Anyone who knows me and talks to me with any regularity knows about the downswing that i was on from around the end of May until last Monday. I haven't exactly been easy to be around, or talk to for that matter.
I kind of equate my upswing the last week as how it may have felt for Shin Soo Choo coming out of his slump after the all star break. At the end of April, he was hitting a mere .094 and not much better at the end of May. He was moved all over the batting order in the first half of the season just to try and find something that worked for him and could help him click. he ended the season at around .278 which is an incredible turnaround.
Now, obviously comparing baseball to poker is like comparing an orange to a banana. Is my recent turn around due to changes made in my game? Is it just running good? I'd venture to say that it's probably a combination of the two things among other things.
The day before my upswing started, my closest of all my poker related friends, and in all actuality probably one of my closest friends poker related or not, shipped the OPS $215 main event on Carbon poker. After watching him win that, when i went to bed Sunday night I was super motivated. I wanted to get up and start grinding right then. I made up my mind that my upswing was starting then.
I'd venture to say that my upswing this last 7 or 8 days is a combo of all of those things rolled into one. When i'm downswinging, I am not easy to be around. Probably more because i expect better results of myself. I hold myself to a very high standard. Anyone who doesn't have an ego in this game won't last very long. That's all there is to it.
Til next time
-Gid
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