What do you do to relax?

[Scuba Chuck]

I've been noticing an interesting trend over the past month.

First some history. I record stats in the super penultimate spreadsheet provided by AleoMagus. In that spreadsheet, after each "session" I record my results. For example I'll write in the notes, 16 tourneys, 42% ROI, +$222 or 12 tourneys, -16% ROI, -$66. You get the point. What's of interest to me, is my first 4 tourneys (I 4 table), consistently over the past few weeks, are my worst set. Many occurances, in fact, I am 0% ITM.

I don't "get ready" to play when I sit down. And I'm wondering if this is a "leak." A friend of mine, puts on his 'poker shirt' and puts on a set of music before he begins. (I ordered a poker shirt if you'd like to see it poker shirt ) But for me, they only thing I do, is fill a 32 oz bottle of filtered water and fire up 4 SNGs.

So tonight, I'm drinking two bottles of Leine's HoneyWeiss (my beer of choice) before I get started.

What do you do?

[johnnybeef]

classical music, it helps me focus.

[J-Lo]

i'm pretty sure most people sit down/lie down, and fire up 4 sitngos, everyone has their own ritual. What ever workds for your friend, may not work for you, and visa versa... Experiment and do what u feel comfortable with.

[Scuba Chuck]

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i'm pretty sure most people sit down/lie down, and fire up 4 sitngos, everyone has their own ritual. What ever workds for your friend, may not work for you, and visa versa... Experiment and do what u feel comfortable with

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Thanks for the friendly advice, but I am not seeking any. Instead, I asked a friendly question. What do you do?

[The Yugoslavian]

I hang a noose up in the middle of my room. So I always know I have one extra out.

Yugoslav

[Apathy]

I read 2+2, seriously.

[Scuba Chuck]

#Game No : 1692006783
***** Hand History for Game 1692006783 *****
NL Hold'em $30 Buy-in + $3 Entry Fee Trny:10136556 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Saturday, March 05, 23:26:33 EDT 2005
Table Table 11829 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Scuba_Chuk ( $885 )
Seat 2: phillyg777 ( $875 )
Seat 3: background_ ( $960 )
Seat 4: Judge2005 ( $1415 )
Seat 5: trevass ( $270 )
Seat 6: reband ( $790 )
Seat 7: lkjasdfoi ( $735 )
Seat 8: Sarge74 ( $1340 )
Seat 9: love_2wins ( $135 )
Seat 10: dn2dfelt ( $595 )
Trny:10136556 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Scuba_Chuk [ 9s 9d ]
dn2dfelt folds.
Scuba_Chuk calls [30].
phillyg777 folds.
background_ folds.
Judge2005 folds.
trevass folds.
>You have options at Table 12698 Table!.
>You have options at Table 12698 Table!.
reband calls [30].
lkjasdfoi calls [30].
Sarge74 folds.
love_2wins is all-In [105]
>You have options at Table 12698 Table!.
Scuba_Chuk calls [105].
reband calls [105].
lkjasdfoi folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, Jc, 5d ]
Scuba_Chuk checks.
reband bets [300].

It was right here that I had a few gulps...
Scuba_Chuk calls [300].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
Scuba_Chuk checks.
reband is all-In [355]
Scuba_Chuk calls [355].
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
Scuba_Chuk shows [ 9s, 9d ] three of a kind, nines.
reband shows [ As, 5s ] a pair of fives.
love_2wins shows [ Ks, Ad ] a pair of kings.
love_2wins finished in tenth place.
reband finished in ninth place.
Scuba_Chuk wins 1310 chips from side pot #1 with three of a kind, nines.
Scuba_Chuk wins 450 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, nines.
reband has left the table.
love_2wins has left the table.
Game #1692012820 starts.

[Scuba Chuck]

Well, this is not statistically significant, but here's how the beer helped...

In order,
4th, 3rd, 2nd, 5th.
50% ITM
13% ROI

Nothing to get excited about. Back to the filtered water now.

[yeau2]

I'd say that one calls for another sip (okay gulp) and a "Ship it" at the end there.

[The Yugoslavian]

I'd be excited if I could ever get those numbers again.

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Yugoslav