DjAlexLee

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2011-12-10T03:52:00.000+02:00

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50$ to 5000$

2011-12-05T21:54:00.000+02:00

Played 4k hands so far in my ipoker account @ 2nl. Really funny games ;) I am up 16$ plus rakeback so far. Will move up to 5nl soon.

Poker So Sick Full of Varience

2011-11-20T22:01:00.000+02:00

I dont even have words to describe how am feeling at the moment, just had my first item broke ever playing poker. So many bad spots and suck outs in so litle time. Last 6k hands my worst swing ever, without really any mistakes by me.

***** Hand History for Game 70861333085 ***** (Poker Stars)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, November 20, 02:35:01 ET 2011
Table Eurydome VII (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: GLK65AMG ( $31.30 USD )
Seat 2: 2faces_dj ( $63.10 USD )
Seat 3: DarkRaven25 ( $146.80 USD )
Seat 4: djalexlee ( $69.55 USD )
Seat 5: WynDHamW ( $65.05 USD )
Seat 6: aPavel79 ( $57.10 USD )
GLK65AMG posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
2faces_dj posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to djalexlee [ Kh Kd ]
DarkRaven25 raises [$1.75 USD]
djalexlee raises [$7.25 USD]
WynDHamW folds
aPavel79 folds
GLK65AMG folds
2faces_dj calls [$6.75 USD]
DarkRaven25 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 6d, Jc ]
2faces_dj bets [$16.50 USD]
djalexlee calls [$16.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
2faces_dj bets [$39.35 USD]
djalexlee calls [$39.35 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
2faces_dj shows [8d, 8h ]
djalexlee shows [Kh, Kd ]
2faces_dj wins $126.20 USD from main pot

Very next hand with same opp

***** Hand History for Game 70861783077 ***** (Poker Stars)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, November 20, 02:41:19 ET 2011
Table Eurydome VII (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 2: 2faces_dj ( $126.40 USD )
Seat 3: DarkRaven25 ( $144.55 USD )
Seat 4: djalexlee ( $50.75 USD )
Seat 6: aPavel79 ( $56.35 USD )
2faces_dj posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
DarkRaven25 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to djalexlee [ Kh Kd ]
djalexlee raises [$1.50 USD]
aPavel79 folds
2faces_dj raises [$2.25 USD]
DarkRaven25 folds
djalexlee raises [$5.25 USD]
2faces_dj raises [$9.50 USD]
djalexlee raises [$18.25 USD]
2faces_dj raises [$26.00 USD]
djalexlee raises [$25.75 USD]
2faces_dj calls [$12.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, 6d, Qc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
2faces_dj shows [As, Ac ]
djalexlee shows [Kh, Kd ]
2faces_dj wins $101.00 USD from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 70855799579 ***** (Poker Stars)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, November 20, 01:09:52 ET 2011
Table Fortuna V (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Seat 1: de niro blue ( $39.95 USD )
Seat 2: Blacknoff ( $23.50 USD )
Seat 3: Now plus ( $38.40 USD )
Seat 4: ApocalypticX ( $20.00 USD )
Seat 5: DallasAP2 ( $52.95 USD )
Seat 7: djalexlee ( $54.30 USD )
Seat 9: Culichitown ( $20.05 USD )
de niro blue posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Blacknoff posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to djalexlee [ 6h 6d ]
Now plus folds
ApocalypticX folds
DallasAP2 folds
djalexlee raises [$1.50 USD]
Culichitown folds
de niro blue folds
Blacknoff calls [$1.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Js, 6s ]
Blacknoff checks
djalexlee bets [$2.45 USD]
Blacknoff calls [$2.45 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
Blacknoff checks
djalexlee bets [$7.00 USD]
Blacknoff calls [$7.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
Blacknoff bets [$12.55 USD]
djalexlee calls [$12.55 USD]
Blacknoff shows [Ks, As ]
djalexlee shows [6h, 6d ]
Blacknoff wins $44.95 USD from main pot

The History Behind 7 Popular Poker Terms

2011-11-18T18:01:00.000+02:00

You probably use these 7 poker terms all the time. The origin and history of these words is actually pretty funny…

The Nuts

To have the best possible hand.

There are two possibilities about how this term originated.

Back in Old West, players could wager almost anything they had at a poker game. That included the nuts that held their wagon wheels in place. Without the wagon wheel nuts, the player would be stranded and might die.
To the others at the table, it would seem that a player would only make such a bet with an unbeatable hand. Since many games were played indoors in the winter time, the wagon wheel nuts were often very cold and were sometimes referred to as the “stone cold nuts”.
“Nuts” in Old English means “a source of pleasure”.

Grinding

To play a ton of poker. Usually this involves mass-multitabling in games that are typically below your skill level.

Originally, “grinding” referred to using a hand mill to grind grain. You would basically be spinning a wheel and make a couple of bags of flour by the end of the day. It was an extremely boring and tedious job.
Fast forward to the 20th century and the definition of grinding began to take on a much broader meaning. People started to call almost any job “the daily grind”.
In the 21st century, grinding started to be used in videogames. In World of Warcraft, people would spend countless mind-numbing hours to kill weak enemies and level up.

Busto

To lose your entire bankroll.

In blackjack, the goal is get as close to 21 as possible. If you go over, you “bust” and automatically lose the hand.

Robusto

To win lots of money in a short period of time.

There are two possibilities about how this term originated.

Cuban Robusto cigars are around $250 each. If you go on a good run, you might open a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne and whip out a Cuban Robusto.
Robust is defined as “exhibiting vigor, strength or firmness”. Robusto works as a funny-sounding antonym of busto and the definition fits.

Baller

A successful high-stakes poker player that is flashy with his money and makes insane prop bets.

Originally, a baller referred to someone that’s very successful in basketball. Now, it can refer to almost anyone that’s rich and flaunts their wealth.

Tilt

Playing sub-optimally due to emotional distress.

Pinball started to become popular in the 1930’s. Early machines had a serious flaw – players could lift up a corner of the machine and be guaranteed not to lose. By the 1950’s pinball machines started to penalize players that tilted the machines by making them lose a turn. Some players continued to tilt, kick and punch the machine out of frustration even though it lowered their score.

Texas Hold’Em

A game that started in the South or Southwest United States in the early 1960’s.

It was originally called “Hold Me Darling”, “Tennessee Hold Me” and “Texas Hold’Em”. Predictably, “Texas Hold’Em” is the name that stuck.

Poker

Originally from the German word “pochen” which means to “to brag as a bluff”. The literal translation is “to knock” (that’s why you knock on the table to check). The earliest version of poker in English was called “brag”.

When stars pushes the boom button

2011-11-17T19:12:00.001+02:00

Started my grind today and after only 300 hands had to stop cause i was down 300$ which is 6 buyins. I wasnt on tilt but stoping when your day starts like that is a +ev move. Poker is gonna be there after a couple of hours. Fuck my life when a day starts like that. take a look at the key hands.

Typical AA vs. KK preflop allin

***** Hand History for Game 70692082663 ***** (Poker Stars)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, November 17, 11:47:20 ET 2011
Table Aretaon V (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: BoogiePL ( $55.50 USD )
Seat 2: yatchine ( $49.25 USD )
Seat 3: WantStarsPro ( $51.00 USD )
Seat 5: domijoci ( $49.20 USD )
Seat 6: djalexlee ( $51.25 USD )
WantStarsPro posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
domijoci posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to djalexlee [ Kh Kd ]
djalexlee raises [$1.50 USD]
BoogiePL folds
yatchine folds
WantStarsPro raises [$4.75 USD]
domijoci folds
djalexlee raises [$9.50 USD]
WantStarsPro raises [$46.00 USD]
djalexlee calls [$40.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, Jd, 3h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2h ]
WantStarsPro shows [Ad, As ]
djalexlee shows [Kh, Kd ]
WantStarsPro wins $100.50 USD from main pot

Set over Set in 3b pot

***** Hand History for Game 70691127126 ***** (Poker Stars)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, November 17, 11:27:54 ET 2011
Table Alhena (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: psxfrcndhe ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 2: NiKnatterton ( $75.05 USD )
Seat 3: aleppo29 ( $31.40 USD )
Seat 4: vajaque ( $52.25 USD )
Seat 5: djalexlee ( $50.35 USD )
Seat 6: DonThomaso00 ( $142.05 USD )
DonThomaso00 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
psxfrcndhe posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to djalexlee [ 6c 6s ]
NiKnatterton folds
aleppo29 folds
vajaque folds
djalexlee raises [$1.50 USD]
DonThomaso00 raises [$4.50 USD]
psxfrcndhe folds
djalexlee calls [$3.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 5c, 6h ]
DonThomaso00 bets [$5.70 USD]
djalexlee calls [$5.70 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
DonThomaso00 bets [$11.00 USD]
djalexlee raises [$39.90 USD]
DonThomaso00 calls [$28.90 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
DonThomaso00 shows [Kd, Kc ]
DonThomaso00 wins $98.20 USD from main pot
djalexlee doesn't show [6c, 6s ]

Opp calls 3b preflop to play fit or fold with AKs i shove the flop with QQ and he calls with Fl.draw and two overs cause am bluffing.

***** Hand History for Game 70692204937 ***** (Poker Stars)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, November 17, 11:49:49 ET 2011
Table Philomela III (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Karamazov22 ( $54.50 USD )
Seat 2: djalexlee ( $50.25 USD )
Seat 3: Simasin ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 6: Darmovoy ( $59.40 USD )
Karamazov22 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
djalexlee posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to djalexlee [ Qs Qd ]
Simasin folds
Darmovoy raises [$2.00 USD]
Karamazov22 folds
djalexlee raises [$7.50 USD]
Darmovoy calls [$6.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, 3h, 8s ]
djalexlee bets [$42.25 USD]
Darmovoy calls [$42.25 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qh ]
djalexlee shows [Qs, Qd ]
Darmovoy shows [Kh, Ah ]
Darmovoy wins $98.75 USD from main pot

Ihave KK opp calls 3 bet preflop and i shove the flop cause am bluffing again he calls with JJ and open ender

***** Hand History for Game 70691109340 ***** (Poker Stars)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, November 17, 11:27:32 ET 2011
Table Phegeus VI (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: ILOVESIMONE ( $50.75 USD )
Seat 2: que s que no ( $18.85 USD )
Seat 3: icce303 ( $49.75 USD )
Seat 5: djalexlee ( $51.20 USD )
Seat 6: mr/Jenek ( $38.50 USD )
mr/Jenek posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ILOVESIMONE posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to djalexlee [ Kc Kh ]
que s que no folds
icce303 folds
djalexlee raises [$1.50 USD]
mr/Jenek raises [$2.75 USD]
ILOVESIMONE folds
djalexlee raises [$6.25 USD]
mr/Jenek calls [$4.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 9c, Ts ]
mr/Jenek bets [$7.50 USD]
djalexlee raises [$43.45 USD]
mr/Jenek calls [$23.25 USD]
djalexlee wins $12.70 USD
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
mr/Jenek shows [Js, Jd ]
djalexlee shows [Kc, Kh ]
mr/Jenek wins $75.50 USD from main pot

No comments ....

***** Hand History for Game 70691981300 ***** (Poker Stars)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, November 17, 11:45:17 ET 2011
Table Jovita V (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Vlad3million ( $140.05 USD )
Seat 2: harts1 ( $60.95 USD )
Seat 3: sexxyboyyy ( $50.65 USD )
Seat 4: Dannnibal ( $100.55 USD )
Seat 5: djalexlee ( $50.00 USD )
sexxyboyyy posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Dannnibal posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to djalexlee [ Kd Ad ]
djalexlee raises [$1.50 USD]
Vlad3million folds
harts1 folds
sexxyboyyy calls [$1.25 USD]
Dannnibal folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, Ks, 9d ]
sexxyboyyy checks
djalexlee bets [$2.50 USD]
sexxyboyyy calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
sexxyboyyy bets [$4.00 USD]
djalexlee raises [$10.75 USD]
sexxyboyyy calls [$6.75 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
sexxyboyyy bets [$21.00 USD]
djalexlee calls [$21.00 USD]
sexxyboyyy shows [6s, 4s ]
sexxyboyyy wins $70.00 USD from main pot
djalexlee doesn't show [Kd, Ad ]

MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU SICK FUCKS!!!

Vanessa Rousso Documentary - An Ordinary Girl

2011-11-17T17:16:00.000+02:00

A day in the life of Vanessa Rousso as she plays the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Featuring interviews with the people closest to her, including her mother Cindy and husband Chad Brown.

Poker's Million Dollar Girl - The Story of Liv Boeree's San Remo Victory

2011-11-17T17:10:00.000+02:00

The story of how Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree won more than one million dollars at the San Remo European Poker Tour event in 2010. Hear Liv talk you through every final table hand on her way to the title.

What Kind of Poker Player are You?

2011-11-17T06:25:00.000+02:00

note: keep track of which letters you’re choosing to rate yourself at the bottom of this post.

General Poker Questions:

1. You just stacked your arch nemesis. How do you berate him in chat?

a. Talk shit in russian.
b. Call them a fish.
c. Say “jajajajaja nit”
d. Say “ty”
e. Say “oh trooooo”

2. You are on a large downswong. What is your excuse?

a. People aren’t gambling enough
b. Online poker is rogged
c. My raises aren’t getting any respect
d. I’m running under EV
e. I’m running into the top of my opponents range

3. You just cashed out money from your account. How did you do it?

a. I don’t cash out. I only deposit.
b. I got a check mailed after I got 3rd in this tournament. Can’t trust any online banking.
c. Transfer to friend I am multi-accounting with.
d. E-Check. I don’t want to pay bank wire fees.
e. Large bank wire. BO$$

4. What kind of screename do you have?

a. Something with characters that are not on a standard qwerty keyboard.
b. Something that sounds scary.
c. Something with my name.
d. A pop-culture or twoplustwo type joke.
e. Something with clever wordplay

5. What kind of avatar do you have?

a. No avatar. Couldn’t figure out how to do it.

b. Cute puppy
c. Espana futball!!!
d. Hot girl
e. Gucci mane

6. Who is your favorite poker player?
a. Tony G
b. Daniel Negeranu. He makes great reads!
c. Patrik Antonius. He is agressif!
d. Phil Ivey. The stone cold nuts.
e. Jungleman

7. What would you consider to be the ultimate poker achievment:

a. Stacking Phil Ivey at nosebleeds
b. Winning a tournament
c. Tilting Ronfar
d. Winning 100nl UGL
e. Making enough poker monies that you can bang mad bitties despite your mediocre looks and social skills

General Lifestyle:

8. Who did you vote for in your country’s last presidential election?

a. I do not live in a democratic republic.
b. John McCain
c. I didn’t feel like voting
d. Barack Obama
e. I wasn’t old enough to vote

9. What is your favorite music to grind to?
a. Piano music
b. Coldplay
c. DJ Tiesto (techno music)
d. Whatever pandora tells me.
e. Underground gangster rap.

10. What is your favorite tv show?

a. Japanese human tetris

b. Soap opera
c. Bullfighting
d. Family Guy
e. The Wire

11. What is your day job?

a. Oil tycoon
b. Small businessman
c. I am at university
d. Cardrunners video producer
e. Str8 pimpin

12. What do you do to relax?

a. Watch highlights of my professional soccer team.
b. Make love to my beautiful wife.
c. Take a siesta.
d. Post on twoplustwo.
e. Dankness

13. What is the closest city to your current location

a. Moscow/Tel-Aviv
b. Paris/Munich
c. Madrid/Buenos Aires
d. London/Toronto
e. Chicago/Stockholm

Preflop Strategy:

14. You have 33 utg. What is your play?

a. Minraise
b. Limp
c. 3x raise
d. Fold. Small pocket pairs have RIO.
e. What are table dynamics?

15. You have 66 on the button. A good, tight-agressive player makes it 3.5x from EP. What is your play?

a. Call or Raise (mix it up)
b. Call
c. Raise as bluff
d. Fold
e. What are table dynamics? Do i have an edge on this regular? Is he tilted? Does he check/fold a lot of bad boards?

16. You pick up pocket aces. What is your play?

a. Limp/reraise
b. Make it 6x
c. Make it 3x
d. Make it what table ninja has as my standard
e. What are table dynamics? If i limp will it get reraised? Can I make it a large raise and expect to get calls from weaker players?

17. You pick up pocket kings. There is a raise from EP. What is your play?

a. Make it like 20x. Time to build that pot
b. Minraise
c. Make it 12x
d. Flat. What if he 4bets?
e. What are table dynamics? Are there squeeze happy players behind?

18. You have 67 of clubs on the button. A good, tight-agressive player makes it 3.5x from EP. What is your play?

a. Call.
b. Am I on my rush?
c. Make it 12x.
d. Fold.
e. What are table dyanmics? Is there a weak player in the BB?

19. You have QQ in the BB. A weak player limps from UTG. A tight player makes it 4x from the cut off. An agressive player makes it 12x on the button. What is your play?

a. Shove
b. Call. Open shove low boards.
c. Make it 33x.
d. Fold
e. Make it 25x.

20. What is your favorite non-premium poker hand?

a. 22
b. J10 of hearts
c. 63 of spades
d. Queens
e. 78 of clubs

Postflop Strategy:

21. Tight player opens in early position. A weaker player calls in mid position. You call wiht 78 of diamonds in the BB. Flop is 642 with one diamond. What is your play?

a. Donk-bet small
b. Check/call
c. Check/raise
d. Quick check/fold
e. Lead fairly large with plans of firing barrels vs both opponents on good cards for our perceived range and our actual hand.

22. Loose player opens in mid position. You flat 55 on the button. An uknown player in the BB comes along for the ride. The flop is 567 with a flushdraw. The PFR fires 3/4 psb. What is your play?

a. mini-raise
b. smooth-call. plan to raise the turn
c. make it 2.5x his bet. snap call shoves
d. call down
e. flat to keep bb in with worse hands. raise a lot of turns vs either opponent depending on sizing/timing tells.

23. Tight player opens on the button. You flat 88 in the sb. Flop is 666. What is your play?

a. Contact your astrologist
b. donk-bet
c. check calldown. fold to overcards
d. check calldown flop and turn. always fold river
e. check calldown. make some hero calls on broadway turns and rivers

24. A very good agressive player opens in mid position. You three-bet AKs on the button. Flop is A108 with a flushdraw. What is your play?

a. pot
b. check. lets not blow him off his hand
c. bet/3bet shove
d. check for pot control. try and get to showdown as cheaply as possible
e. bet/3bet or bet/fold depending on how often you have been 3betting him light, and abusing position

Results:

How to calculate your score:

Award yourself 1 point for every (a). 2 points for every (b). 3 points for every (c) or (d). 4 points for every (e). Everytime you answer (d) award yourself a point in a seperate category called “nit points”

Under 36:

You are a whale. But let’s be honest, if you can afford to lose this kind of money, who’s the real fish?

36-55: You are a fish. You don’t really have a very good understanding for poker, but enjoy dabbling in cash games while you are playing tournaments with really talented team pokerstars pros like Dennis Phillips.

56-80 with nit score less than 8: You are a spanish lagtard. You 3-bet 25 percent of steals, raise every coordianted board, and never fold postflop. You are only a small winner at 100 and 200nl, but goddamnit you’re annoying to play against.

56-80 with nit score of 8 or more: You are a nit. You have learned how to be a fairly successful poker player while moving up stakes, but have hit a wall at 50nl. You are very easy to read, but often get paid off when you only represent one hand.

81+:

Tremendous! You are an elite player. You might not have won a tournament, but you are a large winner across multiple limits in cash games, and are respected and feared by both your friends and your enemies.

2011-11-16T02:20:00.000+02:00

Guy seats at my table and says good evening, i auto mark him as fish.... is my life becoming a fucking grind?

Grinding Updates

2011-11-13T20:31:00.000+02:00

All day in lockdown mode grinding fishing bum-hunting in my stars account. Drop by 50nl 6 max tables and say hi...

Supernova 2011

2011-11-13T18:05:00.001+02:00

This hapened about 20 days ago but i wasnt in the mood for blogind so mention it now ;)

3 Things We Need to Master

2011-11-13T17:56:00.000+02:00

There are three things you need to master to be a great poker player. That’s right, just three things.

How to Be a Good Poker Player

If you master just one or two, you’ll probably be mediocre at best (probably still bad). Some people have excellent emotional control, but bad hand reading skills. Others have great strategy, but bad emotional control. Identify your weakness and strengths. Eliminate your weakness and build on your strengths. That’s the way to become great.
Emotional Control
You have to prevent your emotions from getting in the way of rational decisions. When you’re on tilt, you are simply not capable of making well-thought out decisions. The logical part of your brain literally shuts off. For some, emotional control means means setting a stop-loss. Other avoid playing regulars and stick to bumhunting.
Hand Reading
Think deeply about what hands your opponent can have and what hands your opponent thinks you have. Heads up is a great way to improve your hand reading abilities because it puts you in a lot of tough situations that really make you think.
Strategy
Some players are naturally very good at making the most +EV decision. Someone can be a bad hand reader, but have good strategy. He might assign a bad hand range to an opponent, but his decisions are good for the hand range he puts the villain on.
So where are you weak? Where are you strong?

Originally posted by Guzel @ http://www.anskypoker.com

50$ to 5000$

2011-11-11T18:12:00.002+02:00

Day 2 on my new project.

Cant put lot of volume till the end of the year cause am focused on my stars account trying to hit 200k vpps for the 2600$ stellar, so most of my poker time spend @ 50nl 6max games which run pretty good at the moment. On the project now played only 1k hands in 2 hours, i made about 2 buyins so far. For a 50% rakeback deal and a very soft player field, i am willing to get used the software which is not so bad.

Multi-Tasking is for Losers

2011-11-11T16:39:00.000+02:00

Is your brain being overloaded?

I have an assignment for you. I want you to run a mile, juggle 3 balls for 15 minutes and spin a hula hip around your waist 100 times. Unless you’re a well trained circus performer, you instinctively know that you won’t get ANYTHING done if you do everything at once. You have to split it up and concentrate on ONE THING AT A TIME.

So why do you think it’s different when you’re playing poker?

Why do you play poker and watch TV?
Why do you play poker and browse TwoPlusTwo?
Why do you play poker and talk to your friends on the phone?

When you multi-task, your energy is being spent on just paying attention to everything that’s happening. Instead, you SHOULD be concentrating on adjusting to your opponents and improving your game. You might feel like your accomplishing more when you multi-task, but that’s an ILLUSION.

Multi-tasking isn’t always a bad idea. It’s fine if it’s a simple task and the stakes aren’t high. You can obviously drive your car and listen to music (but I bet that a professional race car driver keeps the radio off).

When you’re playing poker, RESIST the temptation to multi-task. Shut off your browser and TV. Don’t answer your cell phone. Remove all distractions. Respect the game and give it your full attention. You will always have a mental advantage against your competition by playing your A+ on the zone game.