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I've been sitting in Entrepreneurship class for the last 2 hours. I was paying attention for the first half hour but soon after the only thing I could think about was if we would be let out early so I could get home in time for the $150 tournaments tonight. I honestly didn't listen to a word the professor said from then on. I was thinking about the hands I misplayed from the midnight $100 on party last night where I bubbled the final table. I was thinking about where I went wrong deep in the $22 rebuy. What I should do with all the money on neteller. Which games I want to play tonight.
Even when I'm not playing cards, more often than not I am thinking about it and am starting to have some guilt issues. I feel like I used to be a much more well-rounded person before poker became such a big part of my everyday life.
Does anybody else feel as if they've been totally consumed by the game?
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I go out and party every thursday night. Most Friday nights and almost every Saturday night. I'd make a helluva a lot more $ if I didn't.
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I totally understand. I'm pretty consumed by poker and I haven't
enjoyed anywhere near the same success as a lot of you guys. It's
just that when I hear people complainin about school, when college is
something I miss so much, I don't quite understand. Obviously if I had made a ton of money
through poker at a young age, my views might be different.
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100 percent -- i bore the hell out of my non-poker playing friends too by talking about shit like position and bluffs etc...
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LOL ape. When my roomate is playing a $10sng I can just tell he wants me to stay the fuck outta his room caues im just gonna lay on all this philosophical bullshit on him and he just wants to play a $10 tournament for the fuck of it.
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My concern with duffer24 is that he is having too much sex. 40% of a standard day in America is 9.6 hours. 9.6 hours of sex is in my opinion a little over the top. You would have to be worried about getting burned out and finding new partners. Am I a sex expert? Am I a therapy psychologist? Does you flush draw count as your kicker in a Ace High situation? I don't know the answers to these questions but this should really help you out duffer24.
Keep doing it, see what happens.
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Do you all not/did not have wireless internet at your school? Problem solved, play online while in class, the ultimate resolution to this question. You just have to time it right, if youre in a normal one hour to hour and a half class just sign up for some SnGs, if youre in a block class play ring games, clearly you cant sign up for MTTs. Its the only way to go if youre still in college.
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I did that once in a large lecture hall. The only problem was when my flopped straight was rivered by a backdoor flush I immediatly stood up and said "**** off PokerStars." It clearly interupted the lecture and I was banned from the University. Has the ban hurty my search for a real job? Does playing poker in lecture hurt your ROI? Is the $50K HORSE event the softest WSOP event? I don't know the answer to these questions, but this should really help you out.
Keep doing it, see what happens.
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I guess I'm not as addicted as you guys. I've been doing ok in
school, and just using poker as a way to avoid 5-12ing it after classes
to pay rent. I really hate working, poker is the only thing that
I feel like I could do for a living, and not end up hating my life in
20 years. I guess Gank said it best, "I can't work for 'The Man'".
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I definitely feel you on this one gboro. But I think I devote so much time to poker because of the rewards I will reap from hard work later on in life. I think I will never quit poker but at some point be able to enjoy all the other great things in life. It's hard to not get consumed by something you do so much of. But I'd rather be passionate about one thing then know a little about a lot.
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oh man I missed this thread. I am really starting to question all this
too. Like two nights ago I was trying to multi-task studying at my desk
for a mid-term and railing for mantis as he took down a PS touney at
the same time. Same thing last night, I was making a formula sheet
while watching the charity tourney. It took me like 3 facking hours to
write out a page and a half b/c I just had to see who won the charity
tourney. WTF?!?!?!?... And wow look, it's 3:25 am and im on an internet message board
talking about how I am consumed with poker. WOOOOOOOOOOT ??? LOL......
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Very good thread. I can say poker has had a dramatic effect on my life. I used to be a very good student and was absorb with many things. I can definitely say that finishing this last year of school has been the toughest task of my life. I play poker in every class and could care less about studying. I am going to graduate but for no reason other than to say I did it.
On a better note...I have learned that poker IS NOT LIFE. Over the past few months I have been having a lot more fun and doing things I enjoy. I am actually enjoying my money...lol. Unfortunatley I believe that in order for someone to become an excellent poker player, he/she must be absorb in the game for quite a while. However, if you become great at poker I think being to step back from it a bit will make you even better. Hopefully somone out there will understand my gibberish.
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Im more like:
%90 women
%10 poker
But i admit that even 10 could be worrying.
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I'm in the same boat as a lot of you, but a year or so past... I
was making good money playing poker in Raleigh, NC while I went to
NCSU. I was never a great student, but I generally got the job
done. However, my senior "year" of CSC was EXTREMELY hard to
pass. Although I knew I was going to pursue poker professionally by the
start of 2005 (I was making more than enough at it to do it already,
and I was only playing really low stakes), I still had to finish
school. I only had one class left for the Spring semester in
2005, and I ended up dropping that just before the drop deadline (poker
play isn't what hurt me there - the class was just way too difficult
for me). My plan to move to Vegas early in the summer of 2005 was
already in place, and I wasn't going to let not finishing school stop
me. I knew I had to move to pursue my dream... or whatever.
I had a plan in place of course to finish here in Vegas at UNLV.
I got all the necessary paperwork to be able to take that last class at
UNLV in the fall of 2005.
However, after I moved out here... and started making more money than I
expected to pretty much immediately, it become much more difficult to
make myself take the class in the fall. I eventually told myself
I'd take it in the spring. Well, Nov - Dec, and then especially
early January became my most profitable months yet, and now I'm playing
some major events, and continuing to play higher stakes and
consistently win. This of course led to me not signing up for the
class at UNLV this semester, so I STILL have 1 class to finish to
graduate (and another problem is that it is going to be an extremely
difficult one to pass, even if it wasn't for poker).
Of course, I plan to eventually graduate, as I do want the degree
(although it will never be of use to me - I'll never work in a job in
the CSC field). But since the start of the year, I've averaged
$1900/day playing online. How can I convince myself to take the
time and effort to take that last class when I'm making money like
this?? It's very, very difficult. In fact, it's difficult
to spend time with friends and all when I have to pass up a day online
to do so!
It's good to hear from others who have the same issue (obviously, I'm
not complaining, as I'm thrilled to be doing as well as I am... but it
does take away a lot of other areas of your life). If I was only
2 years into school or so, and making money like I am now online (and I
know a lot of you are too), I don't know how I could possibly convince
myself to put any effort into school. I'm in awe of you who are
able to do it.
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