Brians Downfall (i knew it would happen)

[rchamberlin]

Brian,

In your UserCP on the left side there is a link that says "Manage Buddy/Ignore Lists". You can click on that and enter peoples names and their posts will be blocked when you read a thread. You can still see that they posted, just not the post. It does get a little wierd when someone replies to them, and you're like WTF are they talking about, but at least you don't have to read posts you don't want to.

As far as what's happening with you, here's what I think. Please note I don't know you, have never seen you play or anything. I'm just going on what I've read here because some of it is similar to what I went through/am going through.

It sounds to me like you're extremely results-driven. In addition, it sounds like you're looking to get rich quick. This is a problem that I REALLY struggle with. It's hard to see all of these people with multiple thousands of dollars in their bankroll, and you've got $100. It's just natural to want to get up to their level as quickly as possible. I have to fight myself daily to not try a higher level than my bankroll can handle, just because I think today is my day and I'm going to make a killing. It doesn't happen that way.

Some of the best advice I've been given involves thinking in terms of big bets/100 hands. Winning a $2.50 pot at $.50/$1.00 doesn't really excite me too much. But that's 1.5 big bets in one hand. Looking at it that way makes it seem much more significant. It's hard to do, but once that part of it sinks in, at least for me, I've noticed that poker is much more gratifying.

Again, I don't know much about you or your play. It just looks like your situation is alot like mine up until VERY recently.