pstarfish (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pstarfish) wrote,@ 2005-09-11 20:38:00 |
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The Layoff is over!
No poker layoff, just a long period where I was too lazy to write. Actually, the lack of new journal entries is pretty representative of my life over the past month or so. Maybe it's a normal thing, but since returning from the World Series, I've become tremendously lazy. Most of the things that I wanted to accomplish personally have been put off, I've missed appointments, and I've been really non-communicative in general. On top of all of that, my poker has been pretty lazy too. And my results have been bad, as they should be when I'm not playing at the top of my game.
Had a nice long talk with myself this week. I'm not sure what exactly turned the light on for me, but it's pretty obvious that my discipline has been lacking. I'm not a naturally disciplined person, and when I'm not concentrating its very easy to be lazy. It's my natural state. So, I needed to kick my own ass a little. Started back to the gym this week, and took care of a few other things that I've been putting off. Also went back to playing more solid poker, and what a surprise, I had two huge wins this week. One big loser day too, but a positive week overall.
I think the laziness is attributable to having success in the World Series. It is very easy to be complacent, and forget the things that caused the success in the first place. I have to recognize that, and always try to monitor if I'm working hard enough, both at the table and away from it. Being honest with myself is one of the mandatory requirements of this occupation, and the truth is that there is a wide gap between my best game and my worst, and if I don't force myself to play my best, I can't be nearly as successful as I can be. As I choose to be.
As far as an update to specific results, they have been mostly negative over the last month. I was knocked out on the first day of the Legends of Poker main event, when I called off all my money with Aces against a set. I also lost at the Arizona State Championship, but that wasn't from poor play. Got all of my chips into the middle pre-flop with QQ, and was called by an A2. Both of us had really large stacks at the time, so it would have been a key hand to win as well, but an Ace flopped.
Took my sons to the ASU-LSU game last night. What a terrific game, but what a terrible result. Many reasons for the loss, including some really questionable decisions during the last drive, but overall I think ASU will be very entertaining this season.
OK, that's it for now. Hey, this was fun. Maybe I should try to write more frequently than every five weeks?
No poker layoff, just a long period where I was too lazy to write. Actually, the lack of new journal entries is pretty representative of my life over the past month or so. Maybe it's a normal thing, but since returning from the World Series, I've become tremendously lazy. Most of the things that I wanted to accomplish personally have been put off, I've missed appointments, and I've been really non-communicative in general. On top of all of that, my poker has been pretty lazy too. And my results have been bad, as they should be when I'm not playing at the top of my game.
Had a nice long talk with myself this week. I'm not sure what exactly turned the light on for me, but it's pretty obvious that my discipline has been lacking. I'm not a naturally disciplined person, and when I'm not concentrating its very easy to be lazy. It's my natural state. So, I needed to kick my own ass a little. Started back to the gym this week, and took care of a few other things that I've been putting off. Also went back to playing more solid poker, and what a surprise, I had two huge wins this week. One big loser day too, but a positive week overall.
I think the laziness is attributable to having success in the World Series. It is very easy to be complacent, and forget the things that caused the success in the first place. I have to recognize that, and always try to monitor if I'm working hard enough, both at the table and away from it. Being honest with myself is one of the mandatory requirements of this occupation, and the truth is that there is a wide gap between my best game and my worst, and if I don't force myself to play my best, I can't be nearly as successful as I can be. As I choose to be.
As far as an update to specific results, they have been mostly negative over the last month. I was knocked out on the first day of the Legends of Poker main event, when I called off all my money with Aces against a set. I also lost at the Arizona State Championship, but that wasn't from poor play. Got all of my chips into the middle pre-flop with QQ, and was called by an A2. Both of us had really large stacks at the time, so it would have been a key hand to win as well, but an Ace flopped.
Took my sons to the ASU-LSU game last night. What a terrific game, but what a terrible result. Many reasons for the loss, including some really questionable decisions during the last drive, but overall I think ASU will be very entertaining this season.
OK, that's it for now. Hey, this was fun. Maybe I should try to write more frequently than every five weeks?
