What Are Your Favorite Distractions That Get Your Poker Juices Flowing?

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I’ve got to wake up in the mood to want to play and look forward to engaging the contest, not just the desire to fulfill an obligation, or have an available opportunity to potentially win money. Then, choose my favorite sitcom (some in my profile if you care to know) with snappy dialogue playing in the background and binge listen while focusing on the game. That combination gives me poker zen and I've seen improvement in my game and a higher ratio of success.



What works for you ;)?
 
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Getting on the CardsChat forum and browsing always gets me in the mood to play. The problem is, I don't always have the time these days! :eek: So I sneak in a game or two whenever I can.
 
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Getting on the CardsChat forum and browsing always gets me in the mood to play. The problem is, I don't always have the time these days! :eek: So I sneak in a game or two whenever I can.

Thank you for coming to my, scratch that, our, improved thread. I agree, as of today, CardsChat is a plus for my poker mood. As for time sure, it is very hard to overcome. When you said that only one thing came to mind – “Calgon, take me away!”

Wishing you many “Calgon” opportunities to be taken away.
 
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For me first is CC next is i watch a lot you tube, but i am not professional player only play for fun.
 
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Check some great video material on pokerstars.tv, love to watch EPT, after few minutes, my will to play jump to maximum! Love to watch bubble situations it is intensive so it also helps to make we jizz for playing :) and big hands years back, its never boring, times and times all over, it helps :)
 
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The first factor is the mood. Also, during poker, you can read some book. You will do two positive things at one time. And one complements the other. But I just listen to music while playing, and I advise you
 
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watching scaring videos on youtube
 
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Hm, I don't think I have anything like that. Any distractions are for real distractions for me, that either will worse my play significantly or just prevent me to play my optimal game. That's because I can't resist them lol So I will be checking forums all the time and oops made a bad call lol So I try not to have any distraction (not that successfully :D).
 
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when you play in the cache then focus on our game and in the tournament at the initial stage, you can afford to listen to music
 
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I usually help other people in the morning, and if it works out, I have the inspiration to play for the whole day ..
 
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I like to watch 2 or 3 episodes of the Simpsons first and while playing, I like listening to ABBA.
 
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I am a multi-tasker while playing poker on my laptop. My iPad has another multi-player game going, the TV is on, with whatever sport I can watch. And I switch to Internet surfing and emails while waiting my turn at the poker table. All of this makes me a low level, recreational player. There is little time to watch opponents for tells, styles, and mistakes. There is no time to properly calculate my pot equity, or my odds. At this rate my tiny bankroll will grow slower than the electric bill needed to run my laptop.
 
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I do the same! It might be an ADHD thing hahaha If I have a TV show or even a movie on in the background that I can switch focus on, I'm not as intent and seem to make better decisions in-game. That's not to say that I don't pay attention to the game, but my decisions are more analytical.
 
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watching poker on tv or you tube helps me analyze my play while I'm playing.
 
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Watching poker on YouTube while I play is what works for me.
 
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Trance music! This gets me going
 
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My best distraction is multi-tabling.It keeps me from overthinking my play decisions.
 
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As of recent I find I do better when I'm watching a decent movie or series when playing , helps me to be more relaxed.
 
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The only way I play is online, and during the week , I finish work , scramble to get any passwords I need, then turn off my work desktop, get downstairs , turn my laptop on ( hopefully a new one on the way soon ) and then I quick get whatever we are having for super out, and then I can sit and relax ... the TV is on and my husband is now setting up a taped show ... so I always play while watching tv.
I am as bad as Herkstwin - I don't have multiple devices , but definitely am in the habit of checking emails, on CC, FB etc while playing :) Right at this moment - hubby has the junior championship hockey on and is cheering - loudly for canada !!! So, I have that in the background to !
 
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The only way I play is online, and during the week , I finish work , scramble to get any passwords I need, then turn off my work desktop, get downstairs , turn my laptop on ( hopefully a new one on the way soon ) and then I quick get whatever we are having for super out, and then I can sit and relax ... the TV is on and my husband is now setting up a taped show ... so I always play while watching tv.
I am as bad as Herkstwin - I don't have multiple devices , but definitely am in the habit of checking emails, on CC, FB etc while playing :) Right at this moment - hubby has the junior championship hockey on and is cheering - loudly for Canada !!! So, I have that in the background to !

I once had (2) 40"+ lcd tvs side by side, lol. One hooked to cable, and the other to the computer.. Was a pretty cool set up to watch tv and play cards, watch horse races. Now I play online and stream some background noise like old tv shows from the same lcd / device. Thanks for coming to juiceeQ's thread, I'm only a junior partner in this thread as I mentioned previously....Good luck to your hockey team, Go Canada! :dancing2:
 
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I once had (2) 40"+ lcd tvs side by side, lol. One hooked to cable, and the other to the computer.. Was a pretty cool set up to watch tv and play cards, watch horse races. Now I play online and stream some background noise like old tv shows from the same lcd / device. Thanks for coming to juiceeQ's thread, I'm only a junior partner in this thread as I mentioned previously....Good luck to your hockey team, Go Canada! :dancing2:
Whatever people do - if it works for them , then kudos
I just play when I can , and hopefully not get to many distractions - phone , doorbell, as I have enough with just meal time clashing with my daily freerolls ...
 
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Depends on the seriousness of the game, if I play a big tournament like Sunday millions I play trance music, with no distractions and drink coffee, red bull. smaller tournaments sometimes TV in the background but I can never focus fully on the TV because I like to study my opponents. It's really important to study your opponents, check the chip stacks in the tournament, I have a rule that I use all the time that works for me. I never play multiple tables unless it's low stakes because I think it's too important to miss valuable information from my opponents
 
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Me gusta ver televisión mientras juego poker, you tube. . Pongo documentales, biografías, programas que no tengan mucho ruido, nada de bebidas alcohólicas mientras juego, :D:stupido:
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