Shannon Shorr thinking of quitting ...

[KneeCo]

Someone should tell Shannon that running the way he is wont do much for him.

If you want to lose weight, you want your heart rate in the zone for 20 mins at least, he'd be much better off cutting it back as much as needed to make sure he runs continuously for 20 mins, not including warm up and cool down.

[Python49]

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I have no idea who Shannon Shorr is but I just read the bio on his blog and he seems like some random guy who went on a hot streak in tournaments and is now being pulled back into reality because he's realized he's not as good at poker as he originally thought. Big deal.

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I pretty much came to this conclusion as well reading his site and that blog post. He could be a great guy but that has nothing to do with anything. Online MTTs have lots of variance and it seems as though he ran hot and overestiamted his abilities. The fact that he has a condenscending tone towards 2p2'ers who post alot and spend lots of time actually trying to improve is what made it seem as though he isn't really made out for poker and just ran good.

And yes i'm open to being proved wrong, this is just the impression I got from browsing his site. For all I know he's played 2000 MTTs a month for a full 2 years straight and has a big sample size.. or has played hundreds of thousands of hands of cash.. but based on the tone of his blog, i'd assume he hasn't. Him deciding to just "dabble" in cash kinda came off as though he felt he'd just jump into some cash games and make back tourney losses and it was the same thing with no idea of how the cash games have toughened over the past year. Just my impression for someone who doesn't know him.

Damn donkament players [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Someone should tell Shannon that running the way he is wont do much for him.

If you want to lose weight, you want your heart rate in the zone for 20 mins at least, he'd be much better off cutting it back as much as needed to make sure he runs continuously for 20 mins, not including warm up and cool down.

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wow, another dummy. it never ceases to amaze me how much dumb there is in here.

lose weight through diet. you can get in the zone all you want but if you eat burger king all day, it isnt going to do anything for losing weight.

shannon needs a good exercise regimen and most importantly, a good diet regimen. you can get ripped without cardio. cardio is just another form of burning calories and strengthning the respiratory sytem...... thats all.

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Cash game poker is sick enough, I'm kind of glad I never played tournaments early on and was forced to learn how to grind


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I think it makes you a much more fundamentally sound player and gives a better idea of reality. In tournaments since the variance is so huge, the reality is always being thrown off by a huge score here or a 6 month drought there. He just needs to learn cash.

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i think shannon is a classic case of someone who was spoiled with early success and didnt really have a clue about the big picture..... now its a "stupid" game.


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Well I should have just read the whole thread first, looks like others pretty much typed what I would already.

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but anyone who thinks poker suddenly isn't worth it because it is hard work has run too well to realize that it should be.


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Agree 100%

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If he doesn't want "to invest more time in this stupid game" than he already is, then he's probably better off doing something else.

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[FoxwoodsFiend]

I could never understand how Shannon did it when he was going to every tournament trying to win POY. I'm kind of surprised online is what burnt him out and not a year of constant traveling to playboring live MTTs and spending all his time in casinos.

And yeah +1 to the "shannon's a good guy not a douche" camp

[DCJ311]

Shorr is a classic example of learning through success; I have several friends who went down a similar path and are now broke or close to it. The guy was a breakeven SNG player for a very long time, went nuts in a few MTTs and all of a sudden he views himself as one of the best. A lot of others fit this mold.

A reputable source told me that he would play high stakes chinese poker and overlook straight flush royalties. He may be a nice guy and cool, but he has far too many leaks in his game/lifestyle to be complaining so adamantly. I have no sympathy for a guy who has run better than 99% of us and now thinks the games are unbeatable. Once he joins reality again I predict he'll take a different view.

[GeniusToad]

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i really wish poker was more skillful so that idiots couldnt win from the get go.

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yeah. stupid players winning money is terrible for the game. you truly understand pokar.

[hotmark777]

Among all the high stakes players, (especially the successful ones who had big scores) i can easily say that Shannon was among the nicest and most genuine. I think his decision to quit poker wouldnt be a terrible one if he can do it on a part time basis and have a full time job as well. That is the ideal mix. Good luck with ur decision Shannon, and really liked ur blog when it was updated on a consistent basis.

[futuredoc85]

so we have high stakes players saying shannon was solid at 25/50, and donkNgoers/choo-chooers saying he just wasnt good. hmm