4give4live
Rock Star
Silver Level
The hottest parties always start in the evening. But more important, in my opinion, is not the abundance of weak players, but my own attitude towards the game. No negative thoughts - all problems are away for this time. Im fully focused, but not tense. Like a Buddhist pokermonk)
SRNegras
Rising Star
Silver Level
The best time to play poker is when you identify that your brain is rested and that you are able to reason well, regardless of the time of day. I've had several experiences in which I really wanted to play poker to distract myself, but my brain was already tired. There's no other, it's a miss for sure
Alizona
Visionary
Bronze Level
The best time to play is whatever time the weakest players are playing. In my opinion this means weekends and weeknights, which are the times when players might be doing sub-optimal things to hurt their games, such as drinking alcohol. 
Of course, since poker is a worldwide game, if it is nighttime by you, it might not be nighttime elsewhere, so you can't just go by your own local clock.
However, for me, 7am east coast US time is a poor choice to play poker, because very few people are getting drunk and playing poker right after they wake up. LOL Adding 6 to 8 hours in order to see what time it might be in Europe, well its still only 1pm to 3pm and players there are probably still sleeping from last night's poker session. So for me, 7am my time is a terrible time to try to play poker, I'll be playing almost entirely against other regulars and competent players which is not the optimal formula for success. It doesn't mean I won't play, I'll always play at any time because I love to play poker... but it means I won't be spending a lot of my bankroll, I'll drop down in stakes and more-or-less just play purely for fun and for putting in hand volume so I continue to add to my experience in the game.
Of course, since poker is a worldwide game, if it is nighttime by you, it might not be nighttime elsewhere, so you can't just go by your own local clock.However, for me, 7am east coast US time is a poor choice to play poker, because very few people are getting drunk and playing poker right after they wake up. LOL Adding 6 to 8 hours in order to see what time it might be in Europe, well its still only 1pm to 3pm and players there are probably still sleeping from last night's poker session.
So for me, 7am my time is a terrible time to try to play poker, I'll be playing almost entirely against other regulars and competent players which is not the optimal formula for success. It doesn't mean I won't play, I'll always play at any time because I love to play poker... but it means I won't be spending a lot of my bankroll, I'll drop down in stakes and more-or-less just play purely for fun and for putting in hand volume so I continue to add to my experience in the game.
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ManiakKK
Rising Star
Bronze Level
If you want to win and play smart sleep whole day after work log in at 4 am and you will see 10 same players who cheat or are drunk and loose.
Ted Mosby said nothing good happened after 2 am.
Unless you are sober rested and have decent bankroll.
Ted Mosby said nothing good happened after 2 am.
Unless you are sober rested and have decent bankroll.
fletchdad
Jammin................
Loyaler
I could not disagree more.
Not about weekends or w/e, but about playing drunks and donks. Put me on a table of drunks vs a table of regs any day of the week.
Why would you NOT like to play against drunks?
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Jutt315
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I like to play later in the afternoon on Americas card room because there is a lot more traffic and I feel like the competition is a little bit better as well. I like playing the 55 cent sit and go games because I usually do pretty well in them