Doing stupid moves out of boredom

#1 October 2nd, 2019, 9:28 PM

Do you ever find yourself getting bored or annoyed with some of the plays in online poker, that you end up doing stupid calls or raises?

I was in this position earlier today, when the table was very slow and people were calling/raising well out of position and mating to hit on the river. Ended up getting annoyed and shoving all in with a dud hand.

If you ever get like this, what do you do to avoid this kind of behaviour?

I don�t think I�ve ever felt like this playing live poker.

#2 October 2nd, 2019, 9:33 PM

I have never shoved all in with a bad hand for no reason but tilt happens to everyone. When I am tilting I fold more of my middle range hands until I have calmed down and can get back to playing with the correct mindset.

#3 October 2nd, 2019, 9:47 PM

Originally Posted by myquickwit

I have never shoved all in with a bad hand for no reason but tilt happens to everyone. When I am tilting I fold more of my middle range hands until I have calmed down and can get back to playing with the correct mindset.

Neither have i, well maybe a true freeroll but never a buy in. Ive limped hands i would never play otherwise and try to stay cheap.
You have to ignore the donkey way some play any 2 and hit. Be prepare to play for 6 hours if its a turny, otherwise i wouldnt play. now cash games No id never throw away money with even calling silly shit like i have in turnys.
Like above says i fold even more hands til i get off tilt

#4 October 2nd, 2019, 10:12 PM

It is a horrible way to play this way but I to am guilty of frustration play:O) We need to learn to be smarter then the ones who play horrible and get them lucky cards. Hope things get a little better for you good luck

#5 October 2nd, 2019, 10:15 PM

One day you will find out (like me) that you cant do these things if you ever want to be profitable. If you want to be profitable,there is no room for "being bored". Its a grind, you are in for the money and you should enjoy the process, not force action.

If you are in for fun, its okay to do stupid stuff. As long as you enjoy it, its completely fine

#6 October 2nd, 2019, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by EddMaster

Do you ever find yourself getting bored or annoyed with some of the plays in online poker, that you end up doing stupid calls or raises?

If you ever get like this, what do you do to avoid this kind of behaviour?

1. Nope.

2. Play on 2 tables/or more, you can watch some documentary on yt (I do that... Doing stupid moves out of boredom

)

#7 October 2nd, 2019, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by EddMaster

Do you ever find yourself getting bored or annoyed with some of the plays in online poker, that you end up doing stupid calls or raises?

I was in this position earlier today, when the table was very slow and people were calling/raising well out of position and mating to hit on the river. Ended up getting annoyed and shoving all in with a dud hand.

If you ever get like this, what do you do to avoid this kind of behaviour?

I don�t think I�ve ever felt like this playing live poker.

Ya I've done this but it is bad bad bad play.

When you do this you are ignoring table dynamics and even the guy behind you that is getting ready to reshove with his pocket KK....lol

This usually does not end up well and now you are "freed" up to do something more exciting like sifting through your email account!

I like the recommendation to play more tables to keep you occupied.

But really this kind of move is an exit strategy (from your present boredom).

Good luck !

#8 October 3rd, 2019, 12:08 AM

So I ended up going on a cash table for a while, which really helped. The cash table was much quicker and was in my element, so I�m well ahead of what I lost in the tourney earlier.

I really appreciate your responses and hope none of you end up in that horrible situation.

Good luck at the tables!!

#9 October 3rd, 2019, 12:11 AM

Nope I don't get bored. It is a topic I have talked about at work a lot as a lot of people I work with are "bored" mostly all the time. I just don't understand it!!

I assume a person gets bored of something that they don't enjoy, so if poker is boring to you then maybe deep down you don't enjoy it??

As I don't really understand what boredom means, I am probably way off??

Hope you start to enjoy your poker game and shake off the boredom!!

#10 October 3rd, 2019, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by EvertonGirl

I assume a person gets bored of something that they don't enjoy, so if poker is boring to you then maybe deep down you don't enjoy it??

As I don't really understand what boredom means, I am probably way off??

In regards to boredom/frustration on a poker table, I�m specifically referring to slow moving tables (i.e. when almost everyone on the table runs the timer to zero on every hand) and donkey play (like when they call your preflop raise with a off suit 2,9, hit nothing on the flop and call the next raise only to hit a 9 on the turn and then a 2 on the river. That kind of play makes my blood boil. But alas, I moved on to another table that was more suited to my style of play.

#11 October 3rd, 2019, 12:45 AM

I took a hiatus from online poker (poker in general really) and recently came back. I haven't really done anything like this recently, from boredom(though I have in the past). But I have made bad reads, and bad moves without having reads on people. Has cost me a few tourneys, but live and learn Doing stupid moves out of boredom

I just need to get back in the swing of things

#12 October 3rd, 2019, 3:10 AM

I have for sure, but not very often, like all in 72 off just to see what happens. And sometimes at work when I gotta run its all in no matter what...

#13 October 3rd, 2019, 3:43 AM

Originally Posted by Ahoy

One day you will find out (like me) that you cant do these things if you ever want to be profitable. If you want to be profitable,there is no room for "being bored". Its a grind, you are in for the money and you should enjoy the process, not force action.

If you are in for fun, it's okay to do stupid stuff. As long as you enjoy it, it's completely fine

Yeah, 100% truth. It depends on if you're playing for fun or you're playing for a win. That's the beauty of poker. It can be for some people entertainment for their money, but then they shall be ready to lose for the sake of their gambling hazard. Like some people do with roulette or blackjack or slots for example.

But it also can be a profession or business, you name it. In the second case, you're not allowed to make too many mistakes of course. As every mistake costs you money, the money you'll have less at the end of the day.
So it's normal for the beginners or for the players who play poker in their free time, more for fun, than for money. But it's a lack for the ambitious and professional players. For the second group, such thoughts or tendencies shall be excluded in terms of maximizing their income.

#14 October 3rd, 2019, 3:46 AM

Originally Posted by EddMaster

Do you ever find yourself getting bored or annoyed with some of the plays in online poker, that you end up doing stupid calls or raises?

I was in this position earlier today, when the table was very slow and people were calling/raising well out of position and mating to hit on the river. Ended up getting annoyed and shoving all in with a dud hand.

If you ever get like this, what do you do to avoid this kind of behaviour?

I don�t think I�ve ever felt like this playing live poker.

Doing this out of boredom is obviously not good, but it beats the hell out of doing it because you think it's good poker. Doing stupid moves out of boredom

#15 October 3rd, 2019, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by EvertonGirl

Nope I don't get bored. It is a topic I have talked about at work a lot as a lot of people I work with are "bored" mostly all the time. I just don't understand it!!

I assume a person gets bored of something that they don't enjoy, so if poker is boring to you then maybe deep down you don't enjoy it??

As I don't really understand what boredom means, I am probably way off??

Hope you start to enjoy your poker game and shake off the boredom!!

Oh yea, I understand frustration.

I get frustrated with my work mates who keep saying "I am BORED" I feel like strangling them Doing stupid moves out of boredom

On a more serious note, I do get frustrated sometimes at the poker table, so I do understand that Doing stupid moves out of boredom

#16 October 3rd, 2019, 11:02 AM

I don't get bored, per say, but I do get frustrated when I'm card dead for 2-3 orbits and itching to play. For this reason, I like the "Blitz" tables on the WPN skins, as well as turbo (5min blinds) tournaments, and also the $2 "Jackpot" 3 man 500 chips 3min blinds tourneys...I seem to play my best when I'm in that element.

#17 October 3rd, 2019, 12:13 PM

This happens often. I believe that's because i play almost all freerolls where i can, and you know what is freeroll. There are many players who just throw all in every hand. Yesterday at PokerStars , at my table came player with 20bb and he always made big rise and than after flop went all in. It was so annoying and i know he is bluffing, so i called with AK. Flop was 9 4 K , than he just went all in. And of course i Call. He got 9 4 in hands and Turn was 4 . I was so Angry. After that he wrote at chat: LoL......

#18 October 3rd, 2019, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by ArmiSoo7

This happens often. I believe that's because i play almost all freerolls where i can, and you know what is freeroll. There are many players who just throw all in every hand. Yesterday at PokerStars , at my table came player with 20bb and he always made big rise and than after flop went all in. It was so annoying and i know he is bluffing, so i called with AK. Flop was 9 4 K , than he just went all in. And of course i Call. He got 9 4 in hands and Turn was 4 . I was so Angry. After that he wrote at chat: LoL......

I wish I wasn't in the USA so I could play with this guy Doing stupid moves out of boredom

Oh, freeroll, oops.....you'll never see him on a real money table Doing stupid moves out of boredom

#19 October 3rd, 2019, 1:02 PM

patience my friend !! the basis of the game!

#20 October 5th, 2019, 12:59 AM

A good way to avoid this is to play two tables, even if you have to play for half the stakes you normally would. I think these is true to boredom or just being tired. I know this because I had cashed in the 5k freeroll, only to play for 7 hours later. I was on a roll and then the loses kicked in. I wanted to win badly, after waiting months to actually have cash online. I became bored and started playing more draws. It didn't work out.

#21 October 5th, 2019, 9:50 AM

I do not exclude this possibility. If a long MTT, unwittingly commit mistakes. In this case it is better to get a stroll if the stack allows.

#22 October 5th, 2019, 10:33 PM

I used to at times. Not push my stack,but definitely call hands I shouldn't have when it gets like that. I agree with:

Originally Posted by AzdajaD

2. Play on 2 tables/or more, you can watch some documentary on yt (I do that... Doing stupid moves out of boredom

)

I'll open another table, or even throw on a TV show in the backfound as long as my tables are what takes my main focus.

#23 October 6th, 2019, 7:40 PM

Originally Posted by EddMaster

Do you ever find yourself getting bored or annoyed with some of the plays in online poker, that you end up doing stupid calls or raises?

I was in this position earlier today, when the table was very slow and people were calling/raising well out of position and mating to hit on the river. Ended up getting annoyed and shoving all in with a dud hand.

If you ever get like this, what do you do to avoid this kind of behaviour?

I don�t think I�ve ever felt like this playing live poker.

Happen all the time tilt tilt tilt all in player 1 wins with 3/8 off what a joke sometimes but as long as I'm winning I have no care in the world lol Doing stupid moves out of boredom

#24 October 6th, 2019, 8:24 PM

Usually this happens to me when a very long time is not a good card, I start to miss the game, and then break down and start to play on any card, even 7 2 sometimes suits me, here they are stupid calls and bets and all in

#25 October 6th, 2019, 11:26 PM

What happens to me is that I get hooked with the player who is playing pity, and it shouldn't be that way but it happens to me often

#26 October 11th, 2019, 6:41 PM

I observe such people in a cash game and can understand them. You play 2-3 hours at the table using a tight style. Opponents around raise constantly with strange hands. You got good cards a couple of times and you were moved on the river. Not winning a single bank in a few hours makes people furious.

#27 October 11th, 2019, 6:53 PM

I get bored after the first couple of folds sometimes and start playing anything from everywhere. Only sometime though. And it works exactly as it should. I occasionally get lucky and win, but that is rare. I have a blast though it makes me laugh when my crap crap cards beat someone who is seriously trying!! haha

#28 October 12th, 2019, 7:15 PM

Everyone plays the 72 game eventually. Easier when your stacked mind. Used to show them. But, don't anymore. Just sit behind the screen laughing my head off when a sizable pot is taken off a maniac

#29 October 12th, 2019, 9:48 PM

Boredom is my biggest problem. But it might be caused by NOT playing multi table.

#30 October 12th, 2019, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by EddMaster

Do you ever find yourself getting bored or annoyed with some of the plays in online poker, that you end up doing stupid calls or raises?

I was in this position earlier today, when the table was very slow and people were calling/raising well out of position and mating to hit on the river. Ended up getting annoyed and shoving all in with a dud hand.

If you ever get like this, what do you do to avoid this kind of behaviour?

I don�t think I�ve ever felt like this playing live poker.

It helps me to have something else occupying my attention...

playing music, watching a movie, reading poker strategy maybe or surfing the web sometimes even catch up on social media during really long grinds...

#31 October 13th, 2019, 12:05 AM

The problem of playing long tournaments is that hours of playing your best can be wasted by a single moment of desperation or by being tilted

#32 October 13th, 2019, 2:40 PM

Hi Ed, I have experienced the same thing so here was what I did to prevent it:

I increased the size of the buy ins/ stakes I was playing for!

This forced me to really focus in and make every hand an opportunity to examine my opponents behaviour. I also found it more exciting to play for more money (even if the table was slow).

#33 October 13th, 2019, 3:57 PM

Maybe you can try another game than Hold'Em if you get bored by correctly folding... Maybe PLO8? Usuaslly there is a lot more action there and you can play more starting hands than in Holdem and still play a reasonable game...

#34 October 13th, 2019, 6:13 PM

Originally Posted by kraemer

Maybe you can try another game than Hold'Em if you get bored by correctly folding... Maybe PLO8? Usuaslly there is a lot more action there and you can play more starting hands than in Holdem and still play a reasonable game...

I like this idea, but I find most other poker variations to be more of a gamble as I find them a lot harder to play. Maybe I just need to play them a bit more to understand what is a good starting hand, as I always think I�m good until the other person shows (especially Stud)

#35 October 13th, 2019, 6:23 PM

I get angry all the time for online plays,

you have to work the character to know how to endure and move on

#36 October 13th, 2019, 8:03 PM

Honestly, I have been distracted to the point where I am on my phone and realize it is my turn and make a call looking at two decent cards without looking how much the bet was. Then, I am like damn! No way would i have called half my stack with KJo!! So it really has forced me to silence my phone and possibly even sit at my desk away from TV and phone. Boredom plays a huge role in me ALLOWING myself to be distracted. So like others i have been playing roughly 6 tables at a time now to limit boredom.

#37 October 14th, 2019, 6:23 AM

I make such kind of bad moves/decisions , morst of the time not because of boredom , but because I am frustrated by some great mistakes that I did , so I call/shove very loose or crazy . Also when sb else has given me a bad beat or made a loose/donkey call/shove and I lost a very large proportion of my stack , critical for the remaing of the tournament/sattelite, I might quit , shove ATC my last few remaining BBs and bye bye , go to sleep lol

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