SteveO Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Been playing solid online now for the last 2 yrs averaging over 40 hrs a week and I've fallen out of love with it at the moment. I find my concentration wavers and really lack the motivation. I must admit if wasn't for the monetary aspect of poker I probably wouldn't play at all. Anyone else fallen out of love with the game at sometime or other. Also read that Ram Vaswani's fed up of poker, now that is worrying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Been playing solid online now for the last 2 yrs averaging over 40 hrs a week and I've fallen out of love with it at the moment. I find my concentration wavers and really lack the motivation. I must admit if wasn't for the monetary aspect of poker I probably wouldn't play at all. Anyone else fallen out of love with the game at sometime or other. Also read that Ram Vaswani's fed up of poker, now that is worrying. I got fedup/bored with on-line poker about 6 weeks ago.Wasn’t in particularly loosing or getting bad beats, just a little bored. Have played probably one evening every fortnight since. I decide though to play a lot more live instead, playing at rileys and casino. Always preferred this anyway. Suggest you take a break from internet poker and try the casino a couple of nights a week to keep that addiction alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgej Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I was sick of all the badbeats (at betfair) and decided to kick it for a while. 2 months away from poker and i'm back :D Taking a break is definately a good strategy. Look on it as research time and get back into wanting to play and wanting to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nade Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Been playing solid online now for the last 2 yrs averaging over 40 hrs a week and I've fallen out of love with it at the moment. I find my concentration wavers and really lack the motivation. I must admit if wasn't for the monetary aspect of poker I probably wouldn't play at all. Anyone else fallen out of love with the game at sometime or other. Also read that Ram Vaswani's fed up of poker, now that is worrying. At the moment i'm at the peak of my poker love (if that makes sense ;)) I've never wanted to do so well and improve so much before but right now i'm loving every second of it and that's 2yrs since i started online. Having said that though i did go through a barren period of about 4months up till about 2months ago where i really couldn't give a stuff at all about anything poker related but i think it changed really when i started to give cash games a try and now i can't stop playing. Re. Ram Vaswani, i've heard varying reports about him owing money to Phil Ivey and/or lost a lot in a cash game, either way he has lost a fortune apparently so i'll let him off feeling fed up with the game ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveO Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Thanks for the responses guys, definitely think playing more live is the way to go but no decent card games where I live. Think I'll go back to my old vice of sports betting for a while:ok . Didn't know Vaswani done a load of dough though no wonder he's hacked off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nade Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Just looked it up and there are tonnes of varying stories, even one from Kid Poker but the jist is Ram had a GOLF game with Phil Ivey and lost over 1.5mill and won't pay up. Ram says he was hussled, which is probably right but Phil says it was fair. Anyway Ram is probably pissed at gambling altogether now which you can understand. As an aside during the Poker Nations Cup shown on Channel 4, Ram was subsituted by the GB captain Devilfish because Ram was on a 'losing streak' and had lost 200k recently (though i don't know when the nations cup was filmed) so Ram must be going through some serious crap now and can't stop losing money. He is or was though i'm reliably informed the chip leader at the poker event in Paris today so he may make some back :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampster Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. surely all gamblers go through this - in his case of course its amplified a hundred times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glceud Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Been playing online for 6 years and to be honest I hate it. Only reason I play now is for the money. Its not bad beats or cold cards, I accept them, its just bloody boring. Going down south next week so will have a whole 7 day break from the computer and I cant wait. Going to Africa for 5 weeks in the summer and depending on my state of mind after that I might throw the computer in a skip, they are not healthy toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant23 Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Wow how depressing! :sad I know I've backed off recently but that was a personal choice. I feel I've stagnated because when I build a bankroll instead of re-investing it and testing myself higher up the ladder I will spend it on treats for myself and the family. Something I will have to change sooner or later. :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimany Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I get fed up sometimes, but mainly just after a bad run of cards. Personally however, after a successful tournament session I am completely mentally drained! This is the biggest deterrent for me for the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColU_FC Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I feel I've stagnated because when I build a bankroll instead of re-investing it and testing myself higher up the ladder I will spend it on treats for myself and the family. Seems to me you've got your priorities right mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatBoyFat Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. My love affair with poker has had it's ups and downs but I always find myself coming back to the game and find I do much better after a break. I got really disillusioned with poker when I was bonus whoring and grinding out the bonuses for cash. I now just think of the money as a way of keeping score as I want to move up through the levels and get better as a player until I [hopefully] hit a level where the cash does make a difference. You say in your post that if it wasn't for the money you wouldn't play at all. However, IMHO if you aren't relying on the money for anything I would recommend setting yourself a challenge to move up through the levels at your chosen discipline (Cash games, SNGs or MTTs) and forget about the money. GL at whatever you decide to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil tish Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. i am totally bored with it. dont know how you grinders do it. sitting there, fold fold fold fold fold fold, call, fold fold, its not doing it for me any more. i have too much going on at home to sit at the comp for 2-5 hours playing an mtt, well to play it correctly anyway. ie fold fold fold fold fold fold,aces...min raise lol 5 player stt's a nice distraction, speed blinds, bit of action, kiss kiss bang bang! some u win, some u lose. long term...profit, if u have any card sense whatsoever anyway. good laugh home games playing with your mates. online, nah..BORING hats off to the ppl who have made a real success at it, i.e mole,gaf,runa,gazb etc must admit i'm quickly falling out of love with it.... fancy a game of 3 card brag anyone?;) dt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpe1ne Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. 5 Year's i've been playing online,cash mtt and sng, but for the last 6 months i've hardly played tournament's not through losing cos i enjoy the craic with the players,but with games starting later and with more players in I really don't have the will to sit here for 5 hours at a time.Also because most of the value games are on Tuesday's and Wednesday's and those are my Dart's nights. Also with all the coffee and biscuit's i drink whilst playing tourney's then me chair is becoming a tight squeeze to fit into and a new one,thats comfy would cost me £150. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Gawd, I've lost my 'poker mojo' in the last two months. I can't do anything right, I can't hit a flop, I can't bluff anybody, it's as though I had to play some 'advanced moron poker' if I was to have made any money playing exceptionally loose and aggressive in the cash games (like getting J6o in middle position, calling a 'huge raise' and flopping two pair and turning a full house). The amount of money I've lost from the money I made I think is fairly minuscule (probably £80 over on Titan which to me is enough to set the panic alarms going because it could have easily been a lot more and at the low-low stakes I play at that's a 'lot' to lose). I'm just playing freerolls and low buy-in tourneys just to ease my way back into some kind of winning groove (it ain't really working at the moment though :(). OT: Can't be just me who thinks that when you when you're running well on a particular site it's the greatest in the world but when you lose it's the most rigged site ever? :lol :rollin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAM Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Seems to me you've got your priorities right mate. Yes but they are getting fed up of chocolate hob nobs now :lol I hate online poker and I am due a break very soon. I have too much going on in the real world with work and family to continue playing 3/4 nights a week. I am still constantly amazed how some people on this site manage to play every night - that is some fortitude.:clap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelopeys Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I understand how you feel INVASOR. I have been "away" from the game for quite a few months now, pop in every now and again to play a PL game, but I REALLY have a hard time finding my "old poker spirit". Thought it was going to come back, but it hasn't yet :\ So now I have a life instead :lol ... I like to play live though but never seem to get around to do it unless we go to PL meetings :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednutt Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. This past 6 months or so i lost my love for poker but now i am gradually working my way back in. I think the reason i got fed up with it was i turned the computer on in the morning and sat there till bedtime playing poker...not healthy. Now i stick to 3 or 4 days a week mostly freerolls or low cash games with the odd $5/$10 mtt. Rarely play stt anymore which was my game for the past couple of years. Having recently had a couple of good wins always helps your motovation :loon Best advice is take a break. Do whatever it was you used to do before you found the world of online poker. Sooner or later you will feel the urge again. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brael Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I've lost some of my poker mojo too. When I have been playing it's for the sake of a bonus. I haven't played an MTT in ages (takes way too long if it's going well!) and only play STT's on the very, very odd occasion. Once circumstances have sorted themselves out I'd like to think I'll get back to it but I think that's a few months off yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I'm beginning to think I have Psychological problems. I just can't go up a level on NL Cash games. I have this irrational fear of losing even a single cent of the bankroll I've so lovingly nurtured. I can consistently win on my level but my game just disappears when I go up. I'm on the verge of just withdrawing my BR and spending it on something less detrimental to my mental well being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philossify Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I'm beginning to think I have Psychological problems. I just can't go up a level on NL Cash games. I have this irrational fear of losing even a single cent of the bankroll I've so lovingly nurtured. I can consistently win on my level but my game just disappears when I go up. I'm on the verge of just withdrawing my BR and spending it on something less detrimental to my mental well being. Hi DAC, what you say rings a bell with me. I have an irrational fear of having a losing week, so much so that I chicken out of the level of games I should be playing towards the end of the week (Friday,Saturday,Sunday) if it looks like it will turn that week from slight win to slight loss. Have tried to address it by designating 10% of my financial years winnings as "risk" money with the thought that I shouldn't worry about a losing stretch until I've exhausted my risk money - then in theory I revert to a safe strategy - lots of freerolls and value games and bonus earning where, if I'm losing money, I need my head examined :lol . I've found several times that even a short break away from the game is revitalising. It's too easy to get caught up in a cycle of non-socialising 'cos you'll miss a league game or somesuch. Put a night out with the lads (or wife/girlfriend/boyyfriend) ahead of poker committments occasionally and (IMHO) it improves your overall results :ok . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Hey Phillosify, Do you know what I think my problem is? bottle. Until I learn not to be afraid of losing my BR then i'm really not going to progess at all. I can only take my hat off and bow to people like "The Mole" as his thread just leaves me agog. Maybe I also have to adhere to the fact that I may not just have the temprement for the more serious cash games. The thing is I know I can play. Another thing I should mention is that my CSA has just gone up to £500.00 a month, this must be having a subconcious effect on my game even though I like to think it's not. Time to put up or shut up I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveO Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. DAC I know how you feel mate the CSA crippled me for £370 for a one night stand (had a DNA test) put up with it for 2 yrs but then I had a bad accident and stayed off work for 6months. Went back to work and they then bumped it up to over £400 so I thought fcuk this went on the sick and thats how I got into playing poker.:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Invasor, Same with me mate. I found I had a son out of the blue and that under current regulations they are allowed to take 40% of my wages (7K in arrears) Should hear today or tomorrow if I've got a very well(ish) paid job in the public sector...if I haven't got it then god knows what I'm going to do....I just thank god I have an angel of a girlfriend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant23 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I'm beginning to think I have Psychological problems. I just can't go up a level on NL Cash games. I have this irrational fear of losing even a single cent of the bankroll I've so lovingly nurtured. I can consistently win on my level but my game just disappears when I go up. I'm on the verge of just withdrawing my BR and spending it on something less detrimental to my mental well being.DAC I'm sorry about your personal circumstances but can I ask whether you are doing something positive with your winnings at all or do you hoard your bankroll because its the only cash (cos of the CSA) you can truly call your own? It was suggested to me that I withdraw a small percentage of my bankrolll and save it and this is a good idea. I think that we all have to take a risk now and again and Phil's suggestion of using a percentage as 'risk' money has its merits too. I personally have hoarded over the last 18mths and then the money I've saved/won has been used on nice things for the home family but now I feel that I'm in a place where I will use my 'roll to try and win a lot of money or lose it trying.* *I won't do it rashly and will try to build it gradually but I will see my 'roll as investment capital ather than savings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Val I'm sorry about your personal circumstances but can I ask whether you are doing something positive with your winnings at all or do you hoard your bankroll because its the only cash (cos of the CSA) you can truly call your own? If I am to be totally honest Valiant if I lose this BR I can't really justify replacing it and believe me a lot of time and effort has gone into it, that said, I did win a couple of healthy tournies a couple of month ago and withdrew the money and paid most off the credit card bill with it. I think I'm going to have to reassess what I want from Poker, maybe going up the levels isn't the be all and end all and I should be happy that I manage to consistently eke out a profit. Maybe I should start to play the higher level STT's before worrying about higher level cash games....but the problem is.....and this is the real doozzie here....I just love the game but I'm mortally afraid of losing. I proabably sound like a right nutter....:lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant23 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Dunno what makes you say that Sexy Keks. :rollin I think with strict bankroll management you should be able to build it without to much effort, and by playing a fixed percentage as your 'roll goes up eventually so will the level you play at. You'd feel comfortable knowing that even if you lost that % buy in you should still have more than you started with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. Dunno what makes you say that Sexy Keks :lol :lol Cheers for the advice, Valiant and Philossify! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerjace Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I went through the same thing a while back and it was awful.After building a big enough fund to get me to vegas i embarked on a run of results that was staggering in the least.I lost $3500 in a 2 week period (bad play,bad beats and bad luck)As i reached the lowest point i withdrew the remaining $1600 and had a ball with it. Three months passed before i even looked at a poker game but i got back in the groove and i'm enjoying it again.Deposited $50 and made it back up to $1600 in a month or so and due to working away i'm only playing a few hours a week. It's different for everyone but a complete break(didn't even watch it on tv)worked wonders for me. As for Vegas,maybe next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Re: Anyone fed up of poker. I played much higher Cash Tables and STT's than normal last night with gay abandon. Unded up 26c down after 4 hours play.....:lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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