Best Advice so far, in my opinion.
when you play poker you must do it when you really feel like playing ... that will help you to be totally focused on your game ... remember that a carelessness can eliminate you from a tournament ... never play poker if you do not feel like play or if you are stressed or tired because you will never be 100% concentrated and possibly end up losing ...!
Best answer so far.
This is the best advice you've been given in your Thread yet.
That's my personal opinion.
To help you understand it....
I got off work today and came home after opening up the store at 6am this morning.
Then......
I downloaded a
poker site that I have been meaning to get up and running.
Then I found, just by chance, a late registering freeroll tournament that was paying out the TOP 216 POSITIONS.
I enrolled in that freeroll 10 minutes before the cut-off for late registration ONLY TO PLAY ON THE SITE and become familiar with it's buttons, and how to navigate it, etc.
About 8 minutes after I got in the tournament, the tournament went on BREAK.
Late registration was over, the player count was around 300 or less.. I really don't remember the exact number, but I do remember looking right after the Break and was suprised at the player count because the top 216 places paid out money...IN A FREEROLL tournament.
I actually got to number 2 in chipstacks within 20 minutes of the game starting back up....the ACTIVE PLAYERS got down to 218 players.
PLEASE REMEMBER, the top 216 won cash money.
I DID NOT WANT TO PLAY A TOURNAMENT for another 3 or four hours so I went allin with 63 suited hand....and was knocked out in 217th place......1 spot out of the payout.
BUT....I didn't think it fair to sit there, end in the money, having been really lucky at getting to number 2 in the chip count, while other players had already spent 2 hours playing the tournament......when I had NO INTENTION of even trying to finsih it.
I was only there to try the site out and get use to it, on a snap decision to just join a tournament that was free, and other's had put in the time to make money. my getting knocked out put some poor slob in the money spot that had invested the time in to play the thing all the way out, when I had NO intention of doing it.
Sure, I lost out on 25cents US.......
big deal.
I was NOT in the mood to play, and I would have made the decision eventually to just muck on out anyway, because of being tired, and not interested.
Dailon has given you the best advice so far.
you have to REALLY feel like playing.
Or you may find yourself playing agains yourself, your own mind and self-endurance.
That's my opinion,
but I lose...A LOT!!
good luck on the tables!
Robert.