Woman and Poker

In the past 2 days, I have played 3 hours of poker on Pokerstars, I have made 350 dollars =).. so that's like 116 dollars per hour, remind me why I go to school again?

I am beating stars 3/6 and 2/4 shorthanded limit game like no other.. and thinking back on my game in the past 1/2 month, I have played so much better when I am alone on a high-resolution monitor, I think I am up ~1000 dollars in 10 hrs or so when I play under those conditions.. When I am on my own computer (cannot even fit two windows) with distractions, I am barely breaking even I think (not counting the bonus).. This means one thing and one thing only, I need to play in those environment MORE OFTEN and avoid the other one at all cost.

Anywayz, taking a count of my profit in the past 20 days (since finals), I am up 700 on stars, 400 on PP, 500 on EP which nets to 1500 dollars.. This does not count the 350 dollars unclaimed bonus in PP and Interpoker I have right now as well as the 200 dollars bonus I will deposite for PP in a few days.. That's 550 free dollars if I only break even =)..

I think I put in about 40 hours max in the past 20 days.. maybe less, definitely not more.. I think that is really good .. If only I can be LESS lazy and play more hours.. School and other things in life have made it hard.. but oh well.. I am content..

I also would like a special thanx to Dan who inspired me to be a bonus hunter and it's going quite well.. but you know advice does not come at no cost, I think I have lost like 50 dollars overall to LuckyDanLU

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Another correlation I found is that I have made the most money ever since I met Lian.. the girl of my life :).. Is it a coincidence? Does having a happier and more fulfilled life transfer to more profit in poker? I think it does, although not that obvious. Lian has been such special part of my life that made Poker or for that matter anything else SECONDARY.. Poker is no longer as important to me anymore.. Sure it is still painful to get sucked out on when you are 93% favorite.. but I do not nearly get as mad, it just does not seem as important anymore that I WIN in poker which translates to less stress and unhappiness when I lose. In the past half months, I have had days where I dropped 200 in matter of minutes, but it just did not bother me as much, I realize there are far greater joys in life than winning in poker or making some spending money (or TUITION the way I am going :)).. and life is just so much better with everything in its proper order of importance.

I read something a few weeks ago about poker psychology, one thing I remember very clearly was the fact that the writer said, One of the most important reason people get angry because poker is that poker is too important to them.. It does not mean you should quit poker.. but it means you need to find something in your life that is more important.

And I found you, baby.