Alright I am sure most of you don't know who I am since it has been a long time since I last posted anything here. To clear it up, I am a nobody. Don't get me wrong, that's fine by me, I love the game of poker, I have been successful at it and I plan to keep playing. But what I mean is that I don't have the pipe dream of doing this for a living, if it worked out that way fine, but I'm not banking on it. <READMORE>

Basically I took a long break from poker, it got stressful and I was spending more time in college playing poker then I was enjoying myself. So I decided to take a break and do some stupid stuff that you do in college. Don't get me wrong I don't do a lot of dumb things but when I do, it's something really stupid, to the point where I don't wake up in the morning regretting anything, but it's so stupid I can't help but laugh. Anyways I got sidetracked, I decided to start logging some more hours lately because I have been in the right state of mind. LatestLines may have touched on this once but I don't read what he puts on this site so I'm sorry if anything is a repeat.

So many people talk about how playing above your head is bad for your game. I can't argue this but I think the bigger thing is playing out of your head. Even if you have the bankroll to play a certain game, but do not have the mindset, it doesn't matter what your bankroll is, you won't win in the long run. The bigger key in my donkish opinion is playing within your head, as corny as that may sound. I am known for having a chronic bankroll management problem. I do not care at this point, I play to have fun, grinding and playing the nuts in a game that I can afford with my bankroll is not fun for me. If I have a good week, I spend it on the weekends, letting my friends enjoy it too. Basically, when I started playing again, I jumped up to games I shouldn't have been playing following bankroll strategies but it didn't matter. I was ready to play some good poker, I didn't care about losing anymore, I was just having fun and I have been pretty successful as of late. Is there any point to this, no probably not, but to the young college kids playing poker who have been bombarded with bankroll ideas, I'm saying to them screw it, have fun. Don't spend hours aggravated grinding out .25/.50 games, live a little, enjoy poker. I have seen to many people get wrapped up in thinking they can do this for a living. Yes it easier now then it used to be, but it takes something unique to be successful in the long run in this game, for every Green Plastic there are thousands of kids who will never come near his level. I don't mean to deter anyone from trying to do what they want to do, but just take a step back and look around, poker is not that easy of a lifestyle, fun yes, but not easy.

Anyways, Im not sure if any of that will make sense, basically Im pretty sure no one is reading it to begin with, but I just lost a massive pot at Harrahs and felt like writing something. In fact when I lost the pot, the gentlemen (or half-tard donkey, whichever you prefer), asked me how I could handle losing that much at my age, I said it doesn't matter I just came to enjoy myself. It was driving home that I realized I was playing with the right state of mind and that if I could keep playing with this mindset I will be fine.

As has been the case with most of my blogs, this has probably been useless. I would like to say congrats to Shawn and debo34 who have been on a tear lately, great to see it. Also a thanks to Gank for letting me hang around and have some fun in Tunica. And lastly, F Beanie, but you know what as much as it pains me to say it, the dude can play, just watch him. Good luck to everyone out there, peace out. </READMORE>