So, my game in on point.

PokerStars Summer Series is about to start.

My bankroll is adequate.

How do you mentally, and financially approach a online series?

Front load reenteres and take a day off? Slow and steady?

16 days of tourneys. I can take any day off. Every day there are $200 buy ins to $30 buy ins. Not a ton of non Holdem events (poop!)

But, I am not attempting to win any one hand or tournament (bugger off EGGS!), but trying to have a succesful series.

Any tips or thoughts on how to approach a series differently than a single tourney?

And, really, please, no PLAY EVERY HAND TO YOUR BEST advice. How do i keep my mind sharp? And if it isn't, just play a ton of late night events in an attempt toget even?

LET'S GO SUMMER SERIES!

1) Do not load up too many tourneys. You mentioned no PLAY EVERY HAND TO YOUR BEST advice. But this is it. A lot of MTT regs are used to loading up 8 tables. This is fine for low buy-in events with big edges where they are constantly playing their B- game and this is enough, but for a big series like that stick to 4 tourneys at a time to maximize your quality of play. If you are making a deep run in one event (as in final 3-4 tables), do not load up any new tourneys at all.

2) Gauge how you feel. If you are tired, skip a day. I am personally fine playing every day as long as my sessions are not too long (under 7-8 hours). But we are all different. If you are feeling off, you are not gonna be +EV or even enjoy yourself, so take a day off. That's a difference between being a poker player and as sanitation worker. Poker player can take a day off w/o owing an explanation to anyone.

It depends on what you are used to. Do you normally play 14-15-16 hour sessions, how many tables are you used to playing at a time? What is you bankroll, are there sats if yes do you plan on playing them? There is no one answer to your question. Play and see how you feel and adjust to where and how you feel you play your best. Good luck and have fun

Best way to approach a series like this is to understand how dates work , so for example this series has been running a week and a half and has 3 days left

I presume he is a US player and is referring to PokerStars NJ Summer Series which started on the 18th.

I have never played an online series so this may be useless to you.

My approach when I go to Las Vegas for the WSOP senior events and sometimes the main event is to pick tournaments I really want to play in. I create a spreadsheet that has the tournaments I really want to play in. And then I pick alternates if I get eliminated on Day 1. And so on. Online it may be that each tournament lasts only 1 day (or part of a day) so that might make it easier to pick.

They run a ton of senior events at many cardrooms in Vegas around the WSOP senior events so the first time I did it I forgot to take any days off and I crashed and burned.

I got into a daily routine a little bit after that. One year I swam in the mornings and/or ran on a treadmill. In most recent years I walk to the venues (from 2 miles to 5 or 6 miles total in a day) and I loved it. Figured out how to take shortcuts indoors, stay in the shade outdoors, free trams, etc.

Still, my biggest liability is not taking enough days off. Even with one full day of rest after 4 or 5 days of playing, it may not be enough.

That is where I am at with no WSOP Senior event in sight.

And I have to figure out how to get to sleep early on days where I have been eliminated.

Best of luck.

You only mentioned mental/financial. Others have referred to physical aspects:

1. Exercise
2. Eat well, at least some healthy food, and keep some sort of energy bar type of food at your desk.
3. Drink lots of water (well, not too much)
4. Make sure your computer set up is good (chair, lighting, etc.)
5. Figure out some non poker distraction (perhaps a book to read, or a TV show to watch to get your head off poker for an hour here or there).
6. Probably impossible, but try to have a regularish sleep schedule.
7. RUN GOOD!

To continue with this hi-jack:

Eating in LV while doing a series is also critical. I switch to eating a LARGE breakfast around 8:30 for the 11:00 to noon starts. My fav is Bouchon in the Venetian. Then, I set a regular (only on each break) snack schedule of healthy complex carb/protein option of ~150 calories.

If I make a deep run, I can stay level all MTT. If I get knocked out, then I'll go have a light dinner. I see so many rec players crash just before/after the dinner break due to eating a large meal during the MTT. This was esp. true after every dinner break in the WSOP Main.