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Originally Posted by Shai Hulud
Okay so moving on from all that, I'm wondering how you guys handle being sick.
Do you still play when you're sick? If so how does it affect your winrate?
If you do play sick where do you draw the line? If a fever is high enough to cause delirium obviously it's going to be pretty tough but 100 degrees might affect you more than you think.
If you're like me and sick ridiculously often, at what point am I better off just playing my sick C game, maybe trying to bump it up to a B game, than not playing at all?
Last month I was sick over a week. This month already been sick well over a week and probably will last at least another one. Last time I tried going in I lost 1600 dollars in like 1 hour before realizing I was making idiotic decisions I would normally not have made. When I have even a lowish fever of like 100 to 101 it's a lot like playing on perma-tilt. I can't pay attention to the hands as well, I'm more likely to just call it off if it seems close than actually try to get reads and mathematically evaluate implied odds and such. The boredom is 10x worse. Losing feels worse because I already feel like crap. I even read the board or my hand wrong sometimes.
Basically, historically I tend to spew money when I'm sick. Yet I'm sick on average a LOT and occasionally as long as a month. Went to an urgent care clinic a couple days ago and my current infection is viral so basically nothing to do but wait.
It is really frustrating. I feel like I'm burning money skipping good days but if I go sick I greatly increase my chances of making serious mistakes, which is really burning money.
Also seriously considering playing wearing a surgical mask even when fine. I catch infections way way too easily. I know it'll make me look like a weirdo but better than being sick all the time.
Sir, with all due respect, reread your post. At first I thought maybe you're joking. It's obvious you lose a lot when you play sick. SO DON'T PLAY SICK.PERIOD. It's bad for you and bad for those around you.
Also (respectively) how are we to know enough about you to give you advice on "what level sick can I perform ok at" (paraphrasing).
This is like someone posting "when I drink alcohol I struggle at poker, sometimes losing 1600 in an hour, how much alcohol should I be drinking?" Do you see my point? This is a matter for you to embrace and show some awareness of, not other people to give advice to you about.
An important point for you: If you're sick this often and to this degree, do a personal evaluation of your health habits. Do you eat well? Exercise? What kind of shape are you in? etc. A big part of winning poker(obvious) is good decisions/management of your habits and actions at the poker table. Carry this over to your health habits also. I hope this advice helps you