Forrest Gump moment

SkittlePoker

I'm wondering if this has ever happened to anyone.

Remember in Forrest Gump when he was running across country and at one point he just stopped and said he didn't want to do it anymore and turned around and started heading home?

Well, last night while I was playing in the freeroll I just got this overwhelming feeling that I wanted to stop. I just didn't want to play anymore and I expidited my exit from the tourney. A little later I loaded up party poker and went to a table. Unfortunately I still had that feeling. I played some hands but didn't care if I won or lost (it was a .50/1.00 limit table anyway). After about 20 mins I dumped my cash and left.

I like going to Rob's but this morning still had that feeling. Just didn't want to play so I opted out.

Anyone else have this happen before? I guess I suck at addiction.

SP

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I think we experience that with everything in our lives.

I know I've experienced this with poker numerous times, which can be a problem when you rely on home games, which aren't always easy to put together.

Wait til your heads in a better spot, and get back in there. Poker's work too, sometimes you get bored, and need a break. You'll be more productive for it ultimately.

Zithal

Happens to me a bunch. I actually haven't played much poker in the last couple weeks. I find I go in waves.. times when I want to play as much as I can then, suddenly, I'll do a complete 180 and not even think of it for a few weeks.

...especially when I'm trying to level my Priest up to 60.

westside8

What server are you on Zithal? I'm still trying to level up my Human Pally, I'm at 35 right now.

I find usually after 3 hours straight of online play, it would happen to me and I would just leave and end my session. So usually now when I hit 3 hours, even if I still haven't hit the wall yet, I still stop just because I know I'm not at the top of my game anymore.

But lately I've been in the same boat, I haven't played any real money games for the past week. I've played a couple of games with my friends, but not for money. Tried to get onto Stars to play, just couldn't concentrate. So decided to take these 2 weeks off to prepare for the move to university over the Labour Day long weekend.

BigChrisEl

Zithal wrote:

...especially when I'm trying to level my Priest up to 60.

Hey Zithal how much time a week (on average) do you put into WoW and how much into poker?

The reason why I ask is because I found I had to give up playing on-line RPG cause it was cutting into my poker time. (Plus the whole play the RPG and pay $15 a month or play poker on-line and maybe make $15 a month)

pkrfce9

SkittlePoker wrote:

Remember in Forrest Gump when he was running across country and at one point he just stopped and said he didn't want to do it anymore and turned around and started heading home?

Funny thing, I feel this way at work... but never at poker.

PokerKai

i think everybody hits these moments...and generally people should listen to that voice in your head that tells you to stop.

ralphthemouse

yeah. im just coming back from a summer long poker hiatus myself (partly influenced by communist chinas no gambling policy).

i think a good idea is to not play until you feel the itch again (which will happen). then, before you actually play some hands, do a little reading to review your strategies and get back into the mindset of a confident player.

if you cant stop playing, maybe it would be a good idea to temporarily remove some poker software

i play poker for fun, but i realize that addiction is a very real part of the game. so if im not having fun i make sure im not playing

Big E

I'm in that phase right now too Skittle, fired up a table last night after a week or so off, played an orbit and just thought, why? Live is such a different game tho , and I really do enjoy it much more, maybe I'm just tired of the Internet game...it seems to be such a grind and not really fun at all, wasting hours a day grinding out a .50/1.00 table for a few bucks just doesn't appeal to me anymore.
I hope the fire comes back but for now I think I'll just stick to the live games. Human interaction is much more stimulating.

QueenNine

Funny this topic should come up.

Last night I settled in for my usual 9pm tourny, but I had connection problems. By the time I got that fixed, it was too late to enter the tourny, so I played some 5/10 instead. Sitting there for 45 minutes and not seeing any cards even worth considering putting in play, I decided to shut it down for the night. Sat down on the couch and actually watched some tee vee for a change.

I even got back into my old habit of falling asleep on the couch. It was a great change. I guess one night doesn't really count for much of a break does it?

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Gonzo

I read through all these posts and it seems we all get into slumps. I was in one not too long ago. It was very difficult to get out of as well. When I tried to I found myself losing big sessions and it drove me further into the slump of not wanting to play. I think there is a lot to poker that involves not actually sitting at the table. I base alot of my weekly poker time into education, money management, hand review, and things of this nature. I alos like to read about the lives of a lot of different key note poker players. They are the ones who have paved the way for us to become bigger and better players. No doubt they have gone through this already... AND SURVIVED!!! thats why I turn to them for inspiration and motivation.

I usually go through my check list once a night or before a scheduled event and evaluate whether or not I'm up to playing... If I fail, I don't play. If I pass I play. Simple as that. I find that this helps me get through the session and keeps my results on the up and up. Theres nothing worse than not being "in the game" mentally and then having to record your loss.

I found that once this was my routine a lot of those "wish I never played sessions" disappeared and poker stayed exciting for me.

Good luck breaking the slumps.... Hope my advise helps. If it does please forward payment at your earliest convenience!

G.