i'm in that weird area of being too tired to play effective poker but not tired enough to go to sleep, so i thought i'd blog about some stuff.
first things first when playing internet pokers you should be as comfortable as possible. this includes your poker client. for example i have several mods for my FTP that make looking at things easier on my eyes, as well as looking awesome. i'm a pretty big fan overall. i have custom chips as well and i should probably post those as well. hold on while i dig pics of those up. got em. like i said very cool looking imo. mebbe you don't think so and thats fine but i think they're awesome and if they help at any point whatsoever then it was a good choice installing them.
another thing i want to talk about is table setup. make sure you can see everything clearly without straining your eyes to death otherwise eventually you are going to be in a buttload of pain with the eyes and frankly thats one of the worst spots to have pain because you need your eyes ldo. i personally tile 4 tables and stack them under those 4. so when i 14 table there is only 4 spots to look and i dont have to strain my eyes reading tiny stuffs or darting my eyes back and forth all over the monitor. some people can't stack and frankly i have no advice for you. if i have a hand that requires attention i move them out of the stacks and put them back in when the hand is done. pretty much any hand that goes past the flop is pulled out of the stack until the hand is finished or any hand that is 3b pre or i have raised the flop or w/e.
another important thing to internet pokers is you have to move your mouse, a lot. and if your mouse moves a lot it translates into lots of wrist pain. so i suggest two things. learn to stack effectively (see above tips) and increase your mouse sensitivity really high. this takes quite a bit to get used to if you are A)old or B) used to a low sensitivity setting. but let me tell you the lack of carpal tunnel a few years down the road will thank you. small changes now that take a little bit of time to correct now leads to big dividends in the future. just do it.
another thing i have noticed is PTR has 1/25th of my hands tracked this month and has me a loser. i am ecstatic. hopefully all the regs will think i'm some giant fish and donate more stacks to me. this in no way whatsoever can be bad and it makes me smile. i'll save the ptr dickwaving for everyone else. that all being said i have around 52 hours of poker played this month so far and it is exhausting. however $$$ does a ton to offset the exhaustion and i gotta stay with mah mind on the grind, to quote king niche. i rewatched the success MSU guy youtube videos today and they do wonders.
explosions in the sky is a great instrumental band. made of like 5 guitars, i think. if you like relaxing music give "your hand in mine" and "a slow dance" a listen. it's very soothing and wonderful to grind to internet pokers with. or to fall asleep to. either way nice state of calm.
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