When you play poker, if there is one table, then you are watching one table or you can turn on a movie or watch maybe a video or something else

While I play poker, I focus to the games and I watch and collect informations. If you want to play and be serious and effective, you must play the game and be there! I have only a backround of favorite music playing!

If I'm deep in a tournament or playing at the highest stakes that I would be willing to play, then I usually focus in on that table and pay attention to everything from what other players do to how I am trying to portray myself at the table. If it's earlier stages or something that I have less stakes in like a freeroll, then I may have something else on like a video or TV to pass the time.

I usually listen to music or the news when I play

It depends on my condition at the time. Sometimes I pay attention to the game table without anything else distracting me, other times I want to listen to music

When I play, all my attention is focused on the game. I include lounge music for the background.

If I play only on one table, then I can usually watch a video on YouTube. Or just sit on instagram. I never watch a movie when I play. Because it is very distracting.

I usually listen some music or watch a stream

Originally Posted by makisaa

While I play poker, I focus to the games and I watch and collect informations. If you want to play and be serious and effective, you must play the game and be there! I have only a backround of favorite music playing!

I play well, I don’t have the opportunity to sit at expensive tables, so I watch a video Where I play weak players, the tables also change, I think until you get to the prizes there is no point in watching the game, there is only luck and a strong hand. Well, these are just tournaments with a small buy-in. In dear ones, yes, you watch one table, analyze sometimes it interferes with a calm game.

Originally Posted by kacca

When you play poker, if there is one table, then you are watching one table or you can turn on a movie or watch maybe a video or something else

Playing a single table in poker is very boring, so I sometimes watch a movie in parallel or communicate with on social networks

Lounge music, definetly.
But recently I started playing in the bed, and as my husband somewhere naer by I have to listen\watch some YouTube or movies...
It's not good, but I can do nothing about it(

when playing poker you need to include at least relaxing music, with good distribution you can muffle it, but you should not watch a movie since you will not know the behavior of the players at the table

If you play poker on a hobby level, it fits smoothly while watching something if you feel like it. But if you are serious and want to be a professional then just pay attention to poker, analyze and take notes. Small music can fit in the background.