A question about boredom

[londonpokergirl]

Ok so picture the scene, final table at sheffield 20 pot limit event, normally quite chatty, no ipods needed
Blinds 800/1600 and I have 15000 which is about 6th in chips, chip leader only on about 35k

after 1 hour sat at final table and only 2 people have gone out, quite tight i'm bored as hell

Ipod not working as its just run out of charge.......

What do u do to relieve the boredom??   Never had this happen until 2 days ago

[tikay]

No idea, never been bored at a poker table. If that ever happened to me, I'd quit the game instantly.

[kinboshi]

No idea, never been bored at a poker table. If that ever happened to me, I'd quit the game instantly.

You wouldn't wait until the game had finished?

[Bongo]

No idea, never been bored at a poker table. If that ever happened to me, I'd quit the game instantly.

You wouldn't wait until the game had finished?

I imagine it would be over by the time he woke up...

[tikay]

Behave!

[fearisthekey]

Start raising at random. (That is actually what I do). See how far I can push 72o, that kind of thing. I bring an Ipod to stop myself doing this lol.

[lucky_scrote]

I go walk round the casino to freshen my mind or go outside for a minute. I used to do this a lot when i first started playing live festivals since i couldnt adapt with the difference in pace compared to online play.

I havnt been bored in a while though, if i do i just get myself some food yipee

[Rooky9]

I'd sing, get chatty, get drunk... or all three.

[action man]

with less than 10 bb pushing all in blind every hand would be a start ;-)

[BigTomatoes]

 
 i think poker , especially NL Holdem tourneys can be extremely boring at times.

 i just try and chat a bit , maybe make a few moves and play a few creative hands.

 apart from that i think thats why some people call it grinding a result , you just have to accept that most of the time you wont have a good enough hand that you want loads of action with and grin and bear the tediousness of the game in order to get a result in the end.

 was it Kenna James who said poker is a game where you can spend hours boredom for a few seconds of sheer agony.

[tikay]

 i think poker , especially NL Holdem tourneys can be extremely boring at times.

 i just try and chat a bit , maybe make a few moves and play a few creative hands.

 apart from that i think thats why some people call it grinding a result , you just have to accept that most of the time you wont have a good enough hand that you want loads of action with and grin and bear the tediousness of the game in order to get a result in the end.

 was it Kenna James who said poker is a game where you can spend hours boredom for a few seconds of sheer agony.

Exactly. But there's more to the game than just picking up playable hands.

I interviewed a well-known "face" after he busted in a Vic Fessie Main Event last year. He said "this game disgusts me, I've sat here for 5 hours without more than 2 pocket pairs, I've never enjoyed a game less than that". Then toodled off to chat with his Sponsor, who'd paid him in. It's yet to occur to Laddo that ducking & diving & finding spots when you are card-dead is half the fun, & immensely satisfying. Boring, it's not. It;'s like train-spotting really, you just never know what is coming up next......

[tantrum]

I'm never bored ------

[The_nun]

Break wind, that should get um talking.

[kinboshi]

Break wind, that should get um talking.

Do you do requests?

[BigTomatoes]

 i think poker , especially NL Holdem tourneys can be extremely boring at times.

 i just try and chat a bit , maybe make a few moves and play a few creative hands.

 apart from that i think thats why some people call it grinding a result , you just have to accept that most of the time you wont have a good enough hand that you want loads of action with and grin and bear the tediousness of the game in order to get a result in the end.

 was it Kenna James who said poker is a game where you can spend hours boredom for a few seconds of sheer agony.

Exactly. But there's more to the game than just picking up playable hands.

I interviewed a well-known "face" after he busted in a Vic Fessie Main Event last year. He said "this game disgusts me, I've sat here for 5 hours without more than 2 pocket pairs, I've never enjoyed a game less than that". Then toodled off to chat with his Sponsor, who'd paid him in. It's yet to occur to Laddo that ducking & diving & finding spots when you are card-dead is half the fun, & immensely satisfying. Boring, it's not. It;'s like train-spotting really, you just never know what is coming up next......

 i agree , but you must get a little bored from time to time when your not SLAGging it up Tikay surely ?