Jovi

Cash Game Poker luck box, travel enthusiast
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[Jovi @joviparsons]

@elonmusk I couldn’t agree with you more! I left a 6 figure trucking job to come work for you as a level 1 production associate because I believe in the direction you are going. I know it will take time to earn what I left at but learning and being a part of something great is worth it

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@CaitlinComeskey 😂😂

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@PokerGO @WSOP WSOP Choctaw 👍🏼

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@pokerorg @TheGrinder44 He is going to win this! 👏👏👏

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@AlecTorelli Well said! 🙏 I definitely needed this today

[Alec Torelli | Poker & Decision Making @AlecTorelli]

You play the Main.

10 days later, you win. $10M. The bracelet. A place in poker history.

You made it.

So, you do what you’re supposed to.

You buy the house. The car. The watch.

Take time off and chill. Travel. 5-Star resorts. Fly business.

A year later, you’re a mess. You’ve had amazing experiences and done some cool things, but your life feels a bit empty.

You’ve given up the struggle of scaling the mountain and lack the structure, growth, and confidence that come with taking a few steps every day toward a better version of you.

You go back to poker. Hop in a $1,500 event. It doesn’t matter if you win or not, you already have the money. There’s nothing left to prove.

It feels good to play again. Not to win, but to play. What else is there to do?

You’re happier than you’ve been in years. You’re grateful just to be in action. You play with a new passion, like when you first started.

Each hand feels alive, like experiencing it for the first time.

You realize there’s still so much to learn and, it oddly seems that there’s more you don’t know than you do know.

So, you begin the climb once more. A new mountain.

It’s a long climb, sometimes challenging, but with each step, you feel a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Sure, life was easier before, but you wouldn’t trade this single precious opportunity on the felt for anything.

You have more balance now, so each session is fulfilling and enjoyable because you are choosing to play.

You don’t have to go full cycle to experience the joy now.

You can wake up to the fact that if you zoom out and imagine achieving all the dreams you have for yourself in poker, and then ask, ‘now what?’, you’ll likely conclude that the real purpose of poker is just to play.

What else is there?

If you get to a point where you’ve “beaten” the game, it’s only because there is nothing more to learn or opportunities to grow.

So, you abort the mission and do something else. That’s also fine.

A new mountain, with new scenery and new challenges, and a new opportunity for growth.

Regardless of the path, the purpose isn’t to sit atop the mountain, it’s to enjoy the climb.

There’s always another level to ascend to, another aspect of our character we can improve.

Be a little less egoic, a little more patient, a little humbler, a little more strategic.

I see many people at the WSOP at the end of the series who are miserable. I get it.

It’s a grueling summer, and I’ve been like that many times in my career.

On paper, it’s complete insanity to play a 10,000+ person field where you’ll never realize your “long term EV” and when you can just as easily sit at $2/$5 NL or $5/$10 NL cash game, play the same hours with more flexibility and lock up $20-$30K in wins instead of grinding a 20BB stack for 10 hours a day only to lose a flip and bust, start all over tomorrow, knowing the most likely outcome is you lose money or min cash a couple events.

As my friend says, cash games are for pros.

In tournament poker in particular, it’s important to understand your why.

Otherwise, poker can get lonely, depressing, isolating and miserable real quick.

Most will have to learn the hard way. I definitely did. (I’ve made all these mistakes, and then some).

Some may never be lucky enough to learn it.

They’ll grind life away thinking there’s some end destination to this shit.

There’s not. You’re already here.

If you’re not a success now just because you’re playing, you won’t be when you win either.

It’s just like when some older rich person tells you more money won’t bring you happiness because that comes from within, but you laugh it off, grind for a decade to make the money, have a mid-life crisis, wonder “now what”, realize maybe they were right all along, look within, find peace, then laugh cause you realize you could have had it all along and that those early days grinding were oddly sweeter in many ways than the leisurely success you have now that you’ve “made it”.

Same shit with poker. Doesn’t matter if you win the Main or bust in the first level.

What matters is that you showed up to play. Relax and have fun.

These are the good ol days you'll reminisce about in the future, if life is kind enough to grant you enough time that today feels like a long time ago.

Good luck today if you’re still in.

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@TheBradOwen RiseUp 🙏

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@daveandjimmy Been out of the country! What’s happening?

[Jovi @joviparsons]

Damn! True Legend will be missed! R.I.P Doyle

[WSOP - World Series of Poker @WSOP]

Rest in Peace to the Biggest Legend of Them All. Thank you for being the consummate player and gentleman. No one will ever fill your seat.

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@ToddBrunson My condolences to you and your family! Keeping y’all in my thoughts and Prayers! He will be missed!!

[Jovi @joviparsons]

Finally moved to Georgetown Texas! Literally on the round rock border to play more poker at the lodge! Texas is up and coming! This cash game player is ready to make some moves in tournaments!! Excited to see what 2023 holds!

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@DougPolkVids Ohh @DougPolkVids I literally just moved to Georgetown … mainly for the lodge and can already tell you @TerryBlacks_BBQ is the best around!! But it’s free so I won’t complain 😛

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@poodawgmelissa 😂😂😂

[DraftKings @DraftKings]

OHIO STATE 🤝 GAME WINNER 🤝 SWEET 16

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@LodgePokerClub @RobgALLINa55 Glad my chips didn't go to waste.😝 Definitely well deserved win! Solid player

[Jovi @joviparsons]

LFG!! I have some work to do

[Lodge Card Club @LodgePokerClub]

The Black Friday $100K was a huge success with a prize pool of $269,900 and a top prize of $48,717!

129 players return for Day 2.

Chips: https://t.co/ZSzvXArG2n

Seats: https://t.co/YfyQefgMor

Payouts: https://t.co/C9Bfg9V5HI

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@BlackRainPoker I'll work on that 🤣🤣😝

[Jovi @joviparsons]

Bagged a pitiful stack in the 100k black Friday event @LodgePokerClub. Took a hard hit to my stack at the end of the night...but made the money. First tourney in 3 years so can't complain. Time to run it up tomorrow!!

[Jovi @joviparsons]

@Katfish2169 Thinking about it myself! Best of Luck to you

[Mad River Poker Club @mad_river_poker]

Toledo’s Hosting ALL The Action June 23rd-26th • Make Sure You Plan Accordingly 🙌