do you still play poker?

Quit Poker
became software dev

Now i have:
money , wife , kid

I learned the lession very late in life but fortunately soon enough.
"If you want to make decent money while having ADHD then you need consistent hard work in an honest business."

I never had the patience/self control needed for being successful with poker.
And i will never have it
ADHD made me always dream too big from excitement of becoming something special which always results in a crash.

"consistent hard work in an honest business"

Isn't this good advice for anyone?

"ADHD made me always dream too big from excitement of becoming something special which always results in a crash"

The ladder is definitely true but I did not know that it was a trait of ADHD.

A Trait of ADHD is that you cant really endure delayed gratification for too long and also have Impulsiveness combined with exaggerated excitement when something works.
you always start to feel like : This one thing that is currently running well will be the Solution to all my Problems! And i want the Solution now ! I cant wait any longer.
I need Salvation and i will have it.

This will always lead to the result that when you have 3-4 good sessions at your correct BR/Buy-in to limit you will start to play too high and crash.

On May 27 2025 11:17 PplusAD wrote: A Trait of ADHD is that you cant really endure delayed gratification for too long and also have Impulsiveness combined with exaggerated excitement when something works. you always start to feel like : This one thing that is currently running well will be the Solution to all my Problems! And i want the Solution now ! I cant wait any longer. I need Salvation and i will have it. This will always lead to the result that when you have 3-4 good sessions at your correct BR/Buy-in to limit you will start to play too high and crash.

qft

On May 27 2025 11:17 PplusAD wrote: A Trait of ADHD is that you cant really endure delayed gratification for too long and also have Impulsiveness combined with exaggerated excitement when something works. you always start to feel like : This one thing that is currently running well will be the Solution to all my Problems! And i want the Solution now ! I cant wait any longer. I need Salvation and i will have it. This will always lead to the result that when you have 3-4 good sessions at your correct BR/Buy-in to limit you will start to play too high and crash.

How did you acquire this knowledge? Did you read it somewhere? Did you talk to a therapist?

I just learned I have ADHD not too long ago and it is tough playing catch up.

--- Nuked ---

I haven't touched GTO Wizard in a month so cancelled it today T.T

GTO wizard isn't even the best strategy at my stakes cuz there are exploitable plays cuz ppl aren't even balance (well at my stakes lol not HSP). they are more balance now than say before but aint 100% balance.
I see thats okay it was fun while it lasted lol but lmk if u ever get back into poker cuz its fun well at least for me anyways lol

If it were 2005 PokerStars conditions I would still be playing probably. I've been through it a million times already... I don't want to sign forms to cash out, give my social security number to cash out, give my blood samples and stool samples to cash out only to deposit on shitty sites full of bots and other cheaters. I didn't like the software and vibes of Ignition and ACR when I played there and I don't feel like chancing it with WPT Club Gold or Coin Poker.

I got paid by WPT gold but u do u

WPT has paid me out NP btw

"No problem" is subjective.

- W-9
- Schedule K
- USA New Tax Legislation (you can only deduct 90% of gambling losses)

That's more friction than I want to deal with. You guys are in different boats. J being Canadian and DooMeR being a successful professional.

u do u rikd no poker so be it, probably not meant for u since u dont seem keen on it

I want to battle heads-up on beautiful software and cashout directly to my checking account with no fees. That's not possible so fuck it. In a couple of years I will have access to a casino and private games. Hopefully, I'll have more meaningful stuff to work on then but who knows. We could have a discussion on what meaningful even means.

yea rikd not happening you just gotta make most of what you are given. i want a lot of things to lol

I've been playing recreationally too, and when I want a break from poker, I've been trying different games at https://dimensi69.me/ for some fun variety. The platform is easy to use and has good support.

i ve been playin mtts until recently, won some decent ones, made a career for more than 15 years.

now playin poker full time is a fuckin pain compared with what we got back there in 2006-2015

games nowadays are just a fucking nit fest filled with bots and rakeback machines regs being happy winning by 1-2 bb/100 and calling it normal lol
also mtts are infested with multi accounters and ghostin.

fucking sad

we lived the good times lads.

and i didnt even mention how sites now track every thing of you and they all take permissions that shouldnt have.
there are no poker sites anymore, they are all just fuckin casinos that dox you for absolutely no reason even when some of them say they are NO KYC

just a fulltime mtt grinder, same stakes as the last 10 years lol

yea i recently gave up on poker too and just play for fun now. online is too hard these days, just a way for me to pass time. im still a winner just a very small one. last 3 months im barely up anything maybe im down a bit too. not too sure but my heater for awhile was nice though. this year i might be up high 4 digits or something like that 500-800 a month.
yea we lived the good days time to just enjoy what life offers now.