How You kill your time when are you playing?

[maezma]

I watch the game of the rivals and only enter into plays that are profitable to go building a good stack management. In the middle of the tournament I start playing more aggressive.

 

[antonis32123]

I love watching youtube videos or listening to music while I play (only if it goes very deep/serious Iconcetrate exclusively on poker ) . Other times , I prefer watching a stream or some previous games on youtube from a poker pro , like Veldhuis or Jeff Gross

 

[bakang]

When I'm on WPT, I try to predict what hand they'll screw me on, and shake my head at all the other bad beats they give out, I guess to keep the games even, imo
When AK can't beat King jack, WPT is using its #algoriggem

 

[G00fyAA]

Cool thread...it got me thinking of distractions and how they change the game I'm playing and why/when I'm looking for the distraction. I primarily play live poker so the boredom gets real...real fast. Headphones and music are my goto when, this is about the only way I seem to be able to play without making huge mistakes. I actually like putting them on (bose noise cancellation) with no music and just focus on the game at hand. I have found that there is so much to be seen that purposely distracting myself is just not good for my goal (win lots and lots of mullah!) For a while i used to take my ipad with me and watch movies, spots etc.etc. I found though this was not good for my win rate, even when i think i see everything going on i have realized that i'm missing crucial information. Now i just try to watch games on TVs at the casino (or home game) but never something I want to watch...only so I can tune out when it's a hand that I dont care about.

Playing online (cash)...I now just rely on a HUD...that said i only play low stakes online. I watch movies, and twitch steamers playing poker etc. Here i dont feel the edge loss is too bad, I won't do it during tourneys (online or live).

I don't play for a living, but I want to be as good as I can...so now whenever I find myself bored with the game I just get up and leave. I try to force myself to play only when I want to play.

 

[James24543]

I usually watch tv to pass time.

 

[muse713]

Generally I play poker while I am working ( web design). If I am not working I will listen to music or watch news whilst I play.

 

[krisi77]

I know it's wrong but when I'm in a tournament and I get bored to distract myself with TV or watch videos in youtube, look at my facebook profile, check my email, listen to music until I realize I'm no longer playing