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling good luck and god bless with the baby
ReplyDeleteHey good luck at the tables man, and congratulations on your first born!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on being a dad to be man...you mentioned it in passing at the end of the post, but it was by far the most significant thing.
ReplyDeletehah it wasn't meant to be mentioned in passing, it's just there wasn't much to write about it other than that it's happening and i didn't feel like making a 1 sentence blog post.
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