What do you do when you are unmotivated to play

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It happens very rarely when I don't want to play. But if this happens, I just take a break for half a day - a day. After that, usually the desire to blurt out the keys returns.
 
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Ah, I see, enter the tournament, go all-in and leave? I've always wondered why people would do something like that, But what if you win? Then you have to continue.
 
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I either watch tv or play video games but I also don’t play poker everyday so it’s more of a pleasure to play I guess, I really enjoy the game but I play as and when I want not as a chore or a job
 
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After a little rest, motivation returns. If not then it is worth setting small goals for ourselves
 
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So player, when you get tired of the game, what do you do to reverse that feeling.:jd4:
Hi.
I simply do not have such a problem. In fact, I always have motivation to play. Nevertheless, very often I lack free time and this is probably my biggest problem.
 
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Nothing. I just don't play a little time.
 
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This is the big problem here, that you have time to play poker when your mind is tired or restless. you don't think like that and make bad decisions. My advice is to sleep 7-8 hours and play poker the next day. the point is if you feel like you don't feel like it. then don't start, coffee and energy drinks won't help either.
 
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It turns out that when I feel unmotivated to play poker, it's best for me not to play.

I have burned myself more than once when I felt unmotivated to play poker. I pushed myself and played regardless of my mood.
In such cases, I mostly failed to make a profit, on the contrary, I lost stakes.

When I feel like that, the smartest thing is to take a break from poker. That really shouldn't be a problem since my desire to play poker comes back so quickly.
 
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I start playing a small tournament, if I get excited, I carry on with other courses, and if I don't get excited I stop
 
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Hello friend. When I am unmotivated I clean my house to give a new air of life and hope.
 
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I can't get enough of it, I just keep going.
;););)
 
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Nothing keep on playing and change the tournament type of i usually playing.Try to find something more interesting
 
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So player, when you get tired of the game, what do you do to reverse that feeling.:jd4:
It's happened to me like 3 times. I preferred to take a break. after this period of a few months. I come back more excited, but I have to adapt to the tournaments again.
 
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I play poker every day, I can take a day off and go back to battle, poker is strength, intelligence, you can also win money!
 
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I haven't felt that way in a long time, I've won and lost, I think I've lost more.
I try to play as a hobby, to avoid discouragement and when I play thinking like that, that's when I go the furthest and even win some tournaments.
So having fun is essential.
 
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it happens that you lose motivation, and this usually happens during those periods when you get into variance and you are unlucky for a certain period of time and you constantly lose, this is normal, the desire to play disappears and people switch to something else
 
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Stop playing and go outside do some Sport or something
 
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I enter the tournament, do all-in and leave the tournament
lol i did the same mate at the moment. was playing freerol was very very tired. calls 4 bet all in with A5 siuted and of course hes got AA ;p cheers bro ;p
 
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I personally don't get tired of this game. It's all about how much to play. I play as long as I want to play, when I get tired I stop.
 
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I stop playing for a few days than come back.
 
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I will not play at all . But if I am in the middle of a session , if it's freeroll or low buy on , I might abandon it or start playing very loose , shoving very light so as to have a chance to be ITM if I finally go to sleep or abandon the game . This happens rarely thankfully . But if the game is important and I am tired , I will try drinking some coffee , or listen to music , do sth else at the same time to stay focused and motivated .
 
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If i'm unmotivated to play then i just don't play. Just do diffrent things.
 
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It usually happens and the best thing to do is to let it rest for days, weeks or even months, get some rest, I played live for two years in a row and stopped playing like one approximately, it's not always having cards in my hand:D
 
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If I'm unmotivated, I'm simply not going to play any poker. I am rarely unmotivated to study poker, so that's what I will be doing.
 
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