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......Ummmmmm..................
I'm guessing here...................
How about ....................
A train
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