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Message: [QUOTE="doops, post: 1276373, member: 59356"] I'm with you, dweezel. I'm a little older like you, have been playing about four years off and on. I have the time and inclination to do the studying, plus I have money of my own and I've been able to stick to a budget for quite a lot of years now, so bankroll management is easy. I can start a bankroll from nothing, or put money into an account to jump start it -- neither is a problem. I'm completely capable of learning new things. I'm still able to read, to think, to sit on my butt in front of the computer and click a mouse for hours on end, and I am quite able to laugh at myself when I do something dopey. My patience is better than when I was young. I don't have to worry about whether I am wasting important years of my life playing poker when I should be getting a career going. I can do what I want with my free time. I've cashed in 2 live tourneys and dozens of online ones. The final table is not a foreign place and does not cause my heart to beat wildly. The things that matter as far as poker is concerned: The real life cards are pretty small and a bit hard for my older eyes to see. (However, I can play that up at a RL table, and people start to underestimate me... which is a nicely profitable situation for a bit. It takes awhile before RL players realize I am winning hands and taking their money. I don't look or act scary.;) ) I do not do well driving 3 hours to a casino and 3 hours home on the same day. But, you know, I can stay in a hotel overnight and am just fine. My stamina is not as great as a 30 year old's. The thought of a six-day long event is unpleasant. Two months of WSOP sounds like torture. Playing poker for a living sounds like a bad idea. I am not as fearless as a 20 year old. I can't multi-table more than 4 tables comfortably online. I don't like staying up all night. I may fall asleep while playing if I try to play all night. I can't think of any other negatives of being older. It's a positive that the young guns don't notice I am at the table for awhile...and my little FT cowgirl is equally unobtrusive. [/QUOTE]

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