Comments on: Poker Tunes & Glasses pt. 2

By: scottishlad

scottishlad — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:24:01 +0000

Geee whiz what folks will do for 5 bucks these days

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:15:00 +0000

I play a lot of online poker, and I often turn the chat options off and let it just give me dealer information, and have Last.fm playing the entire time. I’m not interested in what other people have to say at the table, if I am playing poker, I am there to win, and I block everything else out. This said, I am playing with what I listen to. Metal is a no go for me, too distracting, and so is chillout, as it leaves me feeling tired whilst I fold hand after hand. I find dance music good, as it’s energising, although I do also want to try gregorian chant to see how that helps my focus.

As for poker tutorials, they’re going to be limited help at best, because unless you are listening to one based on position, starting hand, limit/no limit, your outs and your pot odds, then the information is going to be generalised at best.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:17:00 +0000

I think people wear headphones for the sole reason of annoying you (not you specifically). As a matter of fact I think the reason most players do anything at the poker table is to annoy you. Like calling your pocket AA with 72 offsuit and winning!!!
Anyway i’m not a great player and I need to concentrate as much as possible. Headphones would drive me nuts!!

By: betfair poker king

betfair poker king — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:25:00 +0000

i understand the need to rant against things that seem alien to you, but you got to realize that some things work for some people, and some things don’t.
-poker peacenik
haha

By: indelacio

indelacio — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:39:00 +0000

I dont feel its the need to be constantly plugged in, some players like the music to keep thier attention and keep them awake while waiting for a hand worth playing, some players like to think that if theyre listening and focusing on the music it will disguise thier tells as something associated with the music like thier favourite song coming on or something like that.

I dont always listen to music while playing but sometimes if I feel myself slipping or distracted, or to get over a bad beat I will slip some music on.

What is suprising is the ammount of people who claim to play while drunk, i think thats just crazy if you want to win.

By: crfletch

crfletch — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:26:00 +0000

I think the reason players wear headphones is to try to get into a zone with their game. I could never do it thinking I would be missing important information or even missing a little of the social aspect of the game. You have to admit, hours and hours without any social interaction at poker would be painful.

I think you should not be able to have headphones, you can never tell with electronics these days what they could actually be listening to. Use ear plugs if you want to zone people out.

Should you be able to listen to anything? How about poker tutorials while the game is being played? Is that fair?