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Old 11-22-2007, 06:42 PM
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Default Re: My name is Indiana and I am a poker addict

A couple of good points
1) you are a winning player (i hope this is the truth!)
2) you realise that your life is either out of balance, or getting out of balance.

If you are mainly playing online, (or if you have good records live), find out how much poker is earning you per hour, and compare that to your income.

For example, i am up about 2.5k in poker tourneys, but they are all 5 and 15 dollar mtts. In an hourly rate, i have prolly earned 1 or 2 dollars per hour. Since i am a dentist, earning over 100k a year, even though i am profitable on the poker table, its really just a hobby.

This kinda puts things in perspective, doesnt it? I have a good tourney win rate over about 1k games, yet it doesnt really earn me any 'real' money

On the other hand, your profits may be substantial.

My suggestions.

Get and analyse your records
Sit down with the misses and discuss
Get some balance back in your life somehow. This may involve

i) setting a time limit for poker
ii) stepping up in limits for a while
iii) going part time in your job to allow for more poker time
iv) realising poker doesnt pay much compared to your job, and understanding that its just a hobby (like me)

Hope this helps
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