Jul 11 2006
Poker = Fun
I haven’t played a great deal of online poker over the last few months. Leading up to my trip at the end of May/beginning of Jun, I had really lost any fun I was having when I played.
The combination of terrible play, both by my opponents and me, ugly bad beats, and the almost complete decimation of my bankroll sucked all the fun from the game and I was on the verge of just cashing out what I had left and forgetting all about online poker. It was a bleak time.
Even when I arrived home from my trip it was weeks before I even considered opening up Stars and playing. Once I did though I found almost instantly that I was enjoying playing again. I hadn’t made any significant cashes, I was only playing 1 table SNG’s and doing okay, not great.
I think I just needed a break from the virtual felt. I don’t think my head was in the right place to play. Which is why I’m surprised I’m still having fun. I’m not in the best of places at the moment, I’m almost always stressed with work, finances, or my current living arrangements.
It could be because of all those issues I’m having so much fun playing the $3 +$0.30 Rebuy tournaments on Stars. I’m not worrying about anything else. I’m in the moment, trying to make good decisions and focusing on the game without having anything else interfere. It’s given me 4+ hours each time I play it to forget about everything and just relax. So far I’ve played in 4 of them since the middle of last week, each of them with over 1200 players and I’ve cashed every time. They haven’t been big cashes, but that’s not really the important thing at the moment. The sense of achievement of outlasting so many people and having 4+ hours away from everything else is.
I’m going to try to play at least 2 or 3 of them every week and hopefully my finishes will continue to improve each time. You never know, I might even take one of them down one of these days.
