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Originally Posted by gmunny Nice job on deep stack tourney! Wow..How hard was it to stay at you computer that long? I have played 6 hours live, but I get restless after 2 hours on the computer. Good job.
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Originally Posted by SpeakEasy So you played poker at your computer non-stop from dinner-time to breakfast-time? Wow.
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It was a little tough playing that long, but not too bad. I have a notebook computer, so there's some flexibility to move around. Its nice to lounge on a couch, stroll to the fridge for a drink or snack, the bathroom is close buy, I can play my stereo, there's no smoke to deal with, no obnoxious chatter, etc.
There's a 5 min break each hour...not much, but its something.
It also had its ebb-n-flows. It probably "helped" that 5 1/2 hours in my AA got cracked by QQ and I found myself suddenly short stacked at 38K with 1500/3000 blinds. Little did I know- it was like starting a whole new tournament 5 1/2 hour tournament.
To keep it going, it was like a bunch of short sprints- get to 1st in chips...stay 1st in chips for the next hour...make the final table...be the first to 1M in chips...etc. I think each of those little "goals" kept me focused and alert. I can't imagine thinking of it as an 11 hour tournament...but a bunch of little ones was "workable". It wasn't actually planned this way since I had never experienced anything like this before (I think 3 1/2 to 4 hours was the longest online tournament I had played), but looking back on it, that's what happened- short term goals.
From the third hour on, I was top 20 at the end of each hour. Before the seventh hour was over, I was in 1st and was only out of 1st momentarily for the next 2+ hours until the heads-up downturn. So, I think it was easy to stay focused and alert.
It also helped that late in the tournament I had hands to play...as opposed to fold, fold, fold. There was also some supportive and misc chat going on. Finally, once I was that deep into this tournament, I was very focused...to use a cliche- I was "in the moment". I knew that a very good result was there as long as I didn't make a stupid mistake...so I made sure I was making good decisions and ones I was confident about. I wasn't going to have worked that hard and that long to make a silly mistake.
I also got a call at each break (or most of them anyways) from my girlfriend. She was watching it online...would doze off from time to time...then would check-in.
So, after all this I caught a quick nap and then met with an employment recruiter at 10am. Amazingly, I was alert.
My new "slogan" with my poker buddies is "the price of our home game has just gone up"...maybe not as much as Steve Danneman's group...but, if I have any "say" in it, we'll get there.
- Michael
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