Childish

BR: $30,131

I'm still stupid and childish. A four year old. The fact that I played poker while drunk and otherwise substance filled is an token to that; and today I got it into my head that I was going to bust this ABC whining monkey at my PL table. I got up and left all my other tables so I could sit at all the tables he was sitting at. He wasn't terrible, in fact he was a decent player. Uncreative, tight, aggressive -- an O.K. combination. But he was just whining about every hand he lost and I was getting on his case about it. And my play at all tables deteriorated horribly because of it. I ended up up a little, with the aide of bad opponents and some lucky breaks. But this is awful. You need to play your opponents; I frequently target players with my bets, but never with an actual "I must bust this person mentality". It was reminiscent of when I was playing the 1/2$ NL in Atlantic City and decided to get all in with J9o against a TAG who could only have had AA or KK. Getting gun-ho against TAGs is stupid. Letting personal motivations get involved in poker will only destroy your game.

Moments like these remind me of how poor a poker player I still am.