Lost My Motivation to Play?

Hey maythany,

I can certainly subscribe to what you have posted above. The answer is quite simple though - if you don't feel like playing - then don't!

Take a break for however long it takes to get your motivation back. Everyone feels this way once in a while. I certainly do. So, recharge your batteries and come back strong!

Gary

Hey mate!

I went through a patch like this about 3 weeks or so where i was on a huge breakeven spell and my motivation was dead. What I did was just stop focusing on results at all and focus solely on my game.

There must be ways you can improve your game that you haven't thought of yet.
for example are you,

1. Adjusting versus different opponents? Read your HUD stats on each player and learn what ways to adjust to play better against them. If the players in the blinds have low resteal and call in bb stats start opening any two against them. If a reg has just raised and you are in positon, 3-bet the hell out of him and put the pressure on.

2. Learning ranges? The bubble stages is where you make your money so spend a few hours on sng wiz/icmizer just plugging in different stats and learn your shoving ranges against all types of player.

3. Playing enough tables? to get through a breakeven stretch volume is key. Try adding more tables slowly until you can play 8-16 without any problems, maybe move to the $1.50s to practice but this is a skill that you NEED for sngs so you are better learning it early. I spent a month or so messing around with the software on stars and tableninja so that i had a set up which suited me.

Anyway good luck and try not to get too down if things go wrong, it happens in poker

Originally posted by maythany
Basically, I started playing 6 max sngs awhile back and grinding every day (mostly). I decided that it was time for me to move up to the $3.50s because my statistics indicated that I am skillful enough.

After 20 games I ended up making around 8 dollar-ish and I logged off and began reading the book: Mental Game. This was two weeks ago and I haven't played poker since then.

Personal prejudice alert!
Playing SnGs will demotivate anyone. I HATE them.
You can play your A-Game for 2 hours, and one suck-out wipes you out.

Cash games rule!

Mental Game
The Mental Game of Poker is not a *read* but a *do*.

The book is not something you just read, you take action, and chapter-by-chapter you put into practice the things that the book teaches.

When I first realized I was in a condition of Insane Monkey Tilt I had no clue that I had been suffering accumulated tilt for a long time.

I bought the book, and like yourself did not play very much for a while.

Scan my blog to see what I did.

All the best,
--VS

Thanks guys I really appreciate the time you all took to help me out.