NO I do not play for a living... I have been playing extremly short for the last 4 months since I bought a house. I cashed out almost my entire 3 years worth of work to do so when I found out I was going to have a kid. One of the biggest problems I have is adjusting to lower limits. I force myself to play lower table to make my current bankroll more playable but can only resist the urge for so long.
In a typical month last year at this time my bank roll would have been around $10K in play with in a month. at the end of the month I would cash out and bring myself back down to $10K
This year however I am playing on a total bankroll of about $3000 and it forces me to play lower than I like and out of my comfort zone, YES playing lower than you are use to can mess your game up severly just like playing above your means which is a second problem I have. I force my self in to games when I can not afford them.
Twice this year I have been on the verge of broke for the limits I have set and had to grind my way back. Once I was extremly lucky and had a 3 day run that got me far into the black. But if I was to chart this month since Feb. It would look like a roller coaster.
One of the most important things I could ever tell anyone about poker is to play within your ROLL. With the current Roll I have I can still play $1/$2 NL and if I build up can get to $2$4 but one bad sessions and I am down at the .10 .20 tables grinding.
This time last year I was a regular player at $8-$16 Limit and $10/ $20 noLimit. Once this past month I opened a BIG can of STOOOPID and sat at $100/$200 and pulled a hit and run I have also managed to winning sessions at $25/$50NL but all winnings from that session were used to pay for my soon to be kids soon to come day care for 2 years.
The hardest thing in the world to do in my opinon is not move up it is step down. I hate having to play below $1 $2 NL and when I do I am reckless and often way to aggressive.  |