Music During Poker???

[Number4]

I am listening to music a lot of the time - studying, chilling, playing video games. And poker. Personally, I prefer techno, but that's just me.

<font color="white">Speaking of techno, right now I am listening to Inoj, Time after time (techno remix) </font>

[Chris Daddy Cool]

ever since i got my second monitor i've been multi-tasking even more by watching movies while playing and chatting and internet sufring. my head would explode if i thought too hard.

[fearme]

have music when i play online, i think it can pacify tilt, but also it can be bad if ur singing or rapping along

[emonrad87]

I listen to music 24/7. Literally. At least, i will once i get my iPod! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[phixxx]

I mostly listen to rock, but it only distracts me during poker...live trance sets and rap are the best when playing poker IMO.

Oh, and I just cashed out and bought myself an ipod, great for when you're playing live [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[mikeyKay]

ive heard of studies where listening to classic music makes the brain work better, and plants and stuff grow faster if music is playing...but who knows. its all personal preference, i like to have music on just about all the time.

-mike

[CinnamonWind]

Sometimes poker can totally ruin a song for me, and sometimes it can really make a song for me. For example, I simply cannot listen to "Panama" by Van Halen without bitterly reliving two enormous suckouts that I experienced while it was playing. Might have ruined the song for me for good.

And yet I now find that I enjoy "The One I Love" by REM 1000% more than I ever did before because it was playing during a stretch of 3 hands where I got AA, KK, and AA, with none of them cracked and 4-5 to the flop each time. Ahh good times, good times.

Wait, I have one more! When I got my first Royal Flush, "One Night in Bangkok" by Murrayhead was on. And when I got my second, it was "Tokyo Rose" by Men Without Hats.

Oh I love those songs now!

[Predator314]

I always listen to music while playing poker, both online and live. I have an iPod with some nice Sennheiser headphones for live games. If I'm playing a friendly game live game, I obviously don't listen. However, I play some live tournaments and the local clubs and most of these guys talk a bunch of bullpoop that I don't want to hear, so I use music to drown them out.

Online, I have iTunes with around 1000 CDs ripped into my library. I also have a subscription to Real Rhapsody.

My favorite poker listening:

Alman Brothers
Zakk Wylde/Black Label Society
Shinedown
Alice in Chains
Godsmack