no fold 'em at higher limits (15-30, 20-40)

[David Ottosen]

If you think poker as a job will be bad, try imagining your chess tournaments as a job [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

You'll go to work with people where it seems like the less well set you are in your life, the better you will do. You'll work long long hours with the goal of perhaps getting your money back, but generally nothing. Don't forget as well that each time you lose, you'll have to face the fact that the other guy was simply better than you, end of story.

Based on your breakdown:

Make money -- 10% - zero from chess
Socialise, meet people -- 10% - maybe some
Relax -- 5% - little to none; a chess game is much more demanding mentally than a poker session
Get excitement of risk -- 5% - not much risk in chess
Test self against competitive challenge -- 30% - lots of this anyways
Sense of accomplishment from winning -- 10% - and lots of this
Pass time -- 5% - well no argument here
Other (intellectual stimulation) -- 25% - possibly

Sincerely,

A chess burnout [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]