Midday Poker Rant
Last night, I went to bed at least 30 minutes earlier than the night before but I got up an hour later; I’m assuming that’s a sign I’m growing accustomed to the bed at my Mom’s place. I was hoping to get up even a little bit earlier so it felt like I had more time in my day but that wasn’t the case.
I’ve already been up over 2 hours although I have no idea where the time went. I think the extra 30 minutes I use to take a bath really hurts the productivity. Sure, I don’t have to be as lazy but I mean, its a bath its supposed to be relaxing. By the time I eat lunch and watch some TV an hour or more has passed and I’m well into the afternoon.
I think the biggest problem right now is 2 fold. 1) I am not able to watch TV and play poker at the same time; you would think this would help me concentrate but its the exact opposite. Since I’m not 9 tabling I get extremely board during the down times because I’ve only got 2 tables up; I can usually play 2 tables while I sleep. I want to play well so I don’t want to add extra tables that aren’t going to be that great especially at the increased stakes.
2) I haven’t been in a regular routine in almost a month, and not surprisingly its been that month where I’ve played very little. I was listening to Hawk Harrelson announce the White Sox game on TV last night, and he said the best baseball players develop a routine and stick to that routine no matter what. It really helps with the mental aspect of the game, and I need to develop such a routine. The only problem is I am unable to develop said routine because I’m always on the move.
Since Marlyn moved out to DC for her job, over the past 12 months I’ve spent nearly 4 months away from my apartment. Doesn’t that seem like a lot compared to the normal person? I spent 7 weeks combined visiting Marlyn, 2 weeks at Kiyoshi’s, 2 weeks at my Mom’s place, 3 weeks at my Dad’s place and over 3 weeks out in Vegas. If you count that up that is minimum of 17 weeks of the last 52 where I’ve been unable to get in any routine. If you remember, the 3 weeks that I spent at my apartment in May were real productive, and it was the only month where I had a set routine for 2 weeks and I got in 50,000 hands at 100 NL.
Unfortunately, I am not going to be able to get in such a routine until I move out to DC area with Marlyn. Between now and then, I’ve got to 1) pack, 2) visit my dad and 3) actually move out/in. How am I supposed to get any serious play time while I have to do all that? I feel guilty when I’m not playing when I’m supposed to whereas any scheduled days off I take I don’t feel bad at all because I feel like I’ve earned. Right now I just feel bad not playing, but I am unable to start playing for those reasons.
I really want to learn to beat 400 NL Full Ring too, and I feel that if I go down in stakes to get some cheap hours in it is going to hinder my mental state to play at the higher stakes. I know its not great for the bankroll right now, but I’m thinking long term earnings are going to be higher if I don’t move down to get easy hours in.
That’s what has been going through my head the past 24 hours and it feels like a rant, but its not really. I can just hope I can find a way to get through the next few days. Maybe if I go out and buy a wireless router I can get my brother to install it and then I can play by the TV. I think the $40 cost of me doing that will be more than made up by the fact I wont be board while I play. I may just do that. . .
