Evaluating Yourself To Play

You're not supposed to play whenever your tired, stressed etc, but does anyone out there have any good tricks on evaluating yourself to play? How do you know for sure that your at the top of your game before you decide to play?

actually i play even when i'm sick which actually woudlnt be good cause i'm not 100%, but i do it for fun and because it relax me, when i'm about to go in a real money tournament, i see if i'm not tired, if i'm not stressed withsome other problem, etc so i can be all focus on the tourney i sometimes go jagging a little bit and then take a bath and i'm fresh up ready for the tournament

Ujum , I think things first, know your position and your level at poker to choose what kind of tournament you play better or cash .. , pra that you have to take into account the evaluation of your game

Good question, last time i was reading an article on this stuff, making a ritual before playing poker is a key for success, for exemple you have to sleep 8h, do some exercise in the morning, have an equilibred meal (eating carbohidrate and protein) do some poker puzzle to warm up your brain like in sports.
now if you feel tired before your session don't play
if you feel that you're in a bad shame don't play
you can evaluate yourself by givin a mark from 1 to 10
for exemple : 4 < STOP don't play. [5-7] it's okay > 8 go ahead
hope it helped a bit

My reason

It doesn't matter stressed at beginning. The cards can relieve stress. This helps do a ritual to any chosen hole cards. A ritual like a smoke, prayer, or a drum beat. It shows your paying attention and with a random shuffle the Poker Gods telling you when to do it. So you avoid collisions.

If your tired its best to get a cat nap before playing or you wo'nt finish the tourny.

It is a good idea to fluxuate your tourny buy ins. You want to win the big money tournies and lose the freerolls and the tournies that do'nt pay well. The one that matters, (you) knows it just won tourny and really the competition equal. You prolly wo'nt win right away. Win the big ones. lose in the small ones. Play the same or your going to screw up your count.

I call my best friend. If I can't talk for more than five minutes without feeling sleepy, I know I'll be dead in the poker table.

rastapapolos said:

Good question, last time i was reading an article on this stuff, making a ritual before playing poker is a key for success, for exemple you have to sleep 8h, do some exercise in the morning, have an equilibred meal (eating carbohidrate and protein) do some poker puzzle to warm up your brain like in sports.
now if you feel tired before your session don't play
if you feel that you're in a bad shame don't play
you can evaluate yourself by givin a mark from 1 to 10
for exemple : 4 < STOP don't play. [5-7] it's okay > 8 go ahead
hope it helped a bit

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Thanks all! I like the "Poker Puzzle" reply because sometime you can feel good enough to play, but I think testing yourself is good. Anyone do any kind of particular "Poker Puzzle" or have any in mind?

I play when I am in a good mood only. I play because I love the game, not for the profit.