Well, that’s it. 2024 is over. I am always invigorated at the start of a new year. I’ve been on a downward swing over the last little while, and since I last posted, I zeroed my bankroll on T$ tournaments. I can honestly say that I don’t enjoy them.
I’ve taken a little time to try and understand what’s going on with me with respect to poker. How I can easily spent over ten hours playing poker in one go. I question whether or not I’m becoming addicted. I know addiction, I smoked cigarettes for years and tried quitting countless times. I’m a little confused because I don’t crave poker like I used to crave cigarettes. But feel something gnaws at me to play. I rummage through the ashtray-of-a-pokersite. I pick a game and dive in. When I’ve finished, I feel horrible. Like the taste of a twice lit cigarette.
If I am developing a habit, I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to kick it. I went from a relatively heavy smoker to a recreational smoker to a non-smoker gradually over time. Nicotine addiction is supposed to be one of the worst addictions but I managed to wean myself from it.
I plan to prevent poker from becoming an addiction. My path to quitting smoking was simply by reducing the number of places that I could smoke. Eventually I wasn’t addicted anymore. I still smoked occasionally but the instances became further and further apart. With respect to poker, I just need to establish the times and places I can play poker. I also need to restrict myself to one very specific type of tournament.
It seems to be working.
I started the year with a little more confidence and I had a nice win of $132.76. I also cashed three other days. With the buy-ins and pay-outs, my bankroll is about a hundred and twenty five bucks.
I’m now set for fifty tournaments after which I hope to have a five hundred dollar bankroll in order to jump to higher value tournaments.