Need Inspiration - How many hours do you study/play a day?
 

I need inspiration, I want to get on track and spend less time wasted on crap and get a schedule of studying/playing poker.

How many hours do you:
A) Study Poker?
B) Play Poker?

Per day, on average.

Thanks

I'm at like:
A).2
B)1.5
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A) .05
B) 5

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A) ½ - 1

B) 2-3

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i read random books about 1.5-2 hours a day. play poker.. sometimes 1 hour a day sometimes 10 hours, depending on how lazy i feel.

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A) 3 hrs
B) 5-6 hrs

Somedays I'll just study and somedays (rarely) I'll just play.

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when in school, I hardly ever play but still usually find an hour or so a day for poker "study" in one form or another (does surfing 2+2 count?). when out of school I prob play 5 hours a day.

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also, i spend on avg 5 hrs a day sweating other people and going over hands with them. i def spend more time watching other play poker and discussing THEIR hands than playing my own. i need to work on that.

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when in school, I hardly ever play

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damn, how?? I can't go more than 3 days without playing. Esp if I've been studying.

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also, i spend on avg 5 hrs a day sweating other people and going over hands with them. i def spend more time watching other play poker and discussing THEIR hands than playing my own. i need to work on that.

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Raptor - I think this is very cool and admirable particularly from someone so successful. Goes to show that even the best continue to learn. You've clearly got a ridiculous amount of motivation. Nice.

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also, i spend on avg 5 hrs a day sweating other people and going over hands with them. i def spend more time watching other play poker and discussing THEIR hands than playing my own. i need to work on that.

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That is a pretty good reason you are a success at this game
~stephen

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1. Study 10 minutes
2. Browse BBV for 4 hours
3. Play 1 hour
4. Profit

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also, i spend on avg 5 hrs a day sweating other people and going over hands with them. i def spend more time watching other play poker and discussing THEIR hands than playing my own. i need to work on that.

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i also do this a lot...who are your favorite players to sweat/discuss hands with? I've often found that sweating players who play higher stakes than you or approach the game from a different theoretical standpoint is very valueable. You see them making plays you never would and it just adds another dimension to your game.

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A) 2 hours
B) 5 hours

Varies alot though.

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where is option C, sleep/dream about poker?

i'd say the only way to be good is to be completely addicted

if you call it "study" you're not looking at it right. reading/thinking/analyzing/talking poker is like drinking water to a lot of us.

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also, i spend on avg 5 hrs a day sweating other people and going over hands with them. i def spend more time watching other play poker and discussing THEIR hands than playing my own. i need to work on that.

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I do this too. It is both a ginourmous waste of time and a big benefit.

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also, i spend on avg 5 hrs a day sweating other people and going over hands with them. i def spend more time watching other play poker and discussing THEIR hands than playing my own. i need to work on that.

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I do this too. It is both a ginourmous waste of time and a big benefit.

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i prob actually spend twice as much if not more of my time watching others. heh, i guess it helps, but making money is nice too!

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also, i spend on avg 5 hrs a day sweating other people and going over hands with them. i def spend more time watching other play poker and discussing THEIR hands than playing my own. i need to work on that.

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i also do this a lot...who are your favorite players to sweat/discuss hands with? I've often found that sweating players who play higher stakes than you or approach the game from a different theoretical standpoint is very valueable. You see them making plays you never would and it just adds another dimension to your game.

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well obv durr and jman i talk with daily about hands and stuff, but i prob actaully spend more time going over hands with jinsokkp than anyone else, hes been tearin it up last month or so. i also spend a decent amount of time doing hands with urindanger, though hes been running kinda awful lately.

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also, i spend on avg 5 hrs a day sweating other people and going over hands with them. i def spend more time watching other play poker and discussing THEIR hands than playing my own. i need to work on that.

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i also do this a lot...who are your favorite players to sweat/discuss hands with? I've often found that sweating players who play higher stakes than you or approach the game from a different theoretical standpoint is very valueable. You see them making plays you never would and it just adds another dimension to your game.

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well obv durr and jman i talk with daily about hands and stuff, but i prob actaully spend more time going over hands with jinsokkp than anyone else, hes been tearin it up last month or so. i also spend a decent amount of time doing hands with urindanger, though hes been running kinda awful lately.

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not to take anything away from you raptor, you are obviously VERY successful and one of the best. but do you consider yourself one of the luckiest people around? that is quite a list of players to be discussion poker/hands with.
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if you call it "study" you're not looking at it right. reading/thinking/analyzing/talking poker is like drinking water to a lot of us.

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exactly.

so do this "studying" 24/7. And try to play 5h/day. To keep my concentration up, I like to play 2 session of ~2.5h