I Play Poker
Poker is very interesting. I have played both online and in real life, and I must say - I have achieved more success online, but I also have attempted online games much more frequently.
There is a real life casino nearby - it's an Indian reservation called Black Hawk. They have poker, among other games, and they have both cash tables and tournaments.
My skills are likely better suited to tournaments, but I think that has mostly to do with bankroll. (If a rich man is in a tournament with me and loses his chips, he's out. If he's at a table with me and loses his chips, he simply buys more. If the money means something different to him than it does to me, it makes my efforts more difficult - if my bankroll is smaller...)
Online I have managed to get 2nd place out of somewhere over 5000 people and less than 6000... It was $55 to join the game, so it wasn't comprised SOLELY of idiots. In real life my best result is a victory, but it was a 75 man tournament that was $81. I have many other victories, but those are the most valuable and difficult. (For instance, winning $1000 in a 5 man, $200 winner-take-all isn't nearly as impressive a feat.)
I stopped playing poker a couple years ago. I did not really quit because of poker, I more quit because of other factors. I started looking at money differently, and it became worth MORE to me. I know to be successful as a poker player, you must think of the money you are using to gamble with as a tool - not money. Your goal is also money, but if you value the money you're gambling with to an unhelpful degree, it hampers your play. You start playing 'scared.'
I would love to start playing again, but I feel that I have to have other life situations prepared before I rejoin that activity.
There is a real life casino nearby - it's an Indian reservation called Black Hawk. They have poker, among other games, and they have both cash tables and tournaments.
My skills are likely better suited to tournaments, but I think that has mostly to do with bankroll. (If a rich man is in a tournament with me and loses his chips, he's out. If he's at a table with me and loses his chips, he simply buys more. If the money means something different to him than it does to me, it makes my efforts more difficult - if my bankroll is smaller...)
Online I have managed to get 2nd place out of somewhere over 5000 people and less than 6000... It was $55 to join the game, so it wasn't comprised SOLELY of idiots. In real life my best result is a victory, but it was a 75 man tournament that was $81. I have many other victories, but those are the most valuable and difficult. (For instance, winning $1000 in a 5 man, $200 winner-take-all isn't nearly as impressive a feat.)
I stopped playing poker a couple years ago. I did not really quit because of poker, I more quit because of other factors. I started looking at money differently, and it became worth MORE to me. I know to be successful as a poker player, you must think of the money you are using to gamble with as a tool - not money. Your goal is also money, but if you value the money you're gambling with to an unhelpful degree, it hampers your play. You start playing 'scared.'
I would love to start playing again, but I feel that I have to have other life situations prepared before I rejoin that activity.
