Why do we continue...

Got to thinking this morning around 4am when I was awakened by an ambulance sitting outside of my neighbors house. With nothing really to go do for a couple hours and such I decided it would be a good time to fit in a game or maybe even two.

Now this weekend was a perfect example of the roller coaster of playing poker online. I started it off with a bang. I finished 3rd in a 180 man, and won my first two SnG's I played. What a great start. Then I donked off prob 30 dollars trying to recreate the 180 man. I did very good getting a chip stack but would make a risky move that truly did not need to be made at the time I made it. I had some devasting coolers, and some gut wrenching runner-runners. At one point I had to turn off my computer. However I knew this would just be temporary, and I would sooner or later by back in front of my computer. Watching the pixelated playing cards cause me to want to poke needles through my eyes. My family cringes whenever I play a 180 man game because the rarely end with me in a cheerful mood.

The question is what is with us people... That we continually go back for more. I am pretty sure I know why I do it. I think I can beat the game. I don't have delusions of grandour or anything, but I am not playing big stakes either. I truly believe if I play my best that I can honestly beat these games. the problem is the luck factor. No place else in poker is luck more a factor then in Micro Limit Games. I still think they are beatable. You just need a stronger stomach...

The other reason I continue. Is I do anything I do 100%... This tends to be an obsessive compulsive tendacy of mine. I tend to do everything I do in extreme proportions...

So I determined my competive spirit and addictive obessive nature are why I continue to play through the bad spells...

Why do you play...