Fortunately, by 24-tabling I was able to maintain a decent hourly as a rakeback pro, which is certainly better than losing. I wish I could blame this on bad luck but over 300k+ hands, poker is a fair mistress and you get what you deserve. Laziness and wishful thinking brought me to this, and if I want it to change, there's only one thing to do.
I've had much better results in the past and looking back it's pretty easy to see what went wrong. I pretty much stopped studying altogheter, sat on my laurels and hoped the good times would still roll. Fortunately, with a simple decision, and a solid commitment to improving, one can change his poker results dramatically, and this is exactly what I plan to do going forward.
Even though i've faced this issue time and time again, it seems I have trouble accepting the fact that in poker, if you stop improving, you decline. I see now (and hope I will remember) that nothing is ever truly acquired in poker and you are never due anything. Nothing but constant hard work on and off the tables will bring success, up to the very last day you play poker.
Thus I post this now to remind myself of this simple poker truth. One of the things I love most about poker (unlike many "real" jobs) is that you get exactly what you deserve. Going forward, I will make sure I do absolutely everything I can to reach the level of success I know I can achieve. Good luck at the tables everyone, and stay hungry!
