LOL. Icoop on Stars.it, today there is a 6max event 200k GTD (100 eur BI, 2200 players to make breakeven for them cause they have to pay some fee to Italy, maybe even more cause of rakeback etc, but let's say that 2200 players is breakeven for them). It had to start 17 minutes ago, but there were 1600 peoples registered (-50k for stars ) and they DELAYED the tournament for 20 minutes trying to get more people registered.
Is this EVER happened on a .com ? It seems so sick to me.

think i am still drunk now from last night tbh

another 10 min delay. lol this is redic.

It is pretty scummy to do in my opinion, especially on a site as big and well regarded as pokerstars. Never seen that, but I've seen both stars and FTP keep late registration open (Stars moreso pre-hour long late reg.) just long enough to fill the guarantee and then insta-close registration.

if its not there already can you post a new thread on this in the internet gambling forum?

if this is really what happened this is very bad form imo

How do you guys find out if you are too tired to play your best or at least A- game?

i do this hungover a lot. "hmmm i feel ok, ill try pocker" load 4 games... "omfg what am i doing"

I play my A-game rarely, so I have to find a way to keep my B-game up to par (and for that matter, my C-game too!). You just have to know yourself. I generally sense when I'm feeling alert and thorough in my thought processes, and can gauge that even better soon after starting a session. If you feel yourself more button clicky than "ok this is the action up to me, what are people doing here/why/etc" it is likely that you're not going to be on your A-game, and you should evaluate whether it's still profitable/worthwhile for you to put in a session.

The worst mistake for a serious player to make, especially one that relies on poker for income, is to play when he knows he will be making lots of mistakes and is not likely to be thinking well/playing profitably. The more you make the mistake, the better you realize what the conditions are that you shouldn't be playing in, imo. Always pay attention to yourself as much as you do to everyone else while on the grind. gl.

edit: also if I feel 'on the border', like if I might be too tired but am not sure, I'll splash some water on my face, and go do something else for 20 minutes or so. If I feel good at that point, I'll usually be feeling more confident about putting in a solid sesh.

I sorta know when i have taken several bong and vapo rips.. i mean like 5+...

by the end of the day im so high i have to go to sleep from smoking so much so +1

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28.../#post13409613

last time that happened it turned out there was a satalite running that hadn't finished. donno if thats the case here though.

this sounds familiar - unfortunately. I've been there quite often lately. I'm like "okay... what am i doing? that play/call/fold/hamster/raise was awful, what was I thinking?" and that's the point where i realize that i probably shouldn't play, but have already committed my next ~30min.+ to the 3 or 4 tables that loaded up.

That's about how i feel most of the time
After doing something else/more active i feel like i could play a session or two, but then i sit down, start HEM, FTP and TNFT and a few seconds later I can already feel the fatigue crawling up my back again.

Luckily i'm playing for fun and profit and not for a living, but i'd still like to get in some good sessions.

Thats why i'm looking for tricks or tests to figure out if my mind is sharp enough. Maybe something like 2 or 3 orbits of 6max cash just to see if i'm even thinking or if my head is on standby.

thread deleted?

I've got to the stage this month where I make more money playing my C-game - when I'm on autopilot on 12 tables, making auto decisions based on cards and villain's numbers. As soon as I start to think I get FPS and make dumb bluffs and my money cascades away .

someone find a good place to use this and let me know when you do:

I don't really drink, but I do this a lot too when I'm tierd (which I've heared has some of the same effects as being drunk ^^)

Lol what school is that at.

come on people reg for the sttf poker tourney! no one actually knows 8game thats part of the fun. only 11 regged right now, i wanna see at least 2 full tables

30 mins to go!

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I was regged, but im on life tilt right now so I'm going to the gym to cool off. Sorry guys.

Hey Sippin,
i just... i just feel like maybe you'll appreciate this...

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Whaddaya mean? I love 8game. Sorry I can't join you. Have fun.

they moved it in the zoo thread dunno why but anybody seems to care about that. whatever