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I frequent cash games at a casino and never go without my trusty iPod. I was wondering what people listen to when they play, if you listen at all. Online players can also post. If they even listen to music while playing.

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radiohead

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If I had an ipod, it would be Radiohead, Sublime, Metalica, 5FDP, Audioslave, ect...

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"Casino Queen" by Wilco

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usually something designed to keep me extremely mellow (folk singers with sweet voices)

or something with an obscene amount of distortion/energy to it, like Oasis or Everclear. I save that stuff for when I'm on the verge of tilt and need to focus [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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PS - played blackjack at the Casino Queen - I wouldn't be allowed to take my Ipod there and if I had it, they'd mug me on my way to and from the boat [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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"Lay it Down" by Ratt.

Maybe not, the way I've been playing lately.

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Lots and lots of Armin van Buuren. Helps me focus.

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I frequent cash games at a casino and never go without my trusty iPod. I was wondering what people listen to when they play, if you listen at all. Online players can also post. If they even listen to music while playing.

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"Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and the Drells
haha

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I was wondering what people listen to when they play, if you listen at all.

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I listen to other people at the table. It helps me learn how they play.

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I listen to Sigur Ros, Arcadia Fire, Damien Rice, Death Cab For Cutie, The Honorary Title, Imogen Heap etc... most of the time which keeps me relaxed. I went through a Bruce Springsteen stage too due to FT'ing in a tournament when I had him on repeat haha.

Sigur Ros really lets me focus on the game while keeping me relaxed so it is my favourite.

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i have classical on mine when i listen. only in one ear. just loud enough for background music. i still want to hear bets and raises.

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i have classical on mine when i listen. only in one ear. just loud enough for background music. i still want to hear bets and raises.

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I don't have music on while I play, but if I did (and I want to, don't have an MP3 player though) it'd be Bach's cello suites played by yo-yo ma, Beethoven's Ninth symphony ala Karajan, Billy Joel's Fantasies and Delusions, and then a few assorted songs by Mozart, Haydn, a few sung by Pavarotti. I want music that will lift up my spirit, keep me off tilt, etc, and classical is perfect for that.

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i listen to Ricardo Villalobos luciano, all good minimal techno..

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My musical tastes lend themselves well to two extremes.

If I want to be pumped up (usually playing tournies), I listen to fast, high-energy punk. I prefer the upbeat rock-n-rolly stuff (The Briefs, Lower Class Brats, The Ramones, The Vibrators, Menace).

If I want to be calm and collected (usually cash games), I listen to old ska music. Not so much English two-tone like The Specials/Bad Manners, but the really old Jamaican stuff (Derrick Morgan, Jackie Mittoo, Desmond Dekker, Symarip, The Wailers, The Maytals).

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I listen to howard stern

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I don't listen to my usual faster stuff (metallica, megadeth, Foo Fighters, etc) while playing.

Usually keep it more mellow to concentrate. Stuff like Rodrigo y Gabriela, Glen Phillips, O.A.R, Dire Straits, Cowboy Junkies, Jack johnson, Randy Newman, Dean Martin, Sinatra, Bennett, etc fills the bill quite nicely.

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This is interesting. At times I wear the headphones but listen to nothing at all. ;-). Usually my fav pounding late 60-s to mid 80's rock. I have a softer sellection and also over 1 hour of......are you ready for this? Gunslinger music. I've collected much of the gunfight scene music from Good/Bad/Ugly, Few Dollars More/ Fist full of Dollars and a few others. I don't turn it on often but it does tend to focus me and I use it when I need that.

Dave

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I have the iPod classic that can play video. I keep it on the table playing "Rounders," and keep making notes off it for metagame.

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My wife loaded a special poker playlist onto my iPod. It has 30 different versions of "Loser" by the Grateful Dead continually repeating.

I think maybe she's trying to tell me something...

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My wife loaded a special poker playlist onto my iPod. It has 30 different versions of "Loser" by the Grateful Dead continually repeating.

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she's referring to poker.

zing!

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Wow I love Radiohead (how's their new free album) but I can't listen to anything that mellow/depressing when I play.

I prefer something upbeat with a jazzy tune.

St. Germaine
The Smiths
The Cure
Jazzmatazz
Wynston Marsalis
Perhaps some Arcade Fire or Animal Collective if I"m feeling indie.

Michael Jackson if I'm stuck a lot
Michael Jackson if I'm up a lot.

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I'm Bill Fillmaff

LDO

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Miles Davis.

I also listen to a lot of instructional audiobooks like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", "Art of War", "7 Habits of...", etc.

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all STAX, all-the-time...

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Miles Davis.

I also listen to a lot of instructional audiobooks like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", "Art of War", "7 Habits of...", etc.

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How was Rich dad, poor dad, I was thinking of downloading it.

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Sublime albums - Robbin the hood, Sublime(self titled) and 40oz to freedom. Pretty wide range of songs but mostly relaxing.

Sometimes i throw on the queen greatest hits 3cd.

And wtf is with ipods. I have a creative zen vision m which is 2 years old and is much better than an ipod. The average life of an ipod is 12 months.

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How was Rich dad, poor dad, I was thinking of downloading it.

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Great! By far the one I most listen to. Easy to relate to, simple and straightforward.

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Sublime albums - Robbin the hood, Sublime(self titled) and 40oz to freedom. Pretty wide range of songs but mostly relaxing.

Sometimes i throw on the queen greatest hits 3cd.

And wtf is with ipods. I have a creative zen vision m which is 2 years old and is much better than an ipod. The average life of an ipod is 12 months.

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I've been using the same ipod for a couple years now.. so.. no.

Put your money up- Ludacris
If you're in the mood for some gamboooool.

Otherwise I go through the Beatles, 80's rock and a lot of "unerground" hip-hop.

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Various selections from the 80's, hair bands, Steely Dan and four songs by John Prine.

Scandisk MP3 player because iPods are way too balla for a hillbilly.

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Miles Davis.

I also listen to a lot of instructional audiobooks like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", "Art of War", "7 Habits of...", etc.

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Kind of Blue. The best Jazz CD ever. I usually try to play it at the start of my Session to just relax, or when the coversation of the table dies down.

Does anyone notice that when you bring your ipod the table is usually pretty lively and there is good discussion, but when you forget it, the table is quiet and boring?

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I was wondering what people listen to when they play, if you listen at all.

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I listen to other people at the table. It helps me learn how they play.

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Heh, I do both. Except my villains tend to talk more openly about me thinking I can't hear over my earphones - I can hear them and tunes with the volume low enough.

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Sublime albums - Robbin the hood, Sublime(self titled) and 40oz to freedom. Pretty wide range of songs but mostly relaxing.

Sometimes i throw on the queen greatest hits 3cd.

And wtf is with ipods. I have a creative zen vision m which is 2 years old and is much better than an ipod. The average life of an ipod is 12 months.

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I've been using the same ipod for a couple years now.. so.. no.



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Variance

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I listen to Todays Opie and Anthonys recording on my inno. Else I listen to mostly stuff like White Stripes, Weezer, Neil Diamond, etc. No Rap, No Country, and no Speed Metal.

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hours and hours of RHCP

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Theme from Rocky.

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lots of foo

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Tiesto, what else??

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lots of stuff, but i never lose a hand when "Back in Black" comes up on the shuffle...

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umphrey's mcgee