How stressful is poker?

Depends what your playing. I imagine live heads up can be one of the most stressful experiences imaginable depending on who your playing with.

I don't find online to be overly stressful though

For me the game in poker strained then when drops out a coin, and is especially offensive then when has lost with A9 hand against A4))).

The poker is very nervous game =)

The most annoying poker travel, when you have a better map and detail wins the pot.

The more experience, the less often you find yourself in a stressful situation

In my opinion, the player only starts to be pro when he is happy and having fun while playing (I have never seen any stressed players to be profitable)

Depends how much you stake imo

I try to keep concentration and calm whether to play or to study or work.

Stress affects performance in these 3 activities, I do relaxation, stretching, and balanced eating.

I still can not control stress well

stress happens to me sometimes while having a bad day! best thing to do is just stop for the day or at least couple of hours and recollect yourself!

For me it's depend of the importance that you give to the poker.

Then the tournament that are you playing.
And the money spend on it.

More risk is equal to more stress

The word says it all, if you enter that state, then żwhy play?

Originally Posted by sanych

The more experience, the less often you find yourself in a stressful situation

And is that in this situation is where many players cease to exist, if you do not understand the problem you will not get an answer.

Originally Posted by shanebob123

How stressful is poker?

I`m sure, that even for the most professional players poker is very stressful. I need not tell you of beginners, because for this sort the game is even dangerous. I mean our health. In different ways emotions during playing give stress on your heart, therefore we must be careful)

I agree we must be careful cause every so often I get extremely angry (maybe once every 3 months) and it is hazardous to one's health for sure

Not at all. Even when I lose it is still fun.

It's only stressful when I'm playing out of my allowed bankroll range...or the bubble of a bigger tourney can be somewhat stressful

depends on you, there is the stress I am the Mother loudly

In my opinion online poker isnt so stresfull.. while live poker is very very stresfull... depends on what person are you

I think the more you play, the more experience you get, the less stress.

I find poker relaxing and it takes away my stress from other things. It is just a game. Exciting, rush but not stress.

hey man I consider my self a player that gets the game and for sure not a beginner any more and trying to move up my game i have no one local that i can find as a mentor/ coach/ some one to talk poker with and i feel more and more strested out when i screw up because i cant get feed back and suggestions what do i do I'm knew to this blog thing... GusDaNuts9

Originally Posted by shanebob123

How stressful is poker?

Haha, it depends! Sometimes I feel that it's that "stress" or "rush" of sweating out hands that draws me into the game. Long sessions can be very relaxing, I think on some level playing a bit of poker can exaggerate whatever feelings you had before entering the session--assuming you break about even. Losing IMHO is always more stressful than winning...then again you know what they say about mo money.

Stress include and tilt that are born from failures.

I would say that an 8-10 hour MTT wears at me mentally more than a stressful week of my day job. Seat 2/3 and 6/7 focusing on the cards 5 feet away from you, managing opponents tells, calculating the value of a bet to keep callers active when you have a monster hand, the swings of the bad beats... It takes a toll on you, well me at least.

Poker is as stressful as u make it, if u become tilted and continue playing while tilted without improvement it can become stressful and could probably cause some negative health effects(high blood pressure for example) . So avoid playing while tilted, it will do ur health and ur bankroll some good

Stress is part of the life of the poker player.
The range of affectation, a priori depends, in addition to the type of person, of course, the approach to poker.
For those who are a hobby, stress has a more restrained dimension, and the more you become professional, the more stress you suffer. However, despite suffering more stress, you are also better prepared to cope.
A greeting.

It really depends on the situation.

I only play microstakes so it's never stressful for me whereas if people were investing a significant sum of money it definitely would be for them.

I always feel stress when playing for big money

Poker is a stressful and anxiety rousing thing for many, and this points up further the mistake of not incorporating respect for psychological aspects of the game in one's approach. Human beings when over-stressed or over-anxious do not perform as well, either physically or as confidently, when under these influences.

Kkkkkkk todo o dia tem isso mas nunca vou conseguir esse esporte assim é minha paixao

Originally Posted by shanebob123

How stressful is poker?

if you play on small bets, then there is no stress, the truth and the pleasures get less!

there is a little

this is why i start play from freeroll..

Uncertainty is the second name of poker. And if you add to all this the need to pay bills, keep a family, children. Then it is easy to imagine how seriously professional players can suffer from stress.

Originally Posted by shanebob123

How stressful is poker?

I speak in a particular way, for me, poker is fun. Distraction, and it excites me but it is not stressful for me

I feel stress if I am playing a too high limit or too many tables. But I must also say that a bit stress is a good thing because otherwise it can get boring and you do not want to not care any more if you lose money. A bit of stress keeps you wanting to get better and crush those stressful villains

As soon as I get stressed, I close poker, otherwise you can lose a lot of money

Stress is entirely up to the person. I will say that if the money on the line is of extreme importance to you, then you are certainly not helping alleviate any stress.

Originally Posted by shanebob123

How stressful is poker?

It depends on how much you are reckless)