When I arrived home after a long and very stressful day of work I felt like playing some poker. So I loaded up PokerStars and registered for a few low stake tourneys. I entered the $20 Big Ante, $20 Cubed, Daily $40K GTD and a few more microstake tournaments.
Straight away I couldn't find my concentration. I was misplaying hands, misreading players and generally just dicking off my money. Within an hour I was out of all five tournaments I registered for. Tonight I had a disappointing performance playing poker and it's my own fault. It wasn't a huge amount of money lost but that isn't the point.
If I want to play I need to put 100% of my concentration into playing and make sure that I play to the best of my ability. Today I simply didn't do that and I am very disappointed in myself. If I want to do this for a living then I need to make sure my focus is there every time I sit down at the table, live or online.
Otherwise I shouldn't even consider playing as my main income. This is an old lesson, let's hope I won't have to relearn it. Again.
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