The duo that is commentating the the $25k heads up @wsop needs to be replaced, unwatchable. Standard hands being played and they are cluelessly commenting on “misplays” like they have any clue how to play poker in the first place.

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The pattern I keep seeing: 1) Poker pro goes on social media 2) Poker pro spills his guts 3) Talks about the mental toll and anguish he has suffered in order to get to the position he is in, how he is unable to fully enjoy his success, how he is constantly questioning whether he should keep going, but that also his entire life and identity are wrapped up in poker 4) Everyone is supportive My best guess is that what happens next is they feel better—because there’s a real cathartic release that comes from sharing the experience you are having with others, of letting other people see you and hear you exactly as you are. And it feels nice to know people care. This probably feels nice for a week or two. Life feels better, more hopeful going forward. But then everything starts to slowly slip back into feeling all those things you talked about, because you didn’t actually change anything or address the things that caused you to get into that place, which is: 1) Your motivation system is broken The things you complain about and are making you miserable (feeling like your back is against the wall, feeling like you have to show people how good you are, feeling like you are an impostor unless you keep going hard every day) are the things that fuel your success—and you don’t know how to live or succeed without them. 2) You avoid your emotions You avoid them by thinking about them, talking about them, writing about them, and also the classic avoidance of them with tv, booze, drugs, dating apps, etc You do everything except the one thing that would make you feel better, which is to accept them. That’s it. These two leaks will break anyone. Two things that, when you fix them, would make all of these long and painful social media posts go away for good—because when you’ve got a sound motivational system locked in and you are able to accept your emotions as they come in both poker and life, life all of a sudden feels how you always wanted. There’s ease. Comfort. When things don’t go your way, it doesn’t feel like the walls are caving in. Instead, you can feel the pain. But at the same time sense you are okay and at peace, not having all those anxious thoughts about what if this or that happens. Instead, just able to move forward. And when things go great? No more obsessing about what others are saying or thinking, or whether you deserve any of this, or whether you’re going to be able to keep it going, or saying dumb stuff like “can’t be results-oriented, just gotta stay focused on the process.” Instead, you can let it feel good. Enjoy the wins. Feel more excited to move forward and do more of what you love at a high level. Success and money has never, and will never, cover up these two massive leaks in the way one goes about doing their business—if anything, it will just make it so that you spend way too much of your time wishing you had never gone down the path of having so much success and money, because it feels so damn bad. === This was an excerpt from my daily email newsletter last week. If you like it and want more, come join us. It's 100% free. And takes less than 20 seconds to join. Link is in my bio.

I’ve never been big on backing other players—I’ve really only done it once. I’d much rather go long on the S&P 500 than sweat someone else’s variance while I’m already navigating my own. There is a massive amount of mental ease that comes with an investment you don't have to manage or think about daily.