Just like to
say that I will be placing a few guest blogs on Leon’s site this year and so I
hope that a few of you will be happy to read some of my dubious ramblings about
all things poker. First off, I am trying desperately to get back to being some
kind of poker player again on a semi-permanent basis. I was listening to an
interview from Neil Channing the other day and he said that he would be
grinding 60 hour weeks again down at the Vic.
All I can
say is WOW……just how do people put that many hours in? Well I know the answer
to my question because I used to do it once but many moons ago. It just needs
motivation and a large dose of discipline which is sadly something that I have
been missing over the past year. I stopped trying to kid myself that I could
hack it in high-stakes levels a couple of years ago and that multi-tabling
levels like NL100 and even NL50 would be my thing.
But I
suppose a little of me died with it when I realised that this was all I was
ever going to be based on how much time I could devote to playing poker. You
simply cannot compete against players who eat, sleep and breathe the middle
limits 24/7 and I have better things to do with my life than grind for hour
after hour and spend heaven knows how many hours watching for value to appear.
But grinding is an acquired skill and condition almost like building muscle and
I have become very flabby this past year.
I played an
eight hour session last week and it near wasted me the following day as all I
felt like doing was watching At the Races. I often envy the tournament players
who seem to live much more glamorous poker lives even if very few are +EV. But
when a 3-4 hour session feels like mega-grinding to me these days then I know
that I am going to have problems building that back up to a 40 hour week. But
anyway…….hope you will tune in to listen to a few more whinges from me in
future.
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