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franchise United States. Feb 13 2008 05:47. Posts 25 | | |
No, I'm not about to retire, but the subject has been on my mind for the last few days...why do people who go on sick sick runs (e.g. TexasLimitKing and Freedom25) just flat-out quit playing after a prolonged winning streak?
I have been playing HU limit holdem lately, and as you can see I've been having excellent results, even without that much experience. I think HU LHE is a facinating, non-stop action game where a strong fundamental and mathematical background are the key elements to a winning game. That certainly caters to my strengths as a poker player so I suppose it wasn't really surprising that I'd make a smooth transition from HU NLHE, but still I think my results are even too good to ignore. Back on point - the past couple of days I've felt for some reason that I was about to face an impending huge downswing for some reason, and thus have been playing a bit passive and gunshy...I dunno, it's hard to explain, but I really don't feel motivated to play. Yesterday I definetly noticed I wasn't playing well, and since I could see this coming in a sense, I did the smart thing: cashed a bunch of my money out and resolved not to play any limits of consequence for a while until my head is back in the game. Which is kind of like retirement. So ya, even though I've been playing incredible poker, the waiting for hours at high limits awaiting challengers, the stress of the actual playing, and the anxiety associated with keeping up that high level of play all wear on people, myself included, and it's easy to understand why people quit after beating up their opponents for a short while. Once they proved to themselves that they were able to play like that, they became content; the money was merely a side-product of their efforts.
I'm going to play low, meaningless stakes for a while until I get hungry enough to play my best, then go back at it at the nosebleed limit and HSNL games. Wish me luck. 
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ggplz Sweden. Feb 13 2008 05:52. Posts 16784 | | |
what stakes are u playing? post PT overview? |
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one day i will also get to the highest stakes possible  and have sick swings in 100k's of monieezz. |
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[QUOTE]On February 13 2008 04:47 franchise wrote:
No, I'm not about to retire, but the subject has been on my mind for the last few days...why do people who go on sick sick runs (e.g. TexasLimitKing and Freedom25) just flat-out quit playing after a prolonged winning streak?
well i just heard a very nice interview of Mr menlo about his passion of the game and the fact that he wont stop playing ..it s just about motivation..here is the links in pocketfives..
podcast directory....
http://www.pocketfives.com/E9E77351-46EE-452B-8206-59D4EAE1B5B2.aspx |
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Sheitan Canada. Feb 13 2008 10:41. Posts 4217 | | |
Smart move if you ask me. Except you should invest this money elsewhere now. |
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