sick of poker??

gosplan

Just looking for advice and personal experiences in regard to this.

Recently I've been playing more then ever before and have doing very well lately, mainly because I'm happy to say that I've improved my game a lot. The money has been coming in like it never before and everything has been as it should be.

Then about a week ago however I started getting really fed up with poker. My disclipline went to **** as I was just bored and unintrested in the games I was involved in. Luckily this didn't cost me much as I just stopped playing when I realised that I was operating nowhere near 100%.

Right now the thoughts of sitting down for an evening playing two PL omaha tables or clicking away at 4 sng's is completely repulsive to me.

Please help me, whats wrong, have I got bird flu or something??

bohsman

Burnout, pack a bag go to the airport and ask for a flight to somewhere warm with some of your winnings, when you get back youll be ready to play and be better than ever

Ste05

Yep, take a week or two off completely, then come back and you should find the addiction has returned

handsfree

this happens to me the whole time just take a break. though it only happens to me when i'm losing. maybe you should step up your limit so the games have more relavence to you

PPP-Pit Boss

I think it is fair to say that my exposure is a prime candidate for poker flu. After all I sleep drink eat work and play poker so one would have thought at some point I would experience overload. And yes it does happen but ONLY when playing online. However I only get fed up when I am losing or at least perhaps one leads to the other. Whenever this happens I know its breaktime lest I attempt to use extreme measures to inject excitement or recoup losses. I often find too that what reinvigorates me is a little break and then if I attend one of the numerous poker talent fests around I am ready to go again. With fresh advice and a new plan.
Don't worry :0) its not terminal!

shoutman

I reccommend picking up a good book, reading it from cover to cover, or else tuning into michael palin touring the himalayas, after watching that you will want to play poker again, trust me. And for all you doubters out there, don't knock it until you have tried it.

jtsuited

take a really long break. I did for the best part of two months, and managed to come third in the fitz last night. Although i played badly, i played hell of a lot better than i did before the break!

cardshark202

jtsuited wrote:

take a really long break. I did for the best part of two months, and managed to come third in the fitz last night. Although i played badly, i played hell of a lot better than i did before the break!

Ah jeff good to see you back in action. You heading to the freeroll tonight or the double chance in the emporium? I might be heading to the emporium myself

cardshark202

I've never taken a break from poker and i've never been sick of it. I think this is far more worrying. I'm a sick fcuk.

hotspur

Gosplan if you didn't sometimes get sick of constant hours of sitting in front of a computer screen raising X with big slick preflop and continuation betting for the 3,000th time then there'd be something wrong with you.
There's nothing in the rules that says you can't stop playing for a month if it isn't giving you enjoyment. It will always be there for you. Instead of focusing on trying to get your game back to 100% why not try to understand why it is you are feeling sick of it? Something in you is telling you something, maybe it's to get out more, maybe it's to spend more time socialising I don't know. But ennui or insouciance about the game is a sign of a lack of balance...or bird flu. I'd say take a determined break from the game for a little while and actively resist the temptation to play when it comes. Ambivalence about the game comes with the territory for experienced players. Say hi to the yeti for me

RasTa

Go and play some live poker, that normally brings the buzz back

gosplan

Weird, I am going to the himalayas for 4 months beginning in march so I spent the afternoon in work thinking 'who's hotspur and how does he know me'. I read the earlier reply eventually and figured you were referring to that.
Anyway, yeah I'm redistributing my poker gains around the world, sort of check-raise the rich and give to the poor. Didn't pay for the whole trip but it helped a bit.
So basically I have to take 4 months away from the poker tables but I wanted to play a bit more prior to leaving.
The solution came to me in work today. Hand in months notice now, no poker for 4 weeks, then 10 days playing as much as is humanly possible and then 4 months away.
When I come back I should be on top form.

so I just handed in my work notice and feel bloody great


........maybe 1 sng wouldn't be too much

staringelf

jtsuited wrote:

take a really long break. I did for the best part of two months, and managed to come third in the fitz last night. Although i played badly, i played hell of a lot better than i did before the break!

welcome back
knew you wouldn't be able to hold out....although 2 months is quite impressive.
don't fight it man, embrace it.

had a listen to your myspace stuff the other day...sounding good..looking forward to the rest of it.

roryc

I quit for about six weeks, and it did a little bit of good. I think its just online you get sick of. It unfortunately emphasises all the bad parts of poker and can really do your head in. If you think you are getting sick of poker itself, just play live for a while. That'll bring the magic back

NickyOD

bohsman wrote:

Burnout, pack a bag go to the airport and ask for a flight to somewhere warm with some of your winnings, when you get back youll be ready to play and be better than ever

Bingo! I've played some of the worst poker ever seen this week. Just checking out destinations for holidays myself.

jtsuited

staringelf wrote:

welcome back
knew you wouldn't be able to hold out....although 2 months is quite impressive.
don't fight it man, embrace it.

had a listen to your myspace stuff the other day...sounding good..looking forward to the rest of it.

The really sick thing about poker is when you come back after a break, you go on a rush because you're head is together, and then before you know it, you're into bad habits and doing stupid things, and tilting, and playing outside your bankroll to break even, and going on 14 hour cash game sessions (Reggie knows what i'm talking about!)

And the real reason i was off it was to take care of some other far more important things. Like the thing that Staring Elf is talking about, which incidentally should be finished in about four weeks time. then it's tour planning and rock and roll. And back to my old life. And i might try to fit in some poker.

Oh and reggie i was gonna go in tonight but other 'far more important things' need my attention. Like getting a proper website together. Which i'm really useless at doing. oh well!

Admittedly it felt great to be back! And to actually win!

jtsuited

staringelf wrote:

welcome back
knew you wouldn't be able to hold out....although 2 months is quite impressive.
don't fight it man, embrace it.

had a listen to your myspace stuff the other day...sounding good..looking forward to the rest of it.

The really sick thing about poker is when you come back after a break, you go on a rush because you're head is together, and then before you know it, you're into bad habits and doing stupid things, and tilting, and playing outside your bankroll to break even, and going on 14 hour cash game sessions (Reggie knows what i'm talking about!)

And the real reason i was off it was to take care of some other far more important things. Like the thing that Staring Elf is talking about, which incidentally should be finished in about four weeks time. then it's tour planning and rock and roll. And back to my old life. And i might try to fit in some poker.

Oh and reggie i was gonna go in tonight but other 'far more important things' need my attention. Like getting a proper website together. Which i'm really useless at doing. oh well!

Admittedly it felt great to be back! And to actually win!

Marq

Hook up another moniter and eight-table constantly for 12 hours straight.
You have to work through the pain.

kinaldo

jtsuited

And the real reason i was off it was

set of ducks

jtsuited

well there was that too!