Isn’t it amazing how when you look back over your life you can seen how you have transcended from one stage to another. Actually I quite like that word “transcend” because it accurately fits in with how life is in general. Sometimes something happens that drives you down certain paths.
What is all this leading to? Well I was contemplating this week just how much writing I have done over the past four years. It never started out to get to this stage and all I wanted at the outset was a balance between playing poker and writing. I didn’t want to play poker online for 40-50 hours a week, I mean who does?
I wanted to balance things and now strangely enough that imbalance has swung the other way, this is probably a natural process as people like the way that I write. I make my e-mail address widely known so I get approached to do certain things.
online poker has got tougher, there is no doubt about that. But you can also reach a stage of mental burnout as well and this is what many of the people who desire to play online poker as a living fail to take on board. But there are so many ways to enjoy your poker career without actually playing. Staking is another passion of mine and I am slowly building up my stable of horses and is currently at 12 at the moment.
Actually I never thought that staking could be such a complex business but fortunately I have managed to steer clear of duds or people who have ripped me off so far. I will be looking to start playing poker tournaments in the new year. Strangely enough I now think that they fit my new mindset. I simply do not want to grind cash games anymore and the higher levels are populated with very good players these days.
I have been using Poker Office for around 18 months now and I must say that it has totally transformed my game. But my problem is that I often cannot be bothered to use it. Like last weekend for instance when I won $800 playing heads up NLHE and PLO…..never used the tracker. But that’s me to a tee….idle……and there are no spaces for idle people in high-stakes online poker.
Carl “The Dean” Sampson
