OT: How do you avoid "burnout"?

[MegaBet]

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I avoid burnout by looking at my ROI, then realizing if I keep playing then I'll make more money. Money is a good enough motivator to keep me playing.

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Yeah, but if you play too much you're likely to start playing worse. Money IS a good motivator and I wanna keep it.

[Bonafone]

Well IMO I don't play too much. I feel confident that i can play up to 8 hours continously with my A poker game. But if I ever play more than that in a day I split it up into 2 sessions. Usually I just try to play 5 or 6 hours a day though, and I haven't got burnt out yet. I think it depends on the person on what the best method of not getting burnt out is.

[MegaBet]

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I think it depends on the person on what the best method of not getting burnt out is.

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Agreed, and that's why I have asked this question. Someone may have a better method that works for me. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[pooh74]

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I watched your avatar forever....

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I watched yours forever....

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[1Winston]

Ummmmm............ me too... is that Jessica Simpson?

[Gramps]

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Do any of you practice any anti-burnout plans?

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Before taking up poker, going out and working in the "real world" for a few years + realizing that, unless I play a lot and save/invest a lot of what I make, I have to go back to that real world at some point.

[beeyjay]

1. Limit my sngs. I try to play 35/ day now 5 days a week. I shoot for 175 a week. I used to try to play as many as possible and it got killer. It makes me end the day wanting to play more sometimes which makes waking up the next day and having to play more enjoyable. think of it as wanting to see a famous actress that never poses nude naked more than a pornstar.

2. I cash out regularly. I used to only cash out sporadically when I really needed the money or whatever. I never had enough money to buy whatever I wanted without even thinking about it. Now I feel like my work is paying off far more and it makes it way easier to play.

[ZeroPointMachine]

Play a couple thousand limit hands and experience the misery of the poor bastards trying to grind it out over there. Makes SNG grass look much greener.

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Mainly for those who regularly play 30+ SNGs in a day.

For me, I have 2 methods.

1. I give myself a lofty target of 10 buy-ins in a day. If I hit 10 buy-ins profit then I consider it a good day and take the rest off and come back tomorrow.

2. If I feel I'm playing badly or tilting or just tired, I see this as a good sign to say sayonara for the day.

Do any of you practice any anti-burnout plans?

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Don't give yourself a 10 buyin target. When you are winning big is almost always the time to play more than usual, not less. This kind of rule should negatively effect your long term results. For most people it's better to stop if you are down 10 buyins.

For the perfect person it doesn't matter whether you are up and down and you can play perfectly all the time. Unfortunately it's very hard to be perfect.