Taking a poker break - am i doing the right thing?

[Sheerluck Holmes]

A bit of advice form you guy and guyettes would be great. Not been enjoying my poker on and off for a month now. I've been making ridiculous calls just to "get games over with" (wtf?) and find myself just not concentrating as my mind wanders all over the place. (Had a few domestic troubles too which can't have helped.) Been playing poker 'properly', solidly for a bout 6 months, was a newb before, now so have never felt the need to have a break before. . . Up until about a month ago i was happy with my progress, but now i'm thinking a break is definitely due. Maybe leave it til the start of august? Anyway, just wondering whether anyone else has had similar thoughts and what they did and how it worked out? Cheers, Lee

[Valiant23]

Re: Taking a poker break - am i doing the right thing? Mate, I played through my dodgy spell, as I wanted to experience (:eyes) it, and saw it as a kind of mental examination, but in all honesty I truly, truly wish I'd taken a break. It got so bad for me that I felt as if I'd forgotten how to play poker, and even when I started to come out the other side, I still had terrible trouble with accepting bad beats (which is unlike me, really, no honestly it is!! ;)). If you're playing an STT that you wish you had never started, then really that is the best indicator that a break would be a good idea. Why not stop playing for profit, and play the odd freeroll, or 'gimmicky' tournies (like the Mansion WC triple chance thing)? Anyway, have a break, enjoy your summer, and come back when you want to, NOT at any specific time.