$60k in 60 days -- Days 40 & 41

[Vehn]

I went to bed at 9am yesterday and woke up at 6pm. Good times..

[Ulysses]

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I went to bed at 9am yesterday and woke up at 6pm. Good times..

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What'd you do after that? Take a picture of your bankroll for the net, remember you already did that, so go with screenshots of PokerTracker? HAHAHAHA. Olé!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jwvdcw]

As for your guys strange sleeping habbits....do some more excercise. Hit the weights 4 times a week, and do cardio every day...that should make you tired enough to fall asleep every 24 hours.

[morgant]

link please......

i do a reset roughly once every couple weeks. i can only play live poker about that often. so when i hit the casinos. first night is all night, sleep around 9am, return at 6ish and play through till next day for a regular sleep night. but i am usually crushed the following day.

[Schneids]

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link please......

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I used to work out 20 to 30 hours a week, easily, and earned two black belts in two different martial arts. I had just as much trouble falling asleep then.

Different people's biology just works differently. My dad got up roaring and happy as a clam at 6:00 in the morning even on weekends when still young, and thought everyone else who didn't was some kind of weirdo.

[goodguy_1]

exercising is not the answer.I know because for the last 2 months I've been doing Sprint Triathlons every other weekend.I hope to do a 1/2 Ironman in maybe 6 months..I come from a swimming background so I said what the hey.In a regular week I run about 12 miles,bike 60 miles and swim about 10-12K yards..not a big deal but it will get you in shape and its fun to do.

With all this you'd think my hours would regulate but they dont because my schedule no matter what revolves around my poker results to be honest.

I went to bed today at 11am and got up at 6pm.I just ran at 9pm.

I've been running in the morning because it's cool-important here in steamy florida but usually this is after playing all night.
I train with this 53 woman who is an Xtera National champ -she sold me my new bike..she laughs at me when I explain how screwy my hours are.

The rest of my family know that I've made my living from poker going on this my 4th full year.They know not to call my before 11amish unless it is very important...I would like to go to bed at 2am/3am est and get up at 9am/10am as a set schedule but I rarely maintain this for more then 2-3 days.I have always been a nite person since I was a teenager.
Having crappy hours is ok if you live alone and dont spend alot of time with others...BUT If you start to socialize with non-players regularly your funky schedule will definetly become a major issue.

Exercise will only help you regulate your hours and make sleeping easier IF you maintain some semblance of regularity in your sleeping schedule.

My first race the last week in May in Orlando I could not fuggin sleep before the race-I got 2 hours of sleep.The next weekend I went down to Miami and signed up for 5 more races over the next 2-3 months.That night also I tossed and turned and slept like maybe an hour from 4:30 am-5:30 am.I almost thought about not going to the race -scared of injuring myself.I actually did injure myself-swimmer's shoulder from overtraining and most probably lack of sleep.

One of the reason I grind stakes lower than I need to is to help me deal with the ups and downs of poker as a career.When I step it up and play higher I notice my hours get much worse because my results are more erratic.No matter what my hours are always in flux....Is it worth it??Right now poker offers me great flexibilty with my time and decent money but sometimes I think I may be kidding myself about the "flexibilty" concept.

I love to play the game..but at times I do feel like a hostage to the lifestyle:eratic hours and self-centered schedule.It may not be worth it unless you can mix non-poker and poker life in equal portions..

oh well..in the meantime I just play on..