decreased interest in poker

[jrp_909]

This is how I feel after a week or two of losing say 80% of the coinflip situations to the "morons" online. I'm just guessing that maybe your in a bad losing streak, like we all have, some worse some not as bad. My suggestion would be take a week or two off, go to a few parties. After that start playing and I think you'll find poker to be more skill than luck.

As for tournies on TV, they do have a lot of luck involved. Calling the luckiest player at the tourny that day/week seems real stupid to me too! A player with good consistant preformance is what is impressive.

Good luck(ironic i say that), hope you find poker to be fun again.

[surfinillini]

i was pro for 8 months (played from 5-7 days/week), got burned out, been playing again every now and then for fun but I know I will never ever want to play that much again and definitely not to support myself. I was a consistent winner and made several thousands a month (never in the 10s of thousands though) but it was just so stressful and emotionally draining it made me hate poker/gambling.

currently I have a desire to play once or twice a month, I assume in 6-12 months that I will have no desire to play which is not only expected but intended.

recently I used 2/3 of my BR to pay off my new car (yea) and taxes which was a total a$$[censored] so i'm pretty not happy right now

[sweeng8]

just curious surfinillini, but when you were pro, what games were you playing and how long for at a time. Just curious...

[SirArthur]

I've been making my living from online poker since mid 04.
I keep detailed records of winnings etc.

In 2004 I won 83% of the days I played, & average winnings were greater than average loses.

In 2005 I won 84% of my days played. Average winnings again > than average loses.

I had very similar results in 06 although I never counted the winning days etc. I should as I'm sure it would be near 85%.
Average winnings again were > than average loses.

FWIW-I'm a small to mid stakes NL grinder, & I play a nitty low variance style.

As far as your Jamie Gold example goes, luck plays a far greater part in a tournament. You need plenty of luck to win or place high in a tournament with such a great field.

Tournaments versus cash games are apples & oranges, two different beasts entirely. Far greater variance in tourneys, & luck plays a bigger part.

With that said, I'm tired of poker, and don't enjoy it. I haven't for quite some time.
It's simply a job to me, & I approach it as such.

I'm looking to transition to something else. I'm looking to buy a business, or a franchise, & go from there.

And no I'm not running bad, as the last three months have been my top three months in three years.

To combat burn out, I take frequent breaks, every few months I take a few weeks off to come back a bit refreshed.

[dkoleary]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm a small to mid stakes NL grinder, & I play a nitty low variance style.


[/ QUOTE ]

Sorry for minorly hijacking the thread, but what is ur vpip/pfr/ta ??

also, what do you do on your "breaks"?