How to maintain concentration ?

[Shells]

Eat food for energy.

and water.

 

[mike demichele]

I think the more you focus on something specific, the more concentration you get towards it. It's kind of like exercising. The more you do a certain routine the easier it gets every day. At least that's what I found.

 

[kabrouto22]

Well most of the times i listen to music.It relaxes me and i make good decisions during plays.

 

[JustBeatIt]

You just need to maintain an interest in the game, find a way to make it entertaining for you. Such as predicting what someone will do, or what hands they may have. See if you are right, and then make some more predictions.

After many hours at a table it is easy to get bored, throwing another table in the mix can help to keep you interested. If its too much, then find another interest in the table you are currently playing. Maybe put on some music.

If i for instance have someone watching TV in the background, ill put music on to help counteract that. I cant listen to interesting things in the background if i want to focus, no matter what my ears and brain will catch it and start listening. After that my focus will shift to at least 50% on the background noise, so i have to counteract this with my own gray noise. Thats usually when i put some music on.

Ideally i would want a place that is distraction free to play in, this for sure would help to maintain focus.

 

[acidburnfx]

silence, concentration, water and some food

 

[AlexBred]

just relaxing music, when all is well at home

 

[Karabas]

And I 'm just a minimum of 2 of the table , otherwise I get bored , I start to play a wider range of hands , the risk is not justified and merge .

 

[wilpinsi]

my strategy
be alone
listen to classical music (Mozart)
not too loud to relax ..

 

[freestocks]

Watching TV, playing poker in my underwear.

 

[Bodil81]

Coffee. Enhances comcentration. And food, when playing for hours.

 

[cleder7]

coffe

 

[pocketelf0]

focus on everyhand as if it was the only hand you had to play... I just lost AA v A9 preflop all in for 90% of my stack by runner runner, came back for $300 and 2nd out of 1082 people.

 

[fortopyan]

You can keep the concentration when playing late at night, when the body is not very active.)))

 

[fortopyan]

Coffee. Enhances comcentration. And food, when playing for hours.

coffee will kill your concentration, because you become more active and less patient

 

[NKGB13]

I play with a card deck.. Just stay there mixing the cards, throwing them from one hand to the other in a fancy way heheh..

 

[girouxville]

I agree with Tick33. Works for me...
have a plan
study your table and opponents
take notes for use in the future (sometime's helps)
play and expect to win
play smart and be patient

 

[Speedbruce]

ADD helps, but you have to born with it!

 

[Halid68]

I am trying to relax and chill... I need concentration and calm...

 

[kapobar]

I must to play allone,when someone talk to me i cant be 100% focused

 

[KapitoshkaOB]

turn love your song and play poker for anything despite

 

[johnnygadget]

Coffee and other stimulants help me stay focused.

 

[dejan85]

juste reminde myself that I need discipline and have my own style......

 

[nermis13]

I try not to see television, cell look, those things that can distract you ... sometimes play with music ... more sometimes hinders me and just shot .. then I stay so focused

 

[0546474]

good night's sleep before a game !!! do not get to play tired to no good it will not !!!!!

 

[ekgbeat]

I'm surprised that out of all the post, no one said drugs. There a several legal drugs that improves focus. May this community isn't as degen as others. That's a good thing