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Old 12-21-2005, 06:45 PM
MikeSmith MikeSmith is offline
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Default poker play during finals week????

I was making horrible calls and plays during finals week last week, im assuming its because i had tests and what not in the back of my mind. Probably because i should have been studying but oh well. Aced my biochem class anyways. Anyone else playing during finals encounter seeing themselves make brain fart moves?
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Old 12-21-2005, 07:07 PM
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Default Re: poker play during finals week????

i like to avoid poker during exams/project time for a few reasons

1. the slight chance of screwing up on a final and getting a crappy grade is much more significant than playing a few hours of poker to win a couple dollars

2. if im going to play i want to be able to focus 100%, either studying may make you tired or playing a lot of poker can get the brain stressed out, thus making your attempts to study even harder than usual.

basically what im gettin is that if theres going to be one week where i aint playin poker, it might as well be finals week
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Old 12-21-2005, 07:29 PM
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Default Re: poker play during finals week????

I had the same horrible week. I screw up my whole bankroll during the week because I mixed:
1. Vacation time. (DPWB--Don't Play While Bored) and
2. Final exams

They just dont mix together.
When I was studying I wanted to play poker, and when I was playing, I thought I should've been studying. UUGGGHHH.
-EV big time.
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Old 12-21-2005, 07:31 PM
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Default Re: poker play during finals week????

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i like to avoid poker during exams/project time for a few reasons

1. the slight chance of screwing up on a final and getting a crappy grade is much more significant than playing a few hours of poker to win a couple dollars

2. if im going to play i want to be able to focus 100%, either studying may make you tired or playing a lot of poker can get the brain stressed out, thus making your attempts to study even harder than usual.

basically what im gettin is that if theres going to be one week where i aint playin poker, it might as well be finals week

[/ QUOTE ]

well put thanks for the response...
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Old 12-22-2005, 02:28 AM
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Default Re: poker play during finals week????

i lost a lot of my bankroll during finals week toooo
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Old 12-22-2005, 02:42 AM
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Default Re: poker play during finals week????

I dont go to class so Im not ballsy enough to play poker during finals week, Im usually learning an entire semester in 5 classes in like 5 days... if I WAS playing poker I would probably want to make big bucks quick and get off to study, so it could lead to major tilt city.
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Old 12-22-2005, 08:29 AM
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Default Re: poker play during finals week????

Before finals I was just playing during the weekend. For finals (and one midterm a week before that), I didn't play for about 3 weeks leading up to it.

After playing poker, I'm always distracted for a little while thinking about what happened. While this may just take a couple hours, it may take a whole day or two. So not something I wanted to risk for finals.
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Old 12-23-2005, 02:46 AM
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Default Re: poker play during finals week????

I got crappy grades over finals thanks to poker. yay.
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Old 12-23-2005, 04:24 AM
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Default Re: poker play during finals week????

ive tanked my GPA due to poker

hell yeah
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Old 12-23-2005, 04:27 AM
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4.0 at that
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