Work smarter, not harder

[nawhead]

So I have this big problem where I start spewing in longer sessions.

In the past, I wanted to blame it on fatigue or low blood sugar. I'd try eating something, taking 10 minute breaks, drinking caffeine, walking around outside, etc..

But after dozens of times of trying to push through it and failing, it's so unprofitable to play in this "spew/zombie" state that I'm just going to avoid it.

Thinking today, I was torn whether I'm running away from this again or whether this is something I have to respect. Then I realized, if my leak was playing bad while drinking, would I try to fix my leak by playing more while drinking? No. That's stupid.

And another thing, I don't do anything for 3 hours. I get tired watching a 3 hour movie sitting on my ass. So why am I making myself feel bad because I can't play profitable poker for 3 hours?

Resolved! I'm not going to play 3 hour sessions!

So I've been playing 2 tables only (yes, I get fatigued 2 tabling for 3 hours). The most I've regularly played was 4. I've never even tried to play more than 5 or 6. Instead of trying to play longer, I'm going to work on playing more tables. 8? 12? 16? Will I be able to do it? I think this is smarter for me.

What do you think?

[nawhead]

Great session. First time 4 tabling in months. 1 hr session. Up 4 buys. Work smarter, not harder!

[zomfgwtfbbq]

I dont think you should be 16 tabling. Just don't. Keep the 4 tabling at 1 hour sessions and work from there.

[Silverthunder]

Yeah, just try to take it easy. I think a good goal for you is to do what is highly profitable and somewhat low variance (maybe 3 or 4 tabling for shortish sessions). You can then branch out from there, depending on how you want to build on the foundation (ie. longer session, higher limits, etc), once you have the rhythym going.