For some time now, I have been playing one or two tables at a time and, figured I am getting easily distracted by my surroundings. That's why I started watching movies or TV shows while playing.
I basically open both on my laptop and reserve left part of the screen for a movie and the right part for poker.

When I have a tough decision to make, I just pause the thing and think about the hand properly.

Does anyone else do this or something similar?
If so, what are you usually watching? I am mostly watching The Grand Tour (Car show), or a TV Show, currently Blacklist and The Mandalorian.

When I play, my TV is always on. watch movies or entertainment.

I often do exactly the same.
Sometimes I watch Downton Abbey or something similar, but mostly I play Civilization 6. This game goes very well along with poker because you do not have to pause anything. Turn based strategy games "pause" all the time.

I watch various films and series. I’m so used to it that I’m bored just sitting and playing.

I also watch my favorite youtube channels while playing only one tournament because it's boring without it

Always something to watch if you play one or two tables.I like to watch movies and play MTT tournament at the same time.It's boring just to play.I have a video of me frying a steak on the street and at the same time qualifying for the jubilee Sunday million via laptop.

Keeping busy while playing keeps me from playing those marginal hands in bad position that knock me out of tournys,,,,

No I do not watch anything, watch for opponents

I may easily to do similar like that tomorrow ...

Watch how Holland beats us in football while playing cc tournament (while seeking revenge on dutch players)

If this is a free or inexpensive tournament, I watch movies, but if the tournament is expensive or it is very important to me, I try to concentrate on the game and not distract myself with anything !!!

If I´m playing 2 tables I watch sports but if I´m playing more than 4 tables I just concentrate myself in the game.

I think everyone is right. If you are playing an expensive tournament you will not want to be distracted by anything, but if you are playing a cheap tournament or a freeroll it can be boring to be waiting for a good hand, in that case it is good to have something to do, that avoids playing any hand and waiting for a good one . I like to watch Seinfeld while I play.

Watching youtube though life funny videos

I prefer music.

Yes, music works fine too, but movies, or something that occupies me while I am folding every hand really keeps me interested in the game.

I recently played a zoom MTT and, naturally couldn't watch anything cause of the pace, but if I were to play regular MTT, having cold dead deck and not doing anything aside would kill me

Sometimes I feel like my attention span has gotten shorter and shorter because we have so many choices things to watch things to do phone tablet computer Etc LOL I am usually always watching something especially when I try to play poker otherwise lately I get too bored with the poker so watching something movie or show helps me not to lose early in the game

TV is always on while I play, usually watching some dead or zombie movies. This does not distract me as much as playing in two tournaments at the same time, especially if one is a regular speed and the other one is hyper turbo.

isnt a movie beside a distraction all by it self? i can do stuff around too,but to be honest thats not really playing poker is it. i really do get better results when theres nothing but the game

If I watch a movie rarelly while I play , it would be one of the old/classic movies I have stored in my hard disk lol . Most of the times I watch my favourite twitch channels or youtube videos or listen to music

No ,I am not watch Tv ,but always listen music,but sometimes when I play long time period I read online news .

I don't think it's right to be distracted by anything because if you do you can't concentrate on the players at your table to know what kind of opponents you're dealing with

As soon as I'm starting to watch something I'm losing my concentration. Recently I was playing some freeroll and accidentally called someone's allin and lost

If i play a big tournament i fully commit to the tournament.

If i play a freeroll or something like that , yeah.. i can watch something else, probably some high stakes on youtube. Poker is life

I sit down to play freerolls, see with what cards the opponents go all in and it seems to me sometimes that they watch movies.

I am just like you when I play at one or two tables, watch a movie or series. I, too, have a movie on the left side of the screen, and poker tables on the right side of the screen. I usually watch a Russian series or any interesting film. When I need to focus or make an important decision, I stop watching the movie and pay all the attention to poker. Watching a movie helps me to be more relaxed during the game, and if I lose the big bank, then I immediately get distracted and forget about my failure, thanks to the movie .

When I play at two tables, I just watch documentary films on YouTube. Sometimes, I would just watch sports on television. It helps me to not be bored or go on tilt.

During the game it is necessary to be aware, to always see how each player behaves during the actions

I do this and the benefit for me is that I find I don’t play weak hands

I thought of a few people, but I do that all the time, especially during long tournaments, I always watch some sort of movie and simultaneously playing poker

im usually watching sports while playing poker.. gotta bet on these college kids lols

double the gamble!! lols

I usually have the TV on as background noise while I play, but certain shows can be really distracting! For me its Gold rush, Oak Island, and I totally donked watching the last episode of Mandelorian!

Originally Posted by Bozovicdj

For some time now, I have been playing one or two tables at a time and, figured I am getting easily distracted by my surroundings. That's why I started watching movies or TV shows while playing.
I basically open both on my laptop and reserve left part of the screen for a movie and the right part for poker.

When I have a tough decision to make, I just pause the thing and think about the hand properly.

Does anyone else do this or something similar?
If so, what are you usually watching? I am mostly watching The Grand Tour (Car show), or a TV Show, currently Blacklist and The Mandalorian.

I also sometimes watch movies or TV series, shows.
But I must admit this increases the risk of making ridiculous mistakes due to the lack of complete picture.

I admit, I also watch, mostly series. My current favorite is "The Crown". Not too much action in that one.
Sometimes I listen to podcasts.

Originally Posted by Bozovicdj

For some time now, I have been playing one or two tables at a time and, figured I am getting easily distracted by my surroundings. That's why I started watching movies or TV shows while playing.
I basically open both on my laptop and reserve left part of the screen for a movie and the right part for poker.

When I have a tough decision to make, I just pause the thing and think about the hand properly.

Does anyone else do this or something similar?
If so, what are you usually watching? I am mostly watching The Grand Tour (Car show), or a TV Show, currently Blacklist and The Mandalorian.

I don't think you should have a tv or a phone near you when you play poker. They are distractions.

generally. it’s great of course, when there is no serious game, you can watch your favorite movies or TV shows. but when it comes to important tournaments for you, I would recommend isolating all this. even a mobile phone, that would be a complete concentration on the game. it can be boring but effective

I usually watch online poker games on youtube while I play, it puts me in the mood.

I started watching movies, cooking shows, listening to music and the big difference is not in my game

I like to have something going on in the second monitor while playing poker, but i think something that takes too much on ur attention away from the tables is bad. Just watch simple thing imo

Any sound disturbs me as her very easily distracted. So when I’m playing everything is quiet around me

No movies on tournaments, I need to be focused. Music is alright but something chill

I like watching TV while playing a tournament.

For me no movies just music or sometimes listen to podcast

Watching movies while playing poker ( especially more than 1 table ) is like smoking while working on gas pipes...

Originally Posted by Bozovicdj

For some time now, I have been playing one or two tables at a time and, figured I am getting easily distracted by my surroundings. That's why I started watching movies or TV shows while playing.
I basically open both on my laptop and reserve left part of the screen for a movie and the right part for poker.

When I have a tough decision to make, I just pause the thing and think about the hand properly.

Does anyone else do this or something similar?
If so, what are you usually watching? I am mostly watching The Grand Tour (Car show), or a TV Show, currently Blacklist and The Mandalorian.

I play 8 Ball Pool. Stops me from playing junk hands

Originally Posted by Bozovicdj

For some time now, I have been playing one or two tables at a time and, figured I am getting easily distracted by my surroundings. That's why I started watching movies or TV shows while playing.
I basically open both on my laptop and reserve left part of the screen for a movie and the right part for poker.

When I have a tough decision to make, I just pause the thing and think about the hand properly.

Does anyone else do this or something similar?
If so, what are you usually watching? I am mostly watching The Grand Tour (Car show), or a TV Show, currently Blacklist and The Mandalorian.

No movies or tv shows, nothing to requires medium term or long term memory.... short videos or internetsurfing.. you need to use memory at the game..

Yes, I watch TV, read espn on computer, clean, and whatever else I can do sometimes. Usually that is early on in tournaments though. I don't like to get involved in a lot of the early action, mainly freerolls where everyone is all in for 30 minutes. Now when it starts getting closer to being ITM, I am all over the computer screen. I don't want to miss a single hand.

When I have many tables, I focus exclusively on the game.But if I open one table, then I watch movies or football. By the way, I also like the grand tour, I love this old trinity)))

I often have music playing when I am playing online. Sometimes I have the TV on. However, if it's an important tournament or game to me, I try to concentrate fully on the game and try to pick up reads and make notes on other players.

I think that top players (I'm NOT one! LOL) would tell you that you should try and concentrate 100% on your poker game no matter WHAT level or game you are playing - but I realize that can be tough if you are in some low stakes tourneys with lots of "shove monkeys" (LOL) and you are just waiting for a good hand to play!

I guess the best thing to do - is to do whatever gets you the best results in the long run! Good luck all!!

I stream a lot while I play,got through all the breaking bad ray donavon.now I'm on to money heist helps with all the time draggers ,thats something Ive never done live playing poker it would help with all the tankers live

When I play i listen music. GL