Official October Thread: General Discussion

[bigbabyjesus]

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Its not like I love poker, but what else am I going to do that gives me this much freedom and lets me make this much money with no education?

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I understand that POV. I feel like I should appreciate this more.

At the same time, having all this money hasn't made my life quality any higher. All this freedom, and 90% of what I do involves me sitting in front of my computer.

[Oki-Oki]

Can someone tell me how to turn off Preflop Agg Factor is PT?

Tnx

[Oki-Oki]

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Am I the only one who plays poker for a living who doesn't enjoy the game and finds it a complete grind?

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Guess I am in the minority but I still wake up every-morning and love playing. Been playing pretty much full time for 2 years.

[snowbank]

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Its not like I love poker, but what else am I going to do that gives me this much freedom and lets me make this much money with no education?

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I understand that POV. I feel like I should appreciate this more.

At the same time, having all this money hasn't made my life quality any higher. All this freedom, and 90% of what I do involves me sitting in front of my computer.

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maybe you should travel and just play poker from a laptop when you feel like it

[ImsaKidd]

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Am I the only one who plays poker for a living who doesn't enjoy the game and finds it a complete grind?

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Its weird, I feel like it is a grind but I have a constant urge to log hands. I think I have kind of gotten used to grinding, as it feels like im burning money if I dont.

[Ship Ship McGipp]

Full Tilt Poker Game #3727737273: Table Tarata (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:23:07 ET - 2007/10/01
Seat 1: aejones ($1,037.75)
Seat 2: VamosRafael ($3,760.75)
aejones posts the small blind of $5
VamosRafael posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aejones [3d Qd]
aejones raises to $30
VamosRafael calls $20
*** FLOP *** [4d 8d 9c]
VamosRafael checks
aejones bets $60
VamosRafael calls $60
*** TURN *** [4d 8d 9c] [5h]
VamosRafael checks
aejones checks
*** RIVER *** [4d 8d 9c 5h] [6s]
VamosRafael bets $100
aejones calls $100
*** SHOW DOWN ***
VamosRafael shows [Td Jc] Jack Ten high
aejones shows [3d Qd] Queen Nine high
aejones wins the pot ($379.50) with Queen Nine high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $380 | Rake $0.50
Board: [4d 8d 9c 5h 6s]
Seat 1: aejones (small blind) showed [3d Qd] and won ($379.50) with Queen Nine high
Seat 2: VamosRafael (big blind) showed [Td Jc] and lost with Jack Ten high

[Oki-Oki]

If i found poker a grind and only played for the $$, I would have quit long ago.

If you hate this find something you love and do that instead. Why waste your life doing something you hate?

[Yeti]

absolutely love it when im blowing up, find it anywhere from mildly amusing to downright awful at other times. standard i guess

[Oki-Oki]

I hate stars so much the fpp and vpp system is genius.

I know im burning money by not playing at Euro sites with rakeback but I have and insatiable urge to grind more points. hachahchca I better get a Porsche out of this.

[bigbabyjesus]

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If i found poker a grind and only played for the $$, I would have quit long ago.

If you hate this find something you love and do that instead. Why waste your life doing something you hate?

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Doing something I love for a living, sounds incredibly hard to achieve. Regardless of the fact I have no idea what that could be, switching "careers" at this point would be extremely difficult I'm sure.

There's also the opportunity cost of not playing poker. I'm sure I can still grind out low six figures even while running like absolute dogshit against the biggest fish I can find at 5/10.

The poker swings pretty much directly affect my mood, which of course is an absolutely terrible way to play for a living. It seems like something I won't be able to get over. I am planning to travel a bit in the future but have an expensive lease here in LA that isn't up for about 5 months.