It’s been too long... I used to be a regular on TH-P. For 40 hours a week I was connected to a monitor and mouse playing poker almost ever free second I had. Meanwhile I was juggling a full time job, fiancé and real life. I’d spend hours watching virtual chips flash across my screen with each bet, raise, call or fold. I did pretty well for myself; nothing to brag about. It wasn’t like I was pulling in tens of thousands a month. But the game afforded me some toys.

Then life came calling and I had to do a “soft retire” from the online world. The fiancé became my wife, we bought a house and I got promoted at the office. During the last year or so I’ve concentrated on my live game. Honing it on local games and making the drive up to AC with friends and grinding it out at the 1/2 or 2/4 NL tables.

There comes a time in every poker player’s life where they hit a wall. You make a decision that your game is stalled. You convince yourself that because you know the mechanics ...

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