My sessions are short.. Anyone else experience this?

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I hear all these stories about people playing poker for hours. I think I could do this were I in a tournament or something but I havent played them yet. But yea, I guess a lot of people play long sessions of cash games.
I cant seem to play for more than 45 minutes to an hour. Its not that I lose interest in the game or that im tired. I quit within this amount of time wether im winning or losing. Overall in my extremely breif poker career my bankroll has been 25 bucks. Ive played on and off for 3 weeks or so and im at 16 bucks.
It used to really irritate me when I had 34 bucks then swiftly dropped to 23 bucks..(with all the "bucks" by now im sure you all know what country im from). But now.... I really dont care. Not one bit. I set aside 25$ with the idea of either winning or losing. The main thing to be happy about is that ive been able to have a whole 3 weeks of good times with it.
Anyway. What do you all think of these short sessions of cash games? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Personally I feel like its a result of low stamina and not physical stamina, emotional stamina. I cant live life "on the edge" much longer than that. Even if im having a blast and winning a bunch. I thought this stuff was supposed to be addictive!
 
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Maybe you are impatient. Maybe poker bores you after an hour but you did state you had fun. Maybe you should try sng 1 table. They usually last 1 to 2 hours. Of course cash games you can leave whenever you want winning or losing. It could also be that you have not felt the rush from a mtt.Your situation is definately a complicated one.Probably because I can do a 4 hour stretch and at the end it´s like next.Of course if I last that long. Some days go quick those are the sad days of poker playing for me. Like a unexpected quickie.
 
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Just like anything else in life, either you love it, or you hate it. Maybe try different low stakes games? Etc: Heads up sng's (Sit and go's) full table sng's, if you get bored quickly you can play turbo's.. and also, there's an option of Zone, zoom, poker (same game just different names) You switch from table to table as soon as you fold your hand.

Hope that can help you, GL! :)
 
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Its very important to train your patience if you are planning to play long tournaments. Patience is a big factor in poker. If you want to imrpove, and have interest in the mental part of the game you can look into it on youtube. There are some nice videos and articles about the mental game on the internet, all for free.
 
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In my first 6mos. of online poker I was a bit similiar to yourself (OP). I would jump off the table after a bit but my motivation was > I didn't want to see my total bankroll move in a downward direction. When I was up a bit, I was content to just log off for the day & keep it that way.
This was mostly just for cash tables though, I didn't find any difficulty sitting on tournament tables for a few hours at a time (might also be partially due to the experience I had the very first night I ever played online poker... I played a $1 tourney with ~1,000 entrants & placed 2nd in it. Time flew by after a couple hours. I loved it & I was hooked!)
 
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I mostly only play 1 to 2 hour sessions. Anything longer and I am not able to focus on hands and I get distracted. I am light player and I might have a hard time getting over 10k hands in year. Either way I don’t let it bother me because I have fun. I never intended to be a grinder.
 
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Dont listen to them lol. just kidding, listen to them, maybe you are IMPATIENT, try creating the perfect environment for your sessions, for eg ... lights, music, munchies, beer (if thats your thing) , make sure its all accessible, a good comfortable seat, hook your pc to your LED TV if u got one like me ;) , the better the mood you create for your game, the more fun you are likely to have :) cheers mate, gl at the tables.
 
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i always have good fun. ive never really quit out of boredom yet. it just sort of feels natural. At some point I just think, "oh time to quit!"...
Guess its no big deal really. Im earning poker points which I can use to get into tournaments. Its like getting something for nothing! Just play micro, pick up the poker points, and by tournament tickets with those poker points. =P
 
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After a work day mine are very short as well. Will normally play later in the evening and one possible two 6 person SnG. Any thing after that I'm not really playing at the same level. During the weekend that is a different story. Have to figure out when you are the most productive.

Being upset at the fluctuation on your bankroll will be something you will have to over come. Variance will be there at any skill level. That is just part of the game.
 
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I usually play for four hour sessions but my take on it is to get in as many hands as I can. I'm playing to make money, not so much for the fun of it. If you're having fun playing for short sessions then keep doing it as when I've been in the middle of a proper marathon session (usually a large tournament (Can be up to12 hours or so to final table)) I can absolute hate playing. I'm hungry but have a five minute break every hour to get food, bathroom etc... So my advice to you is to just enjoy playing if you enjoy short sessions
 
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I usually play for four hour sessions but my take on it is to get in as many hands as I can. I'm playing to make money, not so much for the fun of it. If you're having fun playing for short sessions then keep doing it as when I've been in the middle of a proper marathon session (usually a large tournament (Can be up to12 hours or so to final table)) I can absolute hate playing. I'm hungry but have a five minute break every hour to get food, bathroom etc... So my advice to you is to just enjoy playing if you enjoy short sessions

Those 5 minute breaks become very valuable huh? I know the feeling. Sometimes I have to switch to tablet if I get too hungry. :) On the other side of that means I must be doing good if I am so long playing. Or at least beat busting out before the bubble. Keep strong on the marathons. I am wondering if they have a training session for posture. Like the running marathons the jog to train what does a poker player do. Poker poker poker ? Leather butts are the result of long grinds.:D
 
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