Emzadii
Well, as you note, if living in one time zone and having to play a tournament which is scheduled half way around the world, you have a problem.
My preferred routine when viable, is to work out shower and then settle into play often with some reminders of what I have been focused on in terms of strategy/play.
Then there are times where I am forced to participate (like many others) at terrible hours and to be frank, it is almost impossible to manage consistently. I have now taken to waking up 15 minutes before such tournaments and then attempt to get as focused as possible. Its an uphill struggle. I have a strong mental approach to many things but this issue is physical, to do with sleep patterns and I have come to accept that some days my game will suffer.
Over all I can deal but it does strike that if someone was to take poker seriously and play full time, then they would genuinely need to treat it as though they were working a night shift. As it is, I am day based, try to sleep early, disrupt that sleep and the game unfortunately suffers at time.
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