WVHillbilly said:
The only note I keep taped to my monitor is from a fortune cookie I got months ago. It says:
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
That's some ancient Chinese wisdom right there.
...and some modern American wisdom: "Remember - to win at poker, you have to be very good at losing" - Tommy Angelo, inside the cover of my copy of his book.
@ bw: it just might be in your best interest to quit. I've had a similar problem for my entire career as well; the mental side. I really think it's an ego thing that gets us so frustrated when we lose, when in reality we're usually making
expected value with those spots.
You're a really smart dude though and can definitely go places with this game. I mean nevermind high stakes or whatever; if you can eek out a solid winrate at 100nl or 200nl long-term with decent volume, that's essentially a career right there. I feel the same about a bunch of us here at CC. But only you can really assess how much the losing part of poker affects you, and if it truly is ****ing you up that much then by all means leave the game. But I do believe you can make it far and are well on your way to doing so.
Depending on how you look at it, I'm on a 150k hand breakeven/100k hand losing stretch since Feb. that has my confidence pretty shot too. I'm pretty sure I've had as much, if not more trouble controlling my emotional state as you have, but I've managed to overcome lots of it and I really see myself as a mentally weak person, so I know you could do the same.
Anyways like I said you still have tons of potential in this game, and unless the game is really truly -lifeEV, I think you should consider giving it one last shot.
