50r win and some thoughts on how becoming complacent can be the devil

first off, i won the 50r ap 2nite for 5k and change....i came into the ft 3rd or 4th in chips - ended up chipping up here and there - when we got 4 handed i donated alot of chips to pokerho when i got 88 in the bb vs his button open with 30 bbs or so - we got it in he had kk.....I then chipped back up and lost anotehr big race to him , but eventually won a big race and had 4-500k in chips 3 handed.....we got hu and eventually i 3 bet qj pre, flopped the nuts, and buried every street till i got paid off by k8 for like a 80 bb pot on a 89T93 board

Ok now a little bit about complacency in poker.....you see it alot - people get good at one form of poker, grind it for hours on end and save up the money, never thinking about the future.....at the same time, they dont improve their skillset, thus just grinding out their hourly and praying that the hourly will always be there....well we've seen how much tougher games have gotten, especially SNGs, and people have to realize mindlessly grinding and never improving is a recipie for long term failure - yes you can still make plenty of money, but the games continue to get harder, so if you're not ahead of the average pace you're losing money slowly.....SNGs have been the big example of this - SNGs back in 2004 were ridiculously easy and extremely profitable - big winners were making 500k+ plus for sngs! its pretty amazing to think about compared to todays profits....I think after looking on SS for 2009 the biggest winner had 80k or so in actual profit? Now thats now bad with bonuses - I mean its still possible to make 100-150k with SNGs but nowhere near where they use to be, and in 2010 the games will get harder.....MTTs too aren't the toughest thing to beat - the 109s and under don't require amazing poker skills to beat - playing 20-30 bb stacks isn't that tough, but its still very profitable....anyways the point is to always improve your game if you plan on playing this game for a long time - you see alot of players come and go and very few are still playing for a living over a 5+ year period - just realize if your not improving daily your losing money