in online tournaments each hour the players get a break for 5 minutes . i think it should be 10 minutes instead because then you can make yourself a sandwich or if you need to go to the restroom and take longer etc.
what is your opinion on this ?
I never thought about this too much, but 5 min usually does feel a bit "rushed." Problem is that the breaks are every hour, so 10 min breaks every hour wouldn't be too much actual poker playing. Maybe if times alternated or a single 10 min break every 2 hours or something. The 5 min break each hour is sufficient for me though: I've just learned to adapt - a few times I sit down with a few seconds to spare
I totally agree
Sometimes 5 minutes are not enough to prepare a coffee, go to the bathroom and so on.
But I am not sure the rooms are gonna consider our small domestics problems
I do it in steps. One break I might fill the coffee maker with water and set it up, then between
hands start the coffee maker a few minutes before the second break begins, so that it ends during the 5 min break and I have time to grab a coffee mug
Similarly, do I grab a sandwich or stretch my legs etc. I pick on or two per break and then do the rest during other breaks.
5 minutes is enough for me.
I've learned to make do with 5 minutes as well.
Maybe 1 10 minute break after 2 hours. 5 mins is good for me
Perhaps so, but I doubt sites will change. 5 minutes is probably what it is.
I think 5 min is more than enough, if you need more time you can just miss a couple hands, that's not really hurt your game! Longer break makes tourney longer.
True, I've sat out a few hands too. More important than the hands missed might be the "information" you miss out on. Did someone just bust? Did someone tilt? Who sucked out? I don't want to miss this stuff by being gone - when the game is on, then I'm usually on
5 minutes is enough for me, I'm already used to 5 minutes and gives me time to go to the bathroom and eat or prepare something to eat
Yup, time to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, time to get something to drink, time to eat the sandwich, time to drink, time to rush back and still have 2 minutes left over.
jk
(Might include some hyperbole, but perhaps more truth in this than some realize...where there is smoke, there is fire
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Get a laptop.
I've cooked lunch many times while playing, you can even play when taking a dump. :toilet:
:deal:
That is information I could have gone without knowing...
I remember that - it was great when you were deep in a tournament and didn't even need a break- or just a couple of minutes would do.
I think there are probably more people who prefer 5 than 10 - as everyone has said it would lengthen the time to complete the tournaments - plus you would lose 5 min of playing time in too many blind levels.
At the end of the day it doesn't matter which we prefer - the sites will never change it as it would cost them money.
Ah, so like most things it comes down to money then
My suggestion would be to learn how to make a sandwich and eat with your left hand. Priorities.
I don’t mind the 5 minute break. I think it is enough time, and more often than not, I’m back ready with time to spare.
Sometimes I've eaten while playing poker as well, but you can't be all loosey-goosey eating a sandwich
I agree that the breaks should be 10 minutes. And then you feel like a meteor sometimes, when you run around the apartment to do everything in time.
+1 Kind of fun running around actually
it would be really cool because you could defecate very calmly
lol I laughed on this one because I didn't expect it.
p.s. for the picture, "Can't be all loosey-goosey eating a sandwich."
