Comments on: It’s happening again!!!

By: dagopher

dagopher — Sun, 20 May 2007 19:57:51 +0000

LOL… no mate… any suggestions welcome! And I have to say that yours has not ever been mentioned. One I will definately have to try!

Thanks for the feedback folks!

By: Bamdyou

Bamdyou — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:55:40 +0000

Sorry if you feel this is just dragging up a dead topic, but I just wanted to add a couple of suggestions. Firstly use a prop, I know this is gonna sound stupid but if you can find something that you assosciate with focusing during a game use it. I have two, since I wear glasses I’m always adjusting them which just makes me take that extra\ second longer to look at a play. My second prop is my trucker cap, I bought this specifically for this reason whenever I’m in a tournement and I feel my concentration slipping or hit a string of bad beats, the ‘poker concentration cap goes on.’

Hope y’all dont take me as some kinda nut job after this

By: Blagger

Blagger — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:21:02 +0000

Nice win in the challenge SNG mate..

I hear yah, re; the apathy setting in again.. For all my efforts I also still find this apathy dragging me back all the time.

But I have a seedling of an idea that might help break the trend. Once I have got my head around the idea and kicked it about a bit more, I’ll blog it.

Good luck on the green goatskin till then..

By: dagopher

dagopher — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:12:05 +0000

All good ideas guys! I have been playing more Omaha hi/lo recently and I do tend to be a bit more focused in these games – probably because there are so many permutations when playing omaha that you have no choice but to concentrate.

Like you Netty, the S&G challenge does bring the best out in me – as last night proved . It’s the other games that I’m failing on.

Lippy – I think you may be on to something with the computer burnout. I don’t think I’ve hit another poker burnout yet. But I do tend to spend a good few hours per day on the comp, at work as well as at home. Fair enough, I’m not playing poker all that time, but just being sat in front of that monitor for so long must have an effect on you.

So with all that said and done, I’m going to start taking days away from the comp except for really essential stuff. I’m also going to do waht Lippy suggested and find out what the pro’s do in a burnout scenario.

Thanks again for your suggestions guys!

By: zitlips

zitlips — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:12:34 +0000

Oops…I also might mention…I have had this feeling too, however:..it was only when I was playing all day everyday…my job takes that opportunity away from me now, so I really treasure every game I’m in which is about 1 game a day or every other day. These are usually short sitngo games of 10 to 45 people.
Staring at a computer for too long a time will also drag ya down. So it may be either poker or computer eyes burnout..
Try spending less than 2 hours at a time on your pc. If you play a multi tourney, stay away from the pc for at least 2 hours before the game.
Try it…you might really be suprised at what happens.

By: zitlips

zitlips — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:00:38 +0000

Dave said it best i feel…other than that it is truely a dilemma with no pat answer…I wonder if you might ask some true pro’s in the full tilt forum or some other elite forum about poker burnout. Maybe even a poker magazine.