Peak performance poll

[2ndGoat]

I don't know if your proposed mental regimen would help the average winning player or not, though I've heard people claim they can't one-table online as well as they can two-table, because of that inactivity factor. Regardless, I do believe there are ways to stretch your peak playing time. I've heard that many world-class chess players adhere to not only grueling study but a strenuous physical fitness routine as well, both of which ward off fatigue. (And in the interest of full discolsure, this is just hearsay). I believe they focus/think way harder than we do while they're playing, and maybe they're on to something.

I know that since I began playing seriously, my endurance has increased a lot. To bein with, I could play at 95% of my peak for about an hour online playing one or two tables. Now I can manage about 6 hours of 4-tabling at 95%+, and I have confidence I can play solid winning poker past 8 hours, though I never play more than that. I'll admit that pokertracker helps with that a lot, doing a good deal of the thinking for me. I'm going to begin a slow climb to 8 tables (with two large monitors) fairly soon... I'll consider it an unqualified success if it decreases both my endurance and win rate per table by less than 20%.

2ndGoat