card dead in live poker

Chris Daddy Cool · #1 10-01-2005, 08:45 AM

you're playing poker at a casino and you're sitting there with nothing to do but fold and watch as others drag pot after pot.

what do you do to avoid the boredom and inevitable tilt (like playing QJo in mid position or something like that)

#2 10-01-2005, 09:43 AM

I make chit chat; once I brought a book.

Or just get up and make a play once in while in the middle of a dry card run. Raise on the button with 79s and raise any flop bet [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

xxx · #3 10-01-2005, 10:22 AM

Try to spot tells.

Look for better games.

Check out the babes. Stare at them if you are wearing your WSOP glasses.

mosdef · #4 10-01-2005, 11:00 AM

i definitely suggest making friends at the table. if you sit there and fold every hand the bad players will decide that they hate you for not playing "fair". if you sit there and play no hands and brood they will definitely hate you for "ruining the game" by playing tight and just being generally no fun. if you chat, make jokes, etc then they will not resent you so much for playing tight. they may even think you are a friendly, no talent, scared money player and try to bluff you off your pocket aces, etc.

Noo Yawk · #5 10-01-2005, 11:22 AM

Pay attention and figure out who the folders are at the table, and act accordingly. You don't really need cards to beat folders. Or use your lucky urinal.

onegymrat · #6 10-01-2005, 12:11 PM

Take a break for a couple of orbits and grab some food. Get your brain working again. Or you can call my cell and see who's NOT played a hand the longest.

mike4bmp · #7 10-01-2005, 05:46 PM

Definitely get yourself an MP3 player....

Intent · #8 10-01-2005, 06:43 PM

I talk to the people at my table, watch the action. In big pots I work on keeping up with how many bets are in the pot, because sometimes when it gets big I lose track. And if I'm REALLY bored, I start building things with my chips.

bryan4967 · #9 10-01-2005, 07:23 PM

I take a situation like this as a golden opportunity to practice hand reading and by the turn guess exactly what hole cards the players have. In between the witty banter, of course.

Justin A · #10 10-01-2005, 07:49 PM

Take pride in your ability to keep folding, and play even tighter than you normally would. It's a good excercise in self control.