New challenges

I’ve recently returned from holiday where I had a chance to think about where my poker is faltering. Yes, I’ve been running exceedingly bad, but my passion for the game has withered in recent months and I think I finally worked out why. I was mostly playing sit-and-gos, at which I’m a decent player and I know a lot about the game, but it was killing my creativity and interest for poker. After all, it’s not much fun grinding for hundreds of games a month only to find you’ve been winning $0.10 a game.

I had in fact been on a massive downswing in them and it just kind of made me think, what’s the point? Ok, I can see why you might grind them for a living as a slightly lower risk and easier way of paying the bills, but when I’m working full time and only getting chance to play for, say, 10-20 hours a week, I think it’s about time I used my time better and to (hopefully) win more money.

So I’m finally going on a great big cash adventure. I said I’d do it at the start of the year, but I somehow didn’t follow up on it. Now, I’ll be honest, I’m not the world’s best cash player. Years of tournament play has stunted my ability to play through the streets and some of my decisions I know are very poor at the moment. But it’s going to be a fun ride learning, and hopefully by the end of the year I’ll be a winning player at $.50/$1.

My aim in June is to play maybe 10k hands and see how I’m doing, and if I can get that sweat session off Mr Wealthall I might just have a chance of turning a profit in my first month. When are you off to Vegas, Nick?

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