Quote Originally Posted by HalvSame
I like to play cards as well. My "solution" is my live home game. When playing live with my buddies I will usually loosen up much sooner than I do in online SnG's. I still have some level of discipline, of course, but at this game it's just as much about the social and fun aspect of the game as it is about winning.

Then when I go online I say to myself; "Okay, now let's play some REAL poker.
heh. to me "real" poker is about fun. Typically any money I ever won playing poker was burned on booze and food for the night.

But I understand your point. And I try, I really do. Sometimes i loosen up knowing that I am doing it at a table i judge as acceptable for this. But sometimes I do this without realizing it before I get a handle on the table.

Sometimes I play and rock so hard people wonder why I bother playing at the low levels that I do. I guess the low levels give me the ability to let my weakness thru once in a while.

Sappy, but true.