My New Role

We all play roles in life.  Sometimes professional and sometimes personal.  Which role do you identify with most?  Father, mother, student?  I've played many roles in life and on the stage.  Starting off my career as an actor and morphing into a professional poker player was cool.  But the role I enjoy most is dad.  Albeit I wish I was better at it.  But the roles in life don't come with a script, you gotta kinda figure it out as you go.  If you're lucky you'll find a great teacher or mentor along the way to help guide you and teach you the principles of the game.  That is the first responsibility of a good father I suppose.

The role I am taking on here will be known as "The Poker Life Coach."
In my professional career as a poker player I always wanted to play in the biggest game against the toughest competition.  I accomplished that goal.  Sometimes I won but way too often I lost and didn't know why.  No one could answer that question for me until I found a great mentor who has led me to begin playing successfully in a much bigger game called life.

The competition and skill level has gotten so tough in poker that the amount of effort it takes to compete at the highest level today takes more money and time then most are willing to sacrifice. But poker is one game.  It is a game within a game and after paying my dues and accomplishing what I set out to do in poker, I'm ready to take on another challenge.  Teaching others how to play above the felt!

I'm excited to take on this role because I've always loved the game of poker and saw it as a microcosm of life and wanted to give more then I took from people.  It is my time to give back.  In both games, poker and life YOU are your own toughest opponent.   You are overcoming barriers and obstacles in order to achieve a known goal.  That is the definition of a game.  The parameters of which one sets up to determine the wins and loses.  How do we do that?  Well, it will take more then one blog post to reach that determination which is one of the reasons I created The Poker Life blog.

It's hard when you're in the middle of the game to see it as a game.  And the fact that I say that might even offend some people.  But the ones in the know - know what I'm talking about.  While in the game one can lose perspective and it becomes quite serious, especially for those that are losing. The loses might mean depending on others or not eating and fighting for survival.  And that's where it's great to have a coach.  I hope this blog, which I will contribute to weekly, will serve as your guide along the way and give players in the game a greater perspective and sense of awareness of the games we play.

And for those that want it now and want to study with me personally and privately you can find my website and contact information at; www.winningatpoker.net.  Enjoy the journey but remember....

Success is a journey, not a destination!

Kenna