[Closed] Distractions - help!

Hey JonikoP,

Distractions are a real problem.
Ideally you shouldn't be doing anything when your playing poker. No games, No TV, No browsing the internet, No chatting etc etc. But since your in a small flat this can be hard.
Maybe if your comfortable with it you could trying listening to some music with headphone in so there is no outside distractions except music?

Regards,

Kyle.

If im on internet/watching tv/facebook/music or doing all at the same time sometimes while im playing, haha, you need to play games that you know your set strategy for.

like having a solid mtt strategy on what hands your playing and just letting it tick over in the background while your doing whatever else i find is fine, its similiar really to multi table strategy where you know what ur doing with what hands at what stages... without as much info on the table as you may have if really concentrating on a single game or three.

just an idea anyway, glgl

Just put yourself some headphones on, ask kindly to volume down a little bit, and set this as your background music (you can put music over it too).

http://www.rainymood.com/

Help's me everytime to keep calm.

Originally posted by muireann19
If im on internet/watching tv/facebook/music or doing all at the same time sometimes while im playing, haha, you need to play games that you know your set strategy for.

like having a solid mtt strategy on what hands your playing and just letting it tick over in the background while your doing whatever else i find is fine, its similiar really to multi table strategy where you know what ur doing with what hands at what stages... without as much info on the table as you may have if really concentrating on a single game or three.

just an idea anyway, glgl

won't really work for time,better just stop it all and concetrate on your game

The only reasonable solution to this problem is murdering your gf.

Originally posted by nathanrenard
Just put yourself some headphones on, ask kindly to volume down a little bit, and set this as your background music (you can put music over it too).

http://www.rainymood.com/

Help's me everytime to keep calm.

Wow, this soooo makes me wanna pee!

Originally posted by skimon

Originally posted by nathanrenard
Just put yourself some headphones on, ask kindly to volume down a little bit, and set this as your background music (you can put music over it too).

http://www.rainymood.com/

Help's me everytime to keep calm.

Wow, this soooo makes me wanna pee!

HAHAHAHA, rly? It so soothing for me. 50% of the times i go to sleep i put this on. (If i'm drunk 100%)

Originally posted by NightFrostaSS
The only reasonable solution to this problem is murdering your gf.

i know a guy

make love and tire her out every single night and have a good night's sleep , then wake up very early before work to grind ♦ that way you will feel recharged and wee hours ? no tv in the background !

If I'm playing during the day (I usually play at night after the fam goes to bed), EVERY SINGLE TIME my wife walks in the room I lose within a minute.

EVERY SINGLE TIME!

One time, I was alone in the house playing an MTT, I was second in chips with 4 players to go at the final table. She called, chewed me out about doing the dishes or something, and two hands later my TPTK lost to a middle pair allin that hit runner runner for a straight. It was over after that.

Lesson?

Do the dishes. Then make a deal - For every hour I play poker without you in the room, I will watch 1/2 hour of a romantic comedy of your choice with you.

When you think about it, this is +EV all the way around.

1 hr poker => 1/4 hr extra foreplay

She won't know what hit her

A pair of QC15 headphones seem to have done the trick without having to resort to anything as rash as foreplay.

Originally posted by hackbinder
Do the dishes. Then make a deal - For every 24 hours I play poker without you in the room, I will watch 1/4 hour of a romantic comedy of your choice with you.

When you think about it, this is +EV all the way around.

FYP (my God, you were generous)!

@alferg

My wife is WAAAYYYYY to smart to accept that! She knows that SHE holds the dominant hand, not me!