Late Night Poker

greggo1410

Some nights i'm only available to play poker late at night however I keep falling asleep and wasting my money. Is there any tips you use to stay awake to play poker late at night?

lMARKl

Red bull / coffee / match sticks

LARSON7

Probably best not to play whilst tired buddy!

Phantom66

In Response to Re: Late Night Poker:

Probably best not to play whilst tired buddy!
Posted by LARSON7

+1 When not playing has a better expectation than playing it should be an easy choice

K8LOU

In Response to Late Night Poker:

Some nights i'm only available to play poker late at night however I keep falling asleep and wasting my money. Is there any tips you use to stay awake to play poker late at night?
Posted by greggo1410

I did this last night ! I had been out to play live, come in got in bed with the laptop around 1am spun a really decent stack in 2 tourneys and then fell asleep, woke up today and i finished just outside the money in 1 of them, I wernt happy to say the least !!!

DoubleAAA

Matchsticks usually does the trick!

Phantom66

... If you do find yourself in that situation though (e.g. feel tired part way through a deepstack MTT)

You need to properly wake yourself up - sitting comfy in bed is a recipe for disaster.

Sit up in an uncomfy chair.

Go outside and get some fresh air if you can.

Get yourself "pumped up" brisk walk around the room - slap face etc.

If you are only in one MTT, find something else to do while you are not having to make a hand decision.

Powernap - set your alarm for 10 minutes and take a snooze during a break - as long as blinds aren't too high!

Caffeine in coffee or energy drink might help - but do you really want to be on the ceiling when and if you bust out!

Slipwater

I find that when I'm really tired, I see a lot more flushes and straights in my hand! Sometimes I have to use my fingers to make sure 4,5,6,7,8 is actually five cards. So yeah, the short answer is: go to bed. Either play your poker when you're awake, or don't play at all!

Slykllist

In Response to Re: Late Night Poker:

Probably best not to play whilst tired buddy!
Posted by LARSON7

THIS

F_Ivanovic

Play cash games instead... that way unless you fall asleep in the middle of a hand it ain't going to cost you any money!!! 

Slipwater

In Response to Re: Late Night Poker:

Play cash games instead... that way unless you fall asleep in the middle of a hand it ain't going to cost you any money!!! 
Posted by F_Ivanovic

Haha - this too.

churchy18

In Response to Late Night Poker:

Some nights i'm only available to play poker late at night however I keep falling asleep and wasting my money. Is there any tips you use to stay awake to play poker late at night?
Posted by greggo1410

stop playing then as by the sound of your post you are not that interested

THEROCK573

get in touch with the man who supplies the finest columbian in you're area.

unknown_username

If you need to play poker when your nackered... you need treatment, go to the poker clinic. 

unknown_username

In Response to Re: Late Night Poker:

get in touch with the man who supplies the finest columbian in you're area.
Posted by THEROCK573

There's a columbian lives by us think he's a gardener  all he talks about is , grow grass, cut grass, sell grass, or do you know some that do extras.

DoubleAAA

In Response to Re: Late Night Poker:

In Response to Re: Late Night Poker : There's a columbian lives by us think he's a gardener  all he talks about is , grow grass, cut grass, sell grass, or do you know some that do extras.
Posted by tomo_efc

A Colombian, living in Liverpool who cuts grass and grows grass? LOL