you can go home again
in a few hours i'm going to be heading home. just pausing to watch a basketball game, maybe get something to eat, then hit the road. i wanted to try to take a nap before i went, but i just couldn't get myself to sleep.
on the whole, i this has been a positive experience. my profits covered my expenses, i got to play in much deeper games than back home, and i experienced living on my own for a while. ultimiately though it might have been a little too much own my own. the lack of a support network took its toll. professional poker is a rough life; it comes with regular intervals where you're left doubting everything about yourself. it is perhaps a bit too tough to face that completely alone.
i'm glad i came here. i'm a bit disappointed to be leaving a month earlier than i had planned, but in all honesty i feel that i accomplished most of my goals i set when i first came here, and the ones i haven't attained i feel are out of reach at the moment anyway. i'm burned out, and staying here for the rest of april would just have been killing time. maybe next year i'll come again. a year older and wiser and more experienced, and hopefully with a much larger bankroll.
on the whole, i this has been a positive experience. my profits covered my expenses, i got to play in much deeper games than back home, and i experienced living on my own for a while. ultimiately though it might have been a little too much own my own. the lack of a support network took its toll. professional poker is a rough life; it comes with regular intervals where you're left doubting everything about yourself. it is perhaps a bit too tough to face that completely alone.
i'm glad i came here. i'm a bit disappointed to be leaving a month earlier than i had planned, but in all honesty i feel that i accomplished most of my goals i set when i first came here, and the ones i haven't attained i feel are out of reach at the moment anyway. i'm burned out, and staying here for the rest of april would just have been killing time. maybe next year i'll come again. a year older and wiser and more experienced, and hopefully with a much larger bankroll.