From now on I am going to dice my blog posts into two categories, journal entries that give perspectives on my life's events, and articles written written on a topic, such as my previous post regarding Carl Paladino's homophobic tirade.
So far this month seems to be stuck on neutral, typically I have noticed a correlation between the fall in temperature and daylight brought about by the fall and winter months, and my morale and energy. Last year around this time I hit a massive downswing with poker that got worst resulting in my backer, at that time, letting me go and me starting over from the beginning. I feel that measures have been taken to counteract that trend. This fall I have a full-time job, a gym membership, as well as playing in a basketball league that help keep me balanced and centered. I have found in the past, getting caught up and immersing myself 100% in poker has not lead to the most success for me. Hopefully these changes will pay dividends in my poker success.
That leads me into this week starting today, October 18th. I felt the previous weeks that I was due for a week away from poker. Typically during a week off I recharge myself with exercise, watching a few training videos, reading a book, and prepping and cooking healthy food. I usually decide to take a week off when my luck is running worst than a fat man carrying an elephant, and my frustrations build to a boiling point. That hasn't been the case as I have had many near misses that could have turned into nice payouts. Specifically, in the PStars 50+5, 500 cap tourney I busted out 12th when I lost blind vs blind with 88vs A6, and the weekly 200k Guarantee 20+2 on FTilt where I finished 12th out of over 10,500 people. Both tourneys, with a little (more) luck could have turned things around for me. I certainly don't think my woes so far this month comes entirely from me playing bad. Although a week off at this time would be good for me, I do have incentive to continue playing this week. My friend from New York City has invited me out to his place for Halloween weekend festivities, a trip that i definitely feel I need extra money to make. Since I can never take the last week of a month off from poker when I am down money, taking next week off is definitely out if I don't turn things around this week. At the very least, the first week of November is time for a break.
More into poker, I have been contemplating going off my backing deal and playing with my own money once I turn things around and get out of the red. Although I think most poker players would like to play with their own money and keep all of their winnings, that is not always a feasible scenario. I do enjoy playing backed and being able to buy into all the allotted tourneys I can. It definitely feels good to buy into tourneys without looking at the cashier lobby to make sure your BR can handle another tourney. Although backing has a lot of positives, I feel it is time for a change after being mostly backed for the last two years. Some things I am looking forward to would be more freedom to play a variety of games, no pressure to play, being able to play shorter sessions with less multi-table tournaments and more sit and go tournaments. Working a steady job also plays into my decision as I am not too worried about going busto, as I have been in the past. This plan of mine could come sooner or later, as I have a positive backing scenario and am in no hurry to leave it unless an ideal situation pops up.
Either way, I think right now is a time for a change for me. As well as making changes with poker, I am considering one of many personal and professional options for myself, such as looking for a new, more challenging job, going to Graduate school for a Teaching certificate, and even joining the Peace Corps has come into mind. For now it's all WGP (work/gym/poker) for me...
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