Pointless poker

[Pyso]

I played at DTD on Thursday. I am in the middle of the downswing that everyone says will take your breath away but you don't think will ever really happen to you.

Having won a buy-in the night before I feel maybe my luck is starting to turn.

Twenty minutes later after some c### slow rolls me his set of kings when I have a set of tens I am sitting in a haze wondering if I am being punished from above for mishaps in a previous life.

Ten minutes after this I am shoving on the same player with absolutely zero fold equity and he insta-calls and I am going home.

Going home utterly convinced that I never want to play poker again and that having lost half my roll in under a fortnight there really is no point to this process. At all.

To rub salt in the wounds I know I have finally tilted, something I pride myself on not doing very much, no matter how much variance is hitting me square in the face.

So I start to think to myself what a stupid pastime poker is. We sit there for hours, mostly bored, pushing tokenistic, yet very real, money around the table. It serves no purpose to society and all it achieves is lightening your opponent's wallet and making him feel as shit as I felt when I got up from the table on Thursday.

I guess what I am saying is this: has anyone ever felt this bad and been so certain they should quit, yet still come back and started up again?

I look through my spreadsheets and see that yes, despite this horror downswing, I am still very much in profit. The problem is the profit has been spent on pesky things such as eating, fuel and the mortgage.

I thought I could play on a shorter roll than most due to my 'low variance' game. It seems I was wrong.

Anyway, I will be taking a break now whether I like it or not because my existing roll is so low I could not possily play proper non-scared poker.

I am having a really hard job seeing the value in poker from both a moral and lifestyle point of view.

Somebody try and convince me this game is worth playing again one day or I might just take up the guitar instead.

[riverdave]

George2muchJuice 2nd account?

[George2Loose]

Dude poker sucks. We all know it yet we still play

Guitar lessons FTW

[Eck]

I guess what I am saying is this: has anyone ever felt this bad and been so certain they should quit, yet still come back and started up again?

pretty much most mornings

[gatso]

I guess what I am saying is this: has anyone ever felt this bad and been so certain they should quit, yet still come back and started up again?

pretty much most mornings

this

[redsimon]

Pyso I had much the same feelings watching Forest last year. Almost quit going to the games...... that sure would have been a good move.


Key thing here is a bankroll which is just that, take a break and rebuild some poker only £s and I'm sure you will be back.

[Longy]

Take a break from poker, in most cases the enjoyment of the game eventually comes back. If it doesn't well c'est la vie.

This is just a hobby for you, what is the point in having a hobby you don't enjoy, surely that is the whole point of having one.

Despite poker being my source of income, I took break for over 3 months in the summer as I just simply didn't want to sit down and play. I am certain that has somewhat refreshed my enthusiasm for the game, even though I still see it as a money making exercise essentially.

[boldie]

I hate poker....have done for quite a while now. I'll start up again sooner or later but for now happier just hearing others complain about it rather than feeling tez myself..

[kinboshi]

Pyso I had much the same feelings watching Forest last year. Almost quit going to the games...... that sure would have been a good move.


Key thing here is a bankroll which is just that, take a break and rebuild some poker only £s and I'm sure you will be back.

This is so true and often overlooked.  The money should be 'disposable' so if you lose it, you can reload from money that isn't required for living purposes. 

Taking a break also helps, and you realise that poker is a game rather than something that sort of consumes all your free time.

[jakally]

So I start to think to myself what a stupid pastime poker is. We sit there for hours, mostly bored, pushing tokenistic, yet very real, money around the table. It serves no purpose to society and all it achieves is lightening your opponent's wallet and making him feel as shit as I felt when I got up from the table on Thursday.

I guess what I am saying is this: has anyone ever felt this bad and been so certain they should quit, yet still come back and started up again?

The 'sit there for hours mostly bored.......' is the thing you should probably be most concerned about.
Live poker is a social thing - to be enjoyed in the company of like minded people.
You won't like them all, but the beauty of playing cash is you can sit down, and stand up, as you please.
When I play live, I don't always pick the potentially most profitable table.......... a couple of hours in the company of Mr Dog, Alan Stearn and Mitch is worth giving up a bit of EV.

I am having a really hard job seeing the value in poker from both a moral and lifestyle point of view.

Somebody try and convince me this game is worth playing again one day or I might just take up the guitar instead.

Morally, there is no justication for Poker.
You either accept that as a situation, or if you cannot, you gotta walk away.

Hope you feel better about Poker soon, and start playing again.
If not, it's not the end of the world.
GL.

[byronkincaid]

i got so so bored of poker, the only thing i can play atm is turbo HUSNGs, only take 10 mins, gotta concentrate, 1 tabling is fine, somewhat interesting working out how someone thinks and then totally pwning them.

i pretty much agree that poker is pointless and probably 98% of players would be better off doing something else, I have totally changed my tune from gotta get new players in the game to thinking that encouraging people to play poker is pretty much the same as encouraging them to play the lottery/ bet on horses/spread bet/whatever. I know some people win but for the amount of time and energy it takes and 95% will lose anyway it seems like most people would be better off burning a few notes and spending some time with their families or playing a sport or something instead

[kinboshi]

So I start to think to myself what a stupid pastime poker is. We sit there for hours, mostly bored, pushing tokenistic, yet very real, money around the table. It serves no purpose to society and all it achieves is lightening your opponent's wallet and making him feel as shit as I felt when I got up from the table on Thursday.

I guess what I am saying is this: has anyone ever felt this bad and been so certain they should quit, yet still come back and started up again?

The 'sit there for hours mostly bored.......' is the thing you should probably be most concerned about.
Live poker is a social thing - to be enjoyed in the company of like minded people.
You won't like them all, but the beauty of playing cash is you can sit down, and stand up, as you please.
When I play live, I don't always pick the potentially most profitable table.......... a couple of hours in the company of Mr Dog, Alan Stearn and Mitch is worth giving up a bit of EV.

I am having a really hard job seeing the value in poker from both a moral and lifestyle point of view.

Somebody try and convince me this game is worth playing again one day or I might just take up the guitar instead.

Morally, there is no justication for Poker.
You either accept that as a situation, or if you cannot, you gotta walk away.

Hope you feel better about Poker soon, and start playing again.
If not, it's not the end of the world.
GL.

Awaits Tom, Mitch and Alan to post saying "the key thing is to sit at a table with a complete donk who makes sure it's +EV.  Not a problem at DTD with Neil and Daniel playing."

[jakally]

So I start to think to myself what a stupid pastime poker is. We sit there for hours, mostly bored, pushing tokenistic, yet very real, money around the table. It serves no purpose to society and all it achieves is lightening your opponent's wallet and making him feel as shit as I felt when I got up from the table on Thursday.

I guess what I am saying is this: has anyone ever felt this bad and been so certain they should quit, yet still come back and started up again?

The 'sit there for hours mostly bored.......' is the thing you should probably be most concerned about.
Live poker is a social thing - to be enjoyed in the company of like minded people.
You won't like them all, but the beauty of playing cash is you can sit down, and stand up, as you please.
When I play live, I don't always pick the potentially most profitable table.......... a couple of hours in the company of Mr Dog, Alan Stearn and Mitch is worth giving up a bit of EV.

I am having a really hard job seeing the value in poker from both a moral and lifestyle point of view.

Somebody try and convince me this game is worth playing again one day or I might just take up the guitar instead.

Morally, there is no justication for Poker.
You either accept that as a situation, or if you cannot, you gotta walk away.

Hope you feel better about Poker soon, and start playing again.
If not, it's not the end of the world.
GL.

Awaits Tom, Mitch and Alan to post saying "the key thing is to sit at a table with a complete donk who makes sure it's +EV.  Not a problem at DTD with Neil and Daniel playing."

Interesting to note that Pyso's bad run has coincided with your absence......

[Longy]

i got so so bored of poker, the only thing i can play atm is turbo HUSNGs, only take 10 mins, gotta concentrate, 1 tabling is fine, somewhat interesting working out how someone thinks and then totally pwning them.

i pretty much agree that poker is pointless and probably 98% of players would be better off doing something else, I have totally changed my tune from gotta get new players in the game to thinking that encouraging people to play poker is pretty much the same as encouraging them to play the lottery/ bet on horses/spread bet/whatever. I know some people win but for the amount of time and energy it takes and 95% will lose anyway it seems like most people would be better off burning a few notes and spending some time with their families or playing a sport or something instead

Does anyone hate poker more than you Byron?

[kinboshi]

So I start to think to myself what a stupid pastime poker is. We sit there for hours, mostly bored, pushing tokenistic, yet very real, money around the table. It serves no purpose to society and all it achieves is lightening your opponent's wallet and making him feel as shit as I felt when I got up from the table on Thursday.

I guess what I am saying is this: has anyone ever felt this bad and been so certain they should quit, yet still come back and started up again?

The 'sit there for hours mostly bored.......' is the thing you should probably be most concerned about.
Live poker is a social thing - to be enjoyed in the company of like minded people.
You won't like them all, but the beauty of playing cash is you can sit down, and stand up, as you please.
When I play live, I don't always pick the potentially most profitable table.......... a couple of hours in the company of Mr Dog, Alan Stearn and Mitch is worth giving up a bit of EV.

I am having a really hard job seeing the value in poker from both a moral and lifestyle point of view.

Somebody try and convince me this game is worth playing again one day or I might just take up the guitar instead.

Morally, there is no justication for Poker.
You either accept that as a situation, or if you cannot, you gotta walk away.

Hope you feel better about Poker soon, and start playing again.
If not, it's not the end of the world.
GL.

Awaits Tom, Mitch and Alan to post saying "the key thing is to sit at a table with a complete donk who makes sure it's +EV.  Not a problem at DTD with Neil and Daniel playing."

Interesting to note that Pyso's bad run has coincided with your absence......

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