It Might Be Time For A Change

Poker content:
I'm beginning to seriously consider another passtime of which to earn some extra income. I'm really wondering if I am truly a winning player, or truly a losing player. The numbers are really starting to lead toward the latter. If it wasn't for the cushion of the bonuses, I'd be losing big time. I'm still trying to understand what is happening to my playing.

As I've previously stated, I really think that the players online have significantly changed since this spring. At least at the sites I've been playing at, the number of average/good players is greatly, I mean greatly, outnumbering the fishies (As a veterinarian, I realize that there is no such thing as "fishies", but I choose to use it because.....um....well....it's my blog.).

There was an article on cardplayer.com that talked about this fact. Unfortunately, there is no way I can remember who wrote the article, or which month it was written in, and I'm waaaaay too lazy to try and find it now. Anyway, he talked about how the poker bubble was gonna burst soon and people that are winning now, may not really be winning players. When I read that article (sometime in the spring) I thought, "No way he's talking about me. I'm a winner, I can feel it." Now I'm beginning to think that he was talking directly to me.

I really have no idea what my problem is. I consider myself a tight-aggressive player. I rarely tilt, and if I do, it's only for a few seconds, and I don't loose a bunch of bets at that time. I have my starting hands down, and I can adapt them to different tables pretty well. I usually know when I'm beat, and can normally lay down good hands when I know I'm beat. I rarely chase with nothing.

So what's the problem you may ask? Has this man just lost his poker mojo? Has he lost his mind? Is he really just a whimp? Some may say yes to all of the above. In fact, most would say yes to all of the above.

I feel that I'm reaching a crossroads of sorts in my poker-playing career. I'm not really sure if I'm gonna like the answer I come up with, if and when I actually get there.

In the meantime, keep on keepin' on.

PS I'm trying to come up with some more interesting veterinary related quips to throw out there, but none have been coming to my mind. I appologize to my 2-3 readers out there that are in mourning over the lack of at least something slightly funny to read about. It's been a rough week, you gonna have to be cuttin a brotha some slack beeeeoooooch. You betta axe somebody.