What do they usually do when before they start playing they are very tired?

1. Impaired Decision Making: Fatigue can affect your cognitive abilities, including judgment and decision-making skills. Making sound and rational decisions is crucial in poker, and being tired can lead to poor choices and mistakes that can be costly.
2. Lack of Focus: Poker games can be lengthy and require sustained attention. When you're tired, your ability to concentrate and stay focused may be diminished. This can result in missing important details, misreading opponents, and making errors in gameplay.
3. Emotional Impact: Fatigue can exacerbate emotions such as frustration, irritability, and impatience. This can lead to poor emotional control and tilt, where you may make impulsive or irrational decisions due to heightened emotional states.
4. Reduced Energy and Stamina: Playing poker can be mentally and physically demanding. When you're tired, you may lack the energy and stamina needed to play optimally. Your overall performance and ability to handle long sessions may be compromised.

jonaselloco said:

As my brother @un kiravio says,

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Fernando_RO said:

There are times when you have all the motivation and energy to play poker, but there are other days when due to work, mental fatigue or tiredness you don't feel the best way. My question is what they tend to do in these cases where you're not 100%, they play despite that, or they just take the day to recover and feel a little better. I would also appreciate some tips to be able to cope with mental fatigue. It happens to me that I am playing tournaments and I feel very well, well above average, but I prefer to stop playing because I can't stand fatigue and tiredness, sometimes I prefer to leave the tournament or freeroll and go to rest or take a nap.

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A kiravio said:

Thank you very much for the way you address me, I am too honored and know that I admire you, it is enough to call me colleague (I do not deny the big family effect).
I agree with you that cash games are dangerous, I've won many times in them but I also ran out of bankroll at the end 😀. It's good that you still study periodically, I haven't done it for many years (I feel bad for this). I wish you all the best!

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jonaselloco said:

Hello brother, thanks for the compliments.
If I'm really playing a lot of cash and I'm doing well, thank God.
Playing cash has helped me a lot to improve my study of the game in general, with the difference that in tournaments you must also look at other issues that are easier to see in cash. For example, the ITM, the ICM, etc.
The cash that helps you a lot is to improve your game itself. Play many more hands in tournaments that you didn't play before. Learn to play in position or out of position, with initiative or without initiative, range coverage, etc.
Imagine that I am playing approximately 1500 hands a day, so the practice is constant.
First of all, I apologize, because yesterday you were next to me at a table in Cardschat 100, I was going to say hello but I forgot that for various reasons I closed the PS chat, because they really make me quite nervous when I play some insults, so take That decision to not distract from the game.
A hug brother and greetings to the family!!!
Carlos

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A kiravio said:

You are very right to alternate between cash and freeroll games because it keeps you playing a more realistic game, your actions pay off, but you will also be criticized for the way you play some hands. (others not would play them😉)

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