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Let’s get philosophical!
In this video, I talk about how to be a better pro, a more professional poker pro. There’s more going on than just the strategic aspects of the game.
Playing poker all day all the time, will have an impact. Time for a more balanced approach!
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Wow I feel a ton of the topics discussed in this video, so thanks for the tips. My problem is that I have no marketable skills aside from the ability to beat poker for 3.2 bbs/100. I also can't take much time off because much of my income comes from rakeback, which depends on large volume to maintain a high RB percentage. But yeah I feel miserable a lot because I don't contribute to society as positively as I would like. It's good to know that others struggle with the same things.
why specify with „going to the gym“- just doing sports should also do it 🙂
Can I be your private student ? Please
Very good video. I'm 39, sort of a cash pro (for 8 years now) and I had these things in my mind in the last 1-2 years. I went through some kind of middle age crisis or however you can call it.
Poker is basically about taking away others money, you get no real satisfaction from it in the long run.
Get hobbies, if you don't know what hobbies try a bunch. Drawing, programming, 3d art, needlework, marathon running, swimming, dancing, hiking, stock trading, anything. Try udemy.com. You will get satisfaction from these because in these hobbies/jobs you create something or get new experiences which is essential in life. You get nothing from sitting all day in front of a monitor. Also with learning some of these skills you will get more confidence in yourself and you use more of your brain in general.
Also in the long run it's very unsustainable to play 7 days a week 6+ hours a day. I would recommend at LEAST 1, more like 2 days off per week, and max 6 hours of play per day on "job" days. Make a clear schedule just like you would in a regular job. I know poker is about freedom, you can do whatever the f*ck you want to do, but in the long run that's not gonna work. I tried it.
It's simple: if you crave playing poker on the off days it's good, you are feeding the fire with pauses. If you hate to think about poker on the off days then you are most likely burnt out and you need the off days so the craving can come back.
Have the exact same thoughts after luckily achieving a lot of success in poker this year. Its interesting to see how a top pro, has the some 'problems' of thinking about everything in EV, finding purpose and burnout/needing to play. Also, love Farnam Street blog's knowledge project, especially Naval's podcast.
Would love to see more videos like this.
I been thinking of this a lot although I am not at your level of success in poker but aspire to be. I don't think it's good to look at those things as balance or worse as ways to improve poker but as a way to live as a human being not as a poker player. You can see it as poker is part of your life that allows you to have the life you have (because of finicial freedom) You can also see poker as an inexaustable problem you are solving and devote some time to for the forseeable future so then you can pace youself and see progress in longer terms. Then it doesn't matter if at the end of the day or month you are breakeven or slightly losing, because in the long term you win and you have all the other fullfilling things in your life plus poker itself.
But I think the trouble is when we take risks and say well maybe spend less time with friends or eat take out to get in a few more hours. Or totally get obessed and figure the whole life thing later. Perhaps that maybe is the point for some people.
It struck me in one of the latest podcasts between Joey and Doug. Where Joey got emotional about having made all this money but unaware of how to be a good person.
I've gotten into philosephy and spirituality because it's rather empty to just live for money and or thirlls. And you can even see it with the recent cheating scandal how everyone gets toghter in the poker community over it and seemigly means something. What is the $/hr or ev anyone is getting for being part of that?
But maybe thats the nature of poker, is really is to maximize profit for oneself, and doing little in return. So I dont even know lol
Thank you!
But please do more strat videos please!
this video came out at the exact time i needed, i’m moving to 500z and have been thinking a lot about soft skills and how i will make this sustainable.
(you may remember me from a comment a while back, i left you a very long question about how to model some situations in pio!)
great video as always!
Right now doing a flexible weekly routine of 5-10 hours online play, 5-10 hours of off table study, and 20-30 hours of live poker. Seems to balance well as a normal "job schedule" as I "work" the same 4 days per week (12 hours friday live, 12 hours saturday live, then sun is mixed between online/live, and monday mixed between online/studying), and have 3 days off for socializing and other interests. I combine this with a good amount of travel. I'm really lacking on my exercise though! Overall I've been doing this exact schedule for roughly a year and it is working very well so far! I've also found that volunteering 1 day a week or 2 weeks helps a lot with the wanting to give back to society feels.
Very insping video!
(can we know whats the music in the background?)