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Originally Posted by LolPony
I always eat at the table; either a sandwich that requires one hand or a fruit bowl and use a fork.
I sometimes eat at the table, depending on the room I'm in ... but always either with utensils or one hand. It was a little tricky to get the hang of, playing with one hand and eating with the other, but you really don't want to touch the chips and then touch your food. Can't fathom how people do that, or why they don't wash their hands BEFORE taking a leak *shudders*
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Originally Posted by AEPpoker
guess im a nerd i keep track of both numbers.
The numbers that only include playing, and not transport, eating, bathroom, etc, are useful because they are the appropraite numbers to use in figuring out things like SD, RoR, bankroll requirements to move up stakes, etc.
I've certainly never looked at both sets of numbers and said "man, i got to cut down on the bathroom-breaks its really killing my hourly" and im pretty sure no sane or rational person keeps the numbers for reasons like that.
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I don't explicitly track time spent on breaks unless they're hour+, or travel time/costs. But I've got several options for rooms to play in, ranging from 5/10 mins, to 30mins, to 1 hr away, some with tolls and some without. When I re-cap my results for the past few months I break them down by location and day of the week, and I estimate transportation time/costs based on the number of sessions played. Sometimes a room that looks more profitable initially ends up netting a lower hourly once you account for an additional 40 miles roundtrip.
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Originally Posted by AEPpoker
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just whatever you do, don't be that guy who gets up for dinner break without picking up his chips.
This has never seemed to be a problem anywhere I've ever played. If the room doesn't have a waitlist then who cares? If it DOES have a waitlist then picking up your chips may delay you coming back after break. The right thing to do is let the floor know that you're going for dinner, a competent one will give you a cover for your stack and seat a playover in your spot to keep the game healthy until you get back.