2008 is a disaster. Start over?

Man it seems like everyone is catching a face full of shit this year/past few months

Myself semi-included

Really good read, can't imagine how down you must have felt, obviously if you can overcome emotions like that you clearly have the emotional state a good player needs and of course you have the poker skills

Nice story. I'm sure you'll do fine, you're one of the best damn posters on this site.
And good luck

Good post.
GL to you sir

Good read, I've always liked your posts in the hand discussions on the forum and I can tell you sincerely love poker for the love of the game rather than for the money. I hope you get back on your feet and start crushing poker like everyone knows you can.

On May 18 2008 02:19 ggplz wrote: Good post. GL to you sir

yeah ive had a pretty bad year too but nothing as bad as you, but I also am EXTREMELY grateful for having this opportunity and its the only thing that always kept me going in the roughest parts.

i think it was after watching "The Secret" or hearing Tony Robbins speak, it opened my eyes that I was taking shit for granted. being grateful is an awesome thing.

wish you the best of luck, your efforts will pay off eventually and you know it deep inside.

afk trying to make poker my career


(coach me)

wow myth that is a very inspirational story. It's so hard to stay ahead no matter how many BI's u have for any given stake. I Know that you will rise to the top again despite adversity and all the bad luck thats come your way.

Just try to hang in there and keep making +EV plays.

you're simply one the best posters here amongst ppl in your level of play. your advices the most insightful, and you are very usually polite and courteous, to most if not all low stakes/microstakes members here. i most definitely respect and admire your demeanor and i wish you nothing but better things to come. and good things will come soon. and im sure it will. i wish you luck man.

4 SLAPS FOR YOUR FACE. It's unreasonable for one of my best horses to lose confidence. You know you have what it takes, both in the realm of intelligence and self discipline. I believe a good explanation for your constant losing sessions are your bad habits (ex. sleep schedule, LONG sessions, etc.). Some can handle this better than others. I suggest re-reading Ket's guide and making note of what you could improve on. "I can't picture myself winning..." blah blah PLEASE! You were born to win and you know that.

the next brag post is coming sooooo soon
gl man

I enjoyed reading this, it was motivating. Best of luck

On May 18 2008 02:43 n0rthf4ce wrote: 4 SLAPS FOR YOUR FACE. It's unreasonable for one of my best horses to lose confidence. You know you have what it takes, both in the realm of intelligence and self discipline. I believe a good explanation for your constant losing sessions are your bad habits (ex. sleep schedule, LONG sessions, etc.). Some can handle this better than others. I suggest re-reading Ket's guide and making note of what you could improve on. "I can't picture myself winning..." blah blah PLEASE! You were born to win and you know that.

yeah, my lifestyle can definitely use improvement, and obviously feeling better is good for poker

but to be fair, nothing in my lifestyle has changed. if anything i'm a LOT happier now than i was in 2007. living with frinkx is a lot better than either being in college or living with my parents

my experience tells me that when you make a blog like this, things turn around 90% of the time and within days, you make a new blog about how fkin sweet everything is. and vice versa, when you make a brag blog you get it up the ass the next few days.

gl to you, i can't imagine this streak of rotten timing and luck will continue much longer.

oh shit. the mighty myth, now I feel less gay for when I moved down and played like 90k hands of 1/2 earlier this year. I'm sure you'll be back though, you're far to fucking smart not too. GL man.

I got the same exact feeling basically. A couple times last year while I was playing part time and then again just recently on the heels of a massive downswing in just two months. My somewhat idiotic, recent solution was to lock up most of my money in stocks even though I coulda left myself somewhat comfortably rolled for 5/10 or whatever...just so I don't have that stress of losing tons of monies at least for awhile. I also hate letting poker define my life when I'm losing which is what you just apparently went through. But anyways, I picked up tournaments on a stake which is asking to be disappointed for losing every day...so that shows you what I know. Your solution of moving down is A+. Also, drink more. Your roommate is pretty good at that.

YOU SHALL NOT QUIT

I've only played a few sessions with you, mostly back in 2007, but it was clear you were a winning player. Based upon posts of yours which I've read, and what little I know of you, it seems almost certain you should be able to beat mid-stakes NLHE at a good clip.

Good luck figuring out whatever is currently impeding your ability to do so...

On May 18 2008 02:19 ggplz wrote: Good post. GL to you sir

I am positive : 1.you will be winning soon enough
2. you will be able to find realization in any other career you try because of your determination and abilities you manifested trough poker
so don`t worry that much and HF

Good luck! I look forward to seeing your next post about how much you are destroying the games which I'm sure will be soon.

On May 18 2008 02:26 MezmerizePLZ wrote: Show nested quote + On May 18 2008 02:19 ggplz wrote: Good post. GL to you sir

On May 18 2008 02:19 ggplz wrote: Good post. GL to you sir

Go Myth don't give up ! You'll figure out a way to the top again, the only time you lose is when you stop trying ! Here's something that inspires me a lot:

http://www.filecabi.net/video/Famous_Failures.html

so many people that i talk to are going through the same thing. maybe the games are getting that much harder as the economy starts to put the pinch on all the joe schmoes out there?

GL!

I'm actually pretty surprised following your good thought process you are losing. Do you usually multitable or only play few tables?

On May 18 2008 07:20 Oddeye wrote: I'm actually pretty surprised following your good thought process you are losing. Do you usually multitable or only play few tables?

i only play 4-6 tables of 6max, 8 tables of FR, 1 or 2 tables hu

No worries, shit turns around fast in poker.

that SUCKS about losing 40k like that though WTF

sick beat

myth keep playing full ring, its simply the best, better then all the rest

and edit ur pahud, include the following stats

Call PFR
fold Cbet/fold turn bet/ fold river bet
went to showdown
attention to steal
fold bb to steal

as well as the defaults

they all help heaps! if u havent already of course

Yeah you'll be back

u can do it

Nooooooooooo Corwin

u cant fail

u need to get back and start playing more

and stomp those nits

and i honestly thought u were joking when u put "no winning weeks in 2008" on ur status bar

we all believe u can do it, just get the hands in and results will come.

Keep it up dude. Moving down is perfect for regaining confidence and getting the feeling back that you're a winning player.

Good luck.

GL man

i remember when you FTed the sunday million i had been playing for only a month and didnt even have enough money to talk at the table! all your posts that i understand show a pretty deep understanding of the game and i wish you all the luck on your road back

yeh man best of luck on the road back, u just need a decent winning month imo and maybe a nice tourney cash

I believe!

gogo Corwinnn!

(wish I were at graduation :/. take care of Sean!)

wtf hard to believe someone as good as yourself could be in the red for so long.

pretty surprised to read this blog

i have the most utmost respect for you and have always been thoroughly impressed with your comments in the strat forums

If anything, your post makes me quite a bit scared of this game just knowing how fine the line can be between winning/losing. You can have all the poker ability in the world but if something is just a little off, things go downhill fast. Pretty frightening.


I wish you the best sir, hope you recover quickly.

"im not playing .5/1, im just avoiding myth"

Anybody see this kind of thing as proof that games have gotten a lot tougher since a year ago?

Remind me to hug you when you get back

On May 18 2008 10:48 Big_Rob_48 wrote: Anybody see this kind of thing as proof that games have gotten a lot tougher since a year ago?

naw it has all to do with his mindset, I had a very similar stretch (250k hands) and now i win tons, he'll make it back, no doubt

lifes tough get a helmet

-.- gl see you sooooon

hurry back and grind w/ me and rikd and we'll like talk about poker n shit

cosmo ur not invited

49th comment... much <3 from lp..

wow myth, that's rough. I totally understand. I had a lot of the same feelings lately too, though I was never as successful as you were, I hit some hard times and have had the same feelings. There's no doubt in any of our minds that you will continue to own the game in the long run, so stay confident.

Moving to 1/2 is a great idea. I've found that dropping down limits is the best way to deal with this type of pain and loss. GL man!

lol..... reading this makes me want to grind 50NL for the rest of my life

ahh, the 'i suck at poker' blog post, most of us have been there at one time or another.
you'll be fine, you're like the best poker mind ever

your only a myth

corwin!!!!

you are the best friend i've EVER had: by far the most charming, brilliant, talented, and humble person in the world!! I know you'll be back in the game crushing hard as always!!

Hell I went from 50 to 50k back down to 2k and all the way back again. You'll apesmash your way to victory in NO TIME!! :D :D :D :D

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