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thnwkd
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04-22-2006, 04:27 AM
Post subject: Poker Stamina... how long do you poker?
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Glancing through my sessions today on PT i decided to sort them by minutes played and was surprised to find that a majority of my major loses (close to a buyin or more) were all over 105 minutes long. admitedly i don't have a huge amount of sessions (will plug in the exact numbers when i get home) but it seems that i can only play 1.45 hrs per session profitably. something to work on? I 4-table 25nl.
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johnny_fish
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The majority of your major winnings are probably also in the long sessions.. Variance increases with time.
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dev
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Wait a sec... card variance decreases with time. Maybe mental/emotional variance increases, as in bad beats make bad judgement, that sort of thing.
I find that some days I play at the casino for 2 hours, and I'm ready to leave. Other days I play for 8 hours straight, and then feel like playing a tourney.
One day I decided I'd be there for an early tournament (8am). Since I'm never up that early I decided to pull an all-nighter at the 1/2NL tables. I won about 600 at a bar tourney and side game, left the bar for the casino at about 1am, played 1/2nl for about 6 hours and made 1g. I was falling alseep on my tournament chips by 10:30, but all in all, it was a 14 hour session where I feel I only made one major mistake (getting greedy with AA vs another big stack like 8 levels into the tourney).
Online... I played UO for days at a time when I was younger, this poker stuff is easy.
If I play against donks, it's cruise control. If I'm playing a game against good players, it's different. I think this is why tournaments are so hard for some people, they play great when it's straight-forward, then make mistakes when the money is on the line and the players are better because they've been playing for 3 hours already.
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Originally Posted by dev
If I play against donks, it's cruise control. If I'm playing a game against good players, it's different. I think this is why tournaments are so hard for some people, they play great when it's straight-forward, then make mistakes when the money is on the line and the players are better because they've been playing for 3 hours already.
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I agree - tournaments are like walking a tightrope. You have to maintain focus throughout - one lapse after a few hours of good work and you could be out.
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Poker Stamina... how long do you poker?
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until shes very happy [/childish grin]
I usually play for anywhere between 1-3 hours. Much more than 3 and I start losing the will to live.
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gabe: Ive dropped almost 100k in the past 35 days.
bigspenda73: But how much did you win?
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underminedsk
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as long as I can. I can easily play 3+ hours without so much as thinking about it. If I'm up on the day, I generally play better and will play for 12+ hours sometimes.
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online br: $14,000, @400NL full ring, 100NL 6 max
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I played at AC for about 12 hours last weekend. I left when I couldn't tell what my cards were anymore.
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thnwkd
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as long as I can. I can easily play 3+ hours without so much as thinking about it. If I'm up on the day, I generally play better and will play for 12+ hours sometimes.
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wow... I must have ADD or somethin 
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shysti
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Interesting enough my best poker is late in the am (1am and later) when I am a bit tired and kinda of out of it (it being everything not poker related) but my mind sort of goes into this trance at that point where I am unnaturally focused and can actually think straight.
So about 8 hours + the longer I play the better my concentration gets
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I generally just play when there is nothing else going on with me at the time. Sometimes it can be for an hour or sometimes 8. The only time I will quit with nothing else to do is when I'm having a bad run of cards. Of course there's no "luck logic" involved, bad cards will happen. But it's more for my mental focus. I still have the problem where I feel I have to earn that money back. Always a bad move.
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I don't get why you insist on stacking off with like jack high all the time.
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Renton
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2-4 hours depending on how well I am running. If I am running really good or really bad, lean toward four. If I am have an average session, lean toward two.
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Laeelin
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8-15 hours normally.
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anything upto 4
Havent tried to go any more as yet, but i will be trying soon
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gabe
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the more i play the more i win because i eventually catch cards to match up with all my raising
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Originally Posted by shysti
Interesting enough my best poker is late in the am (1am and later) when I am a bit tired and kinda of out of it (it being everything not poker related) but my mind sort of goes into this trance at that point where I am unnaturally focused and can actually think straight.
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I'm the exact opposite, once I start getting a bit tired and I get out of it, my game just falls apart. Like i think to myself, a lot of these situations are so basic and standard but it's amazing how much worse I do when I'm tired.
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SuperDave9x19
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04-27-2006, 04:32 PM
Post subject: how long do you poker?
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i usually poker till i blow my wad.
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Been playing money poker for 34 years and decided in 2002 to try that TX Holdem game on TV. Then found Pokerstars in Summer 2005. Still not an overall winner but i am on a good trend and nearly there.
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jameseyb
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My usual session is less than 2 hours. There have been times when it has been longer (up to four) but I find that I start running out of mental steam at about 2.
Then the mistakes happen...
Then the Bad cards never stop...
Then I start thinking I should be playing cards like 72o just to shake things up a bit.
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I play 1-2 hours mostly, I play better the longer I go. It's hit or miss with 1hr long sessions, you just don't catch the cards as often. I'd like to play 2-4 but I just can't fit it in. Who the hell am I kidding, I'd play all night if I could.
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Originally Posted by shysti
Interesting enough my best poker is late in the am (1am and later) when I am a bit tired and kinda of out of it (it being everything not poker related) but my mind sort of goes into this trance at that point where I am unnaturally focused and can actually think straight.
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That is exactly how I managed to do all my study at university!
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I tend to play 45 min sessions if I can fit them in (usually after my gf has gone to beed or before she's woken up), though out of choice I'd like to play 1.5 to 3 hours sessions. It takes me a while to focus, to get a feel for the game and the table, and then I (usually) manage to maintain my A game for 1-2 hours before tiredness, discomfort or other distractions start to deflect my attention, after which point I stop through prudence and, often, boredom.
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flomo
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i have trouble playing after about 3 hours, i lack focus after 3 hours.
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I've never played over a ten hour session but would really like to some time i think all nighters are really fun but kill my eyes and when I keep getting bonuses it always feels like i'm up
I think that i start to play the worst when i'm running bad(on tilt) which i think is my biggest leak that i won't get away from it
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crushednuts
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I like to play for like 3-4 hours. When I first started I would play short sessions (3/4-1 hr ) when I had free time but I think this hurt because the cards wouldn't even out. Also, If i was at a good table I couldn't stay and clean up. I suggest playing for as long as possible as long as your emotions and your concentration hold together.
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