Do you get bored playing live poker?

[Woodsey]

I used to love nothing more than playing live, now i cba and can't think of many worse things than sitting at a poker table for 5/6/7 hours plus, I just get bored shitless.

I just realised I haven't been to DTD in over a month and I'd much rather fire up half a dozen MTT's on Party or wherever.

I even tried taking my iPad but I still get bored after a bit of surfing and stuff.

Has anyone else been through this change?

[Karabiner]

Yes.

[redsimon]

Its quite odd. I am happy to travel for over a day to get to Las Vegas and sit playing for 12 hours plus a day all the days I'm there but I just can't be arsed to go to any of the 3 cardrooms in my own City at the moment.

[Woodsey]

Its quite odd. I am happy to travel for over a day to get to Las Vegas and sit playing for 12 hours plus a day all the days I'm there but I just can't be arsed to go to any of the 3 cardrooms in my own City at the moment.

LOL same mate actually, but after 5 days or so I will have had enough.

[RED-DOG]

Live rush poker ftw.

[cambridgealex]

I love it 90% of the time.

I take iPad/book with me for tourneys cos they bore me to tears.

It's all about having fun/lively people at the table willing to have a laugh/gamble. As dave would say, you have to have ENERGY!

[Woodsey]

Live rush poker ftw.

Might help me drop some weight. Maybe we could have weight watchers poker

[Woodsey]

I love it 90% of the time.

I take iPad/book with me for tourneys cos they bore me to tears.

It's all about having fun/lively people at the table willing to have a laugh/gamble. As dave would say, you have to have ENERGY!

I still reckon many of you young lads will get bored with it eventually when you been playing for 10 years or so like me.

[Pyso]

It's funny how different I feel about this. I get bored shitless playing online poker, staring at a screen missing all the banter and tells, not to mention being rushed into making a decision. Click, click, click, it does my head in..

Having said that, even I reach a threshold live when I get a bit bored and this is usuallly when I put the headphones on, or just go home.

You are probably bored of playing the same game, in the same way, as much as anything. I hazard a guess that if you played PLO or stud live then this would keep you motivated and less 'bored'.

I also agree with Alex that tourneys are boring. All that waiting to get it in preflop and watching the clock. No thanks...

[Claw75]

<3 live poker.  get bored playing online.

[George2Loose]

Love tourneys. Cash bores the shit out of me

[George2Loose]

Tends to cycle for me. Sometimes can't stand playing live and vice versa

[cambridgealex]

I love it 90% of the time.

I take iPad/book with me for tourneys cos they bore me to tears.

It's all about having fun/lively people at the table willing to have a laugh/gamble. As dave would say, you have to have ENERGY!

I still reckon many of you young lads will get bored with it eventually when you been playing for 10 years or so like me.

Have you played 10 years full-time? Cos I've played almost 2000 hours of live poker in the last 12 months, could be more than a recreational player has played in 10 years and I ain't bored, except right now, friggin card dead!

[tikay]

The addictive power of poker - it bores so many people, & yet they still play it. Powerful thing, addiction.

As someone said, try playing Omaha, or Stud, you'd be surprised at how much more thinkage is required, enjoyable thinkage too.

[Woodsey]

I love it 90% of the time.

I take iPad/book with me for tourneys cos they bore me to tears.

It's all about having fun/lively people at the table willing to have a laugh/gamble. As dave would say, you have to have ENERGY!

I still reckon many of you young lads will get bored with it eventually when you been playing for 10 years or so like me.

Have you played 10 years full-time? Cos I've played almost 2000 hours of live poker in the last 12 months, could be more than a recreational player has played in 10 years and I ain't bored, except right now, friggin card dead!

No course not always a recreational player, but I've gone through phases playing shit loads, albeit not in the last year or so.