Getting Better at Poker In How Ever Many Days it Takes Challenge
 

Sorry, couldn't resist.
All this talk of extreme volume and 233453 tabling makes me wonder if many players are putting the cart before the horse...

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But that takes actual effort, not just zombie patience!

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i was sorta going to put that as my goal in the goals thread. then i didn't because i'm mad lazy and in san diego.

i think that the thing that you, me, and others forget is that many don't care at all about being good at poker, just about big piles of money. big piles of money don't have a prerequisite of being good at poker, not even in poker.

c

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You're a sissy-la-la if you can't play 233453 at a time... duh.

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stfu up. I 2-tabled or lot for you foo. I think I deserve a little high volume relaxin action

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i think that the thing that you, me, and others forget is that many don't care at all about being good at poker, just about big piles of money. big piles of money don't have a prerequisite of being good at poker, not even in poker.

c

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i think there's also a group of people like me...i definitely care about being good, but it's hard for me to always keep it the #1 priority in the face of having to make the rent.

btw i've left NYC for at least several months...wish i'd had a chance to play some live poker w/you. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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i think that the thing that you, me, and others forget is that many don't care at all about being good at poker, just about big piles of money. big piles of money don't have a prerequisite of being good at poker, not even in poker.


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There are also perverse souls like me, where I'd say my primary focus has been trying to be good at poker, with the money as a secondary benefit. My focus may change.

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where'd you head to?

i've left nyc for at least a few months as well i think. might go back for some weekends and whatnot, but internship over.

c

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I'm in.

(and I'm at least a 3:1 underdog [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] )

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where'd you head to?

i've left nyc for at least a few months as well i think. might go back for some weekends and whatnot, but internship over.

c

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back to boston. might come out west in a few months.

good luck with that interview if it hasn't happened already.

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Dude.

Just cause of you I'm giving myself a "1 table that batch" mini-challenge. Gonna 1 table until I understand the ish I told you about.

Man I'm gonna rule when it's done.

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k official stats so far

1 game. 354% ROI.

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I'm doing this right after I get back from the Bahamas [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] where i waste my pile of money [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. I'm going to review every hh i play until i'm satisfied with how I'm playing, i'll most likely be hiring a coach.

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This is the first SNG challenge that I've ever read that I thought was a good idea.

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i think that the thing that you, me, and others forget is that many don't care at all about being good at poker, just about big piles of money. big piles of money don't have a prerequisite of being good at poker, not even in poker.

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I actually play poker for fun. Don't get me wrong, the money motivates me to put in many more hours than I would normally, but I still view it as a fun game that happens to earn a lot of money (if you get really good at it)

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Yeh I'm doing some work on my game now. I'd like to hit $200/hr, and I don't think that's going to happen unless I'm playing $215s. Got a long way to go.

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hmmm, I think my goal is still learning self awareness. I pretty much know what my options are in ant givin situation, I just don't always think it through to arive at the best one. Sometimes I'm playing through a fog that obscures all the finer points. I really need to learn enough self awareness to at least realize when it's happening.

As I've said, knowing how to play at a high level is much easier than consistantly doing it