Tilt: You Are Not a Machine

A healthy lifestyle, good breathing, and other activities are needed to counterbalance long hours in front of a PC. Robert Langer discusses the dangers that many die-hard poker players face when playing too much.

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"There is a difference between playing a few hours of poker to unwind and spending 6-8 hours a day in front the computer concentrating on the game (and working on improving). Long hours at multiple tables put players at risk of facing the damaging side-effects of constant multi-tasking. The mistakes start adding up. Many business consultants preach multi-tasking as the solution to overburdened workers. Economists, neurologists and psychologists, however, warn: The more decisions being made at once, the poorer the individual decisions will be."

One mistake many poker players make, is simply playing too much. Since you are not a machine, your ability to play error-free poker diminishes after a certain period of strained play. A healthy lifestyle, good breathing, and other activities are needed to counterbalance long hours in front of a PC. Robert Langer discusses the dangers that many die-hard poker players face when playing too much: Excessive Play

Over the course of the weekend, you can look forward to the last article of the series which deals with the topic of sharks and fishes:

• Tilt: Little Fish and Card Sharks

For those that missed the previous tilt articles, be sure to check them out:

• Tilt: Introduction
• Tilt: Bad Beats and Variance
• Tilt: Scared Money

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