So recently I have been wondering about my poker game.... Asking questions about my abilities to play.. constantly asking for help from others for whatever reason. It was all because I wanted to make money. Everyone loves those $ signs, right? So I have been doing a lot of studying of the game (equity, ICM, volume, etc). I was making plays cause it was +EV and right according to the "book". At the end of the day, I was losing... And yeah I was running bad, but I really just couldnt understand why I wasnt winning. I was hating poker because I just wanted to make money, and that wasnt happening.
Today I was talking on aim with a fellow poker player telling him how I just hate poker right now... he asked me this... then Why would you play?

Ding...Ding... Why would I be showing up to play a GAME where I cant control a certain percentage of the game to make money?

So today I showed up to play some poker, the game that I used to love so much... and you know what, I played some pretty damn good poker and ended even making a little money...I was able to use all the "math" that I learned and apply it to my poker game.

Overall a great success... I laughed for the first time when I lost a hand.. I just laughed how incredibly bad this guy played the hand. The end result didnt really matter because I played it right.

Forget all the math, equity, etc.... and quit complaining about running bad...
Sack up and take the beat and take joy in just completely owning some fool, you might be surprised at how much EV you can create on your own and cut down on this thing called variance.
I sure as hell enjoyed poker today more than anyday in a long long time....

GL @ the tables.