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PanoRaMa United States. Dec 31 2009 02:10. Posts 1655 | | |
Well it's New Years Eve afternoon here in Taipei and I played my last session of 2009 which ended pretty bad. As I write this, I am in one of the most upset moods of my entire career. This game is seriously taking its toll on me. Not so much the game and its variance, but rather the notion that again, I've failed to meet my goals. Such great aspirations, hopes, momentum to start the year and I can't shake this feeling of failure.
2009 Goal: $150k, at least 500 or 600k hands. Later changed to just $100k.
Final Result: $80k, 400k hands.
I started the month 5k away from 100k and I managed to fuck it up. I end December 2009 as a 14k loser (6k from live), going down in history as the single worst month of my entire career, and it had to come at just about the worst time. It's really unfair how this game can be sometimes.
A lot of you will say that 80k isn't anything to complain about. I know it could be a lot worse, but the reality of the matter is I play this game professionally and it is my only means of income. I devote everyday of my life to poker in one way or another. It's really frustrating knowing how far I've come only to know that I'm still more or less terrible in the grand scheme of things, with extremely mediocre results to boot.
I won a tournament for 12k at the beginning of 2009 (literally 364 days ago) but since then I've squandered those winnings in other tournament buy ins, random degening, etc. so basically the essential makeup of my 2009 results are online cash results and rakeback as everything else canceled each other out.
I have really big plans for 2010. I currently wake up every weekday at 8 AM and go to an office in Taipei where I am a part-owner and lead instructor of a Taipei-based poker training school. So due to that I have a ridic good routine/atmosphere/schedule which I was missing in the entirety of 2009. I've taken up boxing, which combined with my passion for teaching, adds a tremendous deal of balance to my life. Due to this routine I obviously plan on playing a LOT more hands than 400k (I'm very sure if I did 500k hands on the year I would've hit 100k, which makes me upset that me not making my monetary goal in part has to do with my shitty work ethic). 2010 is also the first year I'm eligible to play in the WSOP, so if things go well I plan to play some events as well.
I take some solace in the fact that I will be starting 2010 playing 2/4 and higher, as I started 2009 playing 1/2 and it took quite some time to transition into 2/4 fully. If anything, it means I've at least had SOME progress.
Happy New Year everyone, it's going to be a crucial year. I've set a preliminary goal of $200k, with at least 600k hands.
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poker training school? gay
really not a bad amount to earn for a year of work either, gz |
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lachlan Australia. Dec 31 2009 07:08. Posts 6991 | | |
stop teaching the fish! gj on ur year too :D |
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Uptown . Dec 31 2009 08:10. Posts 3557 | | |
Here's to keeping the professional work routine for 2010!  |
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