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Chris Daddy Cool
10-01-2005, 08:45 AM
you're playing poker at a casino and you're sitting there with nothing to do but fold and watch as others drag pot after pot.

what do you do to avoid the boredom and inevitable tilt (like playing QJo in mid position or something like that)
10-01-2005, 09:43 AM
I make chit chat; once I brought a book.

Or just get up and make a play once in while in the middle of a dry card run. Raise on the button with 79s and raise any flop bet /images/graemlins/laugh.gif
xxx
10-01-2005, 10:22 AM
Try to spot tells.

Look for better games.

Check out the babes. Stare at them if you are wearing your WSOP glasses.
mosdef
10-01-2005, 11:00 AM
i definitely suggest making friends at the table. if you sit there and fold every hand the bad players will decide that they hate you for not playing "fair". if you sit there and play no hands and brood they will definitely hate you for "ruining the game" by playing tight and just being generally no fun. if you chat, make jokes, etc then they will not resent you so much for playing tight. they may even think you are a friendly, no talent, scared money player and try to bluff you off your pocket aces, etc.
Noo Yawk
10-01-2005, 11:22 AM
Pay attention and figure out who the folders are at the table, and act accordingly. You don't really need cards to beat folders. Or use your lucky urinal.
onegymrat
10-01-2005, 12:11 PM
Take a break for a couple of orbits and grab some food. Get your brain working again. Or you can call my cell and see who's NOT played a hand the longest.
mike4bmp
10-01-2005, 05:46 PM
Definitely get yourself an MP3 player....
Intent
10-01-2005, 06:43 PM
I talk to the people at my table, watch the action. In big pots I work on keeping up with how many bets are in the pot, because sometimes when it gets big I lose track. And if I'm REALLY bored, I start building things with my chips.
bryan4967
10-01-2005, 07:23 PM
I take a situation like this as a golden opportunity to practice hand reading and by the turn guess exactly what hole cards the players have. In between the witty banter, of course.
Justin A
10-01-2005, 07:49 PM
Take pride in your ability to keep folding, and play even tighter than you normally would. It's a good excercise in self control.
dibbs
10-02-2005, 12:36 AM
Fold more and start shooting the sht with the table in an attempt to make sure you'll still have a chance at getting action when you get a hand.

Talk loose play tight.
jstewsmole
10-02-2005, 01:54 PM
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I take a situation like this as a golden opportunity to practice hand reading and by the turn guess exactly what hole cards the players have. In between the witty banter, of course.

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OP, are u playing in small stakes games where theres many family pots.

At the xpense of sounding like a smart ass, have u ever considered observing ur opponents play while ur not in the current hand so u can make better decisions when u do see flops /images/graemlins/tongue.gif
scrub
10-02-2005, 10:17 PM
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you're playing poker at a casino and you're sitting there with nothing to do but fold and watch as others drag pot after pot.

what do you do to avoid the boredom and inevitable tilt (like playing QJo in mid position or something like that)

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Listen.

scrub
goofball
10-02-2005, 10:56 PM
talking is good, but sometimes you and your tablemates just have nothing at all to talk about. WHen super bored staring at the cocktail waittress is good, when I need a break though I do the folloiwng.

I'll just get up and take an orbit or 2 long walk around the casino, and in my head think about each player at the table and what my read is of them. Moving from player to player and thinking/talking to yourself about each one really helps cement a read that's based on something and solid instead of based on stereotypes, annoyance, or an outlying data point.
elmo
10-03-2005, 02:24 AM
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Raise on the button with 79s and raise any flop bet

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Standard, no?
ChicagoTroy
10-03-2005, 12:19 PM
Caro has a variety of session exercises to practice that involve observing opponents. Particularly if you play the same folks regularly, they really help a lot.
sfer
10-03-2005, 01:23 PM
Not as much fun when you can't coldcall my raises and donkbet flops?
Mr. Curious
10-03-2005, 05:00 PM
#1 Ask yourself if it is a good game.
...If it is not a good game, then table change or leave. It does you no good to stay and a world of bad if you do.

#2 Give yourself an honest assesment of how you feel.
...If you feel bad, tilty, out of sync, etc., then leave the table. It doesn't matter if you are on the button, in the blind, or UTG, you must leave NOW. Get away for a while, relax a bit, and ask yourself how you will feel when you get back. Unless you feel like you are going to play your A game, collect your things and leave the game.

#3 Get up and leave the table because you need some time to yourself to figure out the most important answer of all. Where did this thought come from?

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nothing to do but fold and watch as others drag pot after pot.

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Until you know the answer, you should not sit back down.
Lawrence Ng
10-03-2005, 06:31 PM
Talk to other players, socialize, flirt with the waitress or pit boss, crack stupid jokes, scratch your groin, call your mom and say hi, bitch and moan about card dead you are, head to the craps table and shoot for snake eyes, etc..etc..

Lawrence
Eder
10-03-2005, 09:18 PM
When severely card dead I usually go buy another rack of chips....
surfinillini
10-03-2005, 09:33 PM
if you are completely card dead and are dying of boredom, chances are you will start to get involved in pots you shouldn't be in just so you feel like your involved.

Table change OR

pack it up...tomorrow is another day.
reo
10-04-2005, 11:36 PM
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once I brought a book.

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What?!?!?!
JKratzer
10-04-2005, 11:44 PM
Go to a private location and get high on your drug of choice. Drugs are an excellent antidote for boredom.
rory
10-05-2005, 05:24 AM
Just keep sitting there.
Mr. Curious
10-05-2005, 12:31 PM
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once I brought a book.

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What?!?!?!

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There was someone the other night who brought a book with him and read it while playing in my NL game.
He dropped $1000 in an hour.
10-05-2005, 12:57 PM
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#1 Ask yourself if it is a good game.
...If it is not a good game, then table change or leave. It does you no good to stay and a world of bad if you do.

#2 Give yourself an honest assesment of how you feel.
...If you feel bad, tilty, out of sync, etc., then leave the table. It doesn't matter if you are on the button, in the blind, or UTG, you must leave NOW. Get away for a while, relax a bit, and ask yourself how you will feel when you get back. Unless you feel like you are going to play your A game, collect your things and leave the game.

#3 Get up and leave the table because you need some time to yourself to figure out the most important answer of all. Where did this thought come from?

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This is exactly what I do. Although #0 for me would be to make conversation wherever possible if I haven't done so already. I find that as long as you're active in voice, other players won't be as aware of how active you are in play. But since this is not always possible and can get annoying for other people, steps #1-#3 follow as necessary, although #1 and #2 are basically the same step to me (they happen at the same time).