To warm up for a big tournament, i play some Spin'nGo tournaments. It is fast, only 3 players and i can checkout my luck .
Hahah, well mate if those games can really warm you up, it's your choice.
But as I tried to do that myself, it basically did the opposite thing to me. Yet before my tournaments started I was already so much tilted by playing Spins (obviously losing them)! :motz: That I'd better unregister from all tournaments right away and go for a walk or something. :hahaha:
I mean, overall seen this kind of poker has a high variance and has the huge ability for tilting you, especially if you're running not well. As one Spin & Go coach said once in his VOD: "Well losing 7-9 buy-ins in a row in spins is okay, doesn't even indicate that you played wrong, just be prepared to the high variance!" :shot:
Also, it sets up you for ultra-loose-aggro style, which is partly fine for 3-handed short-stacked action, but simply suicidal for long-lasting 9- or 8-handed MTTs. LOL, I won't do that ever again.
Either I play MTTs or Spins, but not MTTs after Spins, it's so crazy. :bird:
But it's my opinion tho. :hmmmm:
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For me a good warm-up, just like for many other people, who wrote previously here - watching some poker VODs about the game I'm going to play, working with ICM &
equity calcs, looking through the charts and analyzing my previously tagged hands. That helps me a lot to tune up my mind for "thinking poker" and I also show a better game, if I did all that for at least half-hour before my session than without it.
But I totally agree with those, who say a good rest and healthy meal before the session is not less important. The body & the mind are connected and if the body feels not well, it's silly awaiting that the mind will do it's best.