Recent thoughts

So it seems like I've been slacking a bit on updating the blog... I'll try and post more updates.

Anyways, the pokering has been mediocre as of late. I'm having issues with getting distracted when I play. Last year, when I was playing poker I laughed at the thought of getting burned out from playing poker... but I think I'm starting to see some signals that I might be getting a tad bit bored while playing. I'm browsing the internet way too much when I'm playing, reading forums, talking on Skype or google chat, texting on my cell phone, etc. I feel that all that stuff is adversely affecting my game. I never used to do any of that stuff while playing, so I think it might be a small sign of me not being quite as focused as I previously was early on in my career. It could be a little bit of complacency seeping into my play. When I do all that extra stuff I just default into some sort of weird "nit mode"... which isn't good at all.

I'm going to do a few things to change that. No chatting of any sort while I'm playing. If I'm online on Skype I'll have an away message posted that says I'm playing poker at the time. Same thing with google chat. Also, not going to use the internet while playing anymore. If I get a phone call on my cell phone, I'm going to ignore it and return the call when my 2 hour session is finshed.

Another thing I want to start doing again is avoid looking at my results. One of my good poker friends, Noek aka "Peten2toms", is a big advocate of this idea. It's tough for me to do, but I think the more I avoid peeking to see how I'm doing during the day and during the week the better off I'll be. I'll just check at the end of this month.