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El_Tanque United States. Mar 21 2011 21:30. Posts 360

Yes, the I and N were purposely capitalized. I have been inspired, although not in poker, but among other things in my life. I have come to some realizations, and learned some new things about myself, and with that, I want to say that i am IN this for the long haul, I am deep IN this, I am ready; I am IN.

With that being said, it has become apparent that I have separated myself from things I hold dear to me. I am still playing baseball although I have had a huge set back in my career: Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstructive Surgery a.k.a. Tommy John Surgery. The date of surgery was May 10 of last year, and the process of rehabilitation can take anywhere from 12 to 18 months or longer. I was on pace to finish in roughly 13 months, when I succumbed to a minor setback: inflammation in my new ligament ):. I became somewhat depressed and pessimistic as my demon would not go away. I felt like I wasn't accepted as part of the team anymore. As my arm struggled, so did my social life and feeling of acceptance by my peers in a linear fashion.

Hope was restored after taking Rx anti-inflammatory, taking a wonderful spring break, and throwing a baseball again last friday. I threw it well and with conviction, and I will resume my throwing program tomorrow. This is a great sign as I hope to one day turn into a professional baseball player.

While playing poker I had somewhat of a small epiphany. What am I doing with my life? It's a beautiful 78* outside right now, and I'm grinding at a poker game? Really? Don't get me wrong, I want to succeed at poker, obviously. I want to dominate, but it's not my passion. baseball is my passion. So I took a break, and I ran. It wasn't long, but I needed to do it. And I need to do it five to seven times a week. There's no excuse not too.

I have a revamped, renewed desire to become the best at baseball. This is a tough rehab, it makes the athletic mind numb. It takes your mental strength and tweaks it, tears at it, stretches it to the max. This is without a doubt the most I've ever been challenged mentally, and I'm hoping to come away from this experience with so much more than I began it with.

With all of this being said, being the competitor that I am, I always want to get better at what I am participating in. This was a post not directed at poker, but I did play today, had a break even session, felt like i was running good, but didn't play but for only an hour. I was getting a lot of folds it seemed like, and this was how my session went...+ Show Spoiler +

This is one hand I would like feedback on. This was obviously a misclick. I mean to fold on the flop but clicked call fml. My question is this: how it's played [misclick] how many times to i abandon my hand? I feel this was a stupid move even though it "worked". Do we let go? or can we push against tighter opponets?

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Carthac United States. Mar 21 2011 21:39. Posts 1343

Do you happen to play for the Washington Nationals?

El_Tanque United States. Mar 21 2011 22:37. Posts 360

On March 21 2011 20:39 Carthac wrote:
Do you happen to play for the Washington Nationals?

ha i wish but we are making our comebacks in the same year.

Jamie217 Canada. Mar 22 2011 00:33. Posts 4351

what level do you play?