Tricks for paying attention while playing live?

[itsmarty]

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a few times when I already knew I was going to fold preflop, I had spaced out for 30 secodns while the action was on me - thankfully because I am quiet and tight/aggressive people took it as me being deep in thought

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Having people think you're deep in thought is much worse than having them think you're the sort of player that misses his action.

Martin