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audacity
Rock Star
Silver Level
Maybe I'm out to lunch here, but I find a good way for me to tolerate those 2 to 3+ hour tournaments online, is to launch a movie in another window - paying attention to the sounds for 'timer near end' etc per hand, and if I'm in a hand, I click on the movie and pause it.
But I find it's a great match, I do very well in tournaments, like Matt Damon said in the opening of Rounders - you basically want to get one BIG win in every hour or so. And I do catch that big win once an hour or so, and go figure - when I actually bet - it's spooky, most people just run, for them ? I probably appear to be some hyper nit - playing super super tight, so they figure 'oh God, the NIT is betting, they probably got their KK' meanwhile - nope - was just caught up in a movie waiting for a real hole cards.
Well, by not sitting and staring constantly, I pretty much stay out of things until I have something good to play. SOMETIMES I will explore a bluff, but mostly, I will be in my movie.
Does anyone else do this?
And on a note of humor, just as some pro players bring headphones?
Could you imagine someone with a handheld 8, 10 or 12 inch LCD tablet running a movie?
Would be TOOOOOO much -
But again, I find it's a nice combo - for me at least - to do that, or work on a project on the side, otherwise I get burned out playing. By doing something else, I find I can play all day with little effort as well.
These are < $25 entry fee tournaments btw - so I DO realize, if someone is dropping $200 to get into a tournament, yeah, you probably want to be in that game - because the payout is $10k on down for first onward I wager.
But I find it's a great match, I do very well in tournaments, like Matt Damon said in the opening of Rounders - you basically want to get one BIG win in every hour or so. And I do catch that big win once an hour or so, and go figure - when I actually bet - it's spooky, most people just run, for them ? I probably appear to be some hyper nit - playing super super tight, so they figure 'oh God, the NIT is betting, they probably got their KK' meanwhile - nope - was just caught up in a movie waiting for a real hole cards.
Well, by not sitting and staring constantly, I pretty much stay out of things until I have something good to play. SOMETIMES I will explore a bluff, but mostly, I will be in my movie.
Does anyone else do this?
And on a note of humor, just as some pro players bring headphones?
Could you imagine someone with a handheld 8, 10 or 12 inch LCD tablet running a movie?
Would be TOOOOOO much -
But again, I find it's a nice combo - for me at least - to do that, or work on a project on the side, otherwise I get burned out playing. By doing something else, I find I can play all day with little effort as well.
These are < $25 entry fee tournaments btw - so I DO realize, if someone is dropping $200 to get into a tournament, yeah, you probably want to be in that game - because the payout is $10k on down for first onward I wager.