Poker dreams

[GAL]

After long usually late night poker sessions I find that I dream about poker all night, not just random stuff but really vivid images as if i'm really playing. I find it's worse if i've been playing omaha probably because thats games more technical and I have to put more thought into it. Maybe it's because I haven't given my brain a chance to slow down before going to bed but I feel mentally exhausted when I wake up in the morning. Anyone else get these dreams?

Yes.

I also used to dream about Tetris after a marathon session. Now that ought to date me.

[albedoa]

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Yes.

I also used to dream about Tetris after a marathon session. Now that ought to date me.

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Actually, this kind of dreaming is often called Tetris dreaming because of how frequently it occurs with Tetris players. Some researchers believe that it facilitates learning by continuing the learning process while you are asleep.

Google "Tetris dreaming" for an article.

Yes. I'm always deciding how to play my pocket Kings. (sometimes its Jacks.)

[Eaglesfan1]

Do yourself a favor and spend an hour or so before you go to sleep doing something other than poker. Don't think about poker at all, take a walk, play a video game. Go to sleep once poker is totally off your mind and you won't have to agonize about whether or not some guy just flopped a set against your AA while you should be getting good sleep.

[CheeseBurger]

I dream about poker 4 out of 7 nights. Most of my play is late at night so I'm thinking the brain is just stuck on. Doesn't bother me to much.

The other day i was napping and I had a dream I was playing Ivey and Barney Miller. Now that was a bit wierd.

I also seem to have a lot of nightmares. Not poker nightmares, just f'ed up dreams. I think that might have to do with the mass amounts of caffine i take in during the day.

last night i dreamt dragging in a HUGE pot with quad 9s.
hopefully it's a taste of things to come on friday!

Yea this happens quite often. But it's usually always the same thing.

I flop a monster and I slowplay it but extract tons of chips. But then when the river cards come my holecards have changed and I am sitting there with crap facing a major decision on what to do with one people left in the hand and a really huge pot infront of me. I have no idea why I am dreaming a dream like this, anyone know? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[PLOlover]

I think the holecards changing have something to do with not being able to read in your sleep or something like that cause it happens to me in my dreams too. Letters changing in dreams is well documented I think in sleep research.

[Brom]

I get this exact same scenario in my dreams a lot too, and I've never been able to extract any meaning out of it.

Another problem I have is with huge grind sessions in my dreams. I go through like literally a hundred hands and fold 80 of them, but I have to sit and watch the action when I'm out of the hand just like in real life. They are usually quite long and accurate dreams so I end up getting bored and I mostly end up just waking myself up out of them to avoid the grind sessions invading my dreams. They're kind of taxing believe it or not.

I've never dreamed of internet poker though. Has anyone?