The Struggles of Working Together

It isn't necessarily all peas and carrots when four people are all playing a high stress game in the same room.

Dude 1: "This motherfucker just tried to bluff me!"

Dude 2: "Did you call?"

Dude 1: "Fuck yeah I did!"

There are a ton of perks to all us living and working in the same area. Of course, nothing is ever perfect. There are also distractions and it is easy to allow yourself to create distractions yourself.

Me: "Oh look at what this dude just called down with!!!"

At this point in time not only have I distracted everyone else in the room, but I've also distracted myself. There are more hands coming and going and each one of them is not getting my undivided attention. I'm on tilt. I'm certainly missing a few (at least a few) plays. I'm not accurately assigning ranges as well as I could be if I were totally focused thus my win-rate has temporarily dropped.

The first week in the house was definitely a feeling out period. We all had to figure out exactly what we have to do to make things fly. It's not as simple as "Oh, let's just get in the room and grind". I know that I personally have new skills I have to develop. I have to learn to shut my mouth. I have to learn to focus more intensely and use my refocus routine more religiously. I can't go banging shit around because that is going to affect everyone else's earn. I can't get overly excited about a hand. It's easier to get more excited when in a group because you want to show your friends what neat thing you did. That can wait. There will be time for that later. All there is now is this hand... this moment.

I do believe that the end result of figuring this out will lead to a higher overall win. There's not a doubt in my mind about that. I do have to work on some new skills now, but I will be a stronger player for it in the end.