Anxiety in poker

[Easylu]

Why when I play poker in hyper or turbo tournaments do I feel anxious when playing them? It is normal ? What do you do to get rid of that anxiety?

 

[gustavofuentes2]

Why when I play poker in hyper or turbo tournaments do I feel anxious when playing them? It is normal ? What do you do to get rid of that anxiety?

well in those kinds of tournaments I find that the only way to get rid of the anxiety is to take it slow and think each hand through. It helps if you are only playing on 1 table. I hope this information helps you.

 

[MK_]

I think the only game plan you can really make for turbos is to follow a good push/fold chart and let the chips fall where they may.... play your game👍

 

[pentazepam]

Play other formats if you get anxious. Poker is meant to be fun.

 

[Chabita03]

It cant be fun without a little stress

 

[hardongear]

Game selection is important to winning. I simply don't play formats I'm not comfortable with as that's just giving money away. I only play for a hobby but I don't play to give money away. My advice find a format you're comfortable playing. In my opinion 10+ min blind levels is where it's at. Couple unlucky hands in a turbo it's over...not so with 10 min blinds. Couple unlucky hands and you can still have plenty of time and chips left for when luck swings your way.

6 max MTT's with 8 min blinds is pretty good as well as losing the extra players from the table gives a lot more hands. Makes losing the 2mins/level not really matter. Couple unlucky hands you still have lots of time and hands left.


Cheers!!!

 

[Ataman911]

I don't know, I don't have any anxiety

 

[LaNimmer]

Of course it is not for everyone, but my Dr. prescribed an anti anxiety medication which works for me ( not just for poker of course).

 

[gravii2011]

If you're anxious about fast games, it's best to play slow poker.

 

[Skot_Gy]

Play just for fun. If it gets you angry, take a short break and do something relaxing.

 

[MathMDI]

It's normal to feel anxious at Poker, but in my case I feel more anxious at regular tournaments. What I do to control and try to listen to a song that I like, to see if the time goes by a bit, usually helps.

 

[Rost]

Why when I play poker in hyper or turbo tournaments do I feel anxious when playing them? It is normal ? What do you do to get rid of that anxiety?

I adhere to bankroll management, and thanks to this, my nerves and my funds are always safe. I have nothing to worry about, so the game gives me only positive feelings

 

[Cooking]

I think the pressure of build a stack faster can make some players feel more anxious. I feel this pressure, but it does not make me feel anxious. If you feel anxious, I think the best option is to play regular or slow tournaments.

 

[SES Inc.]

anxiety is part of the game man. The rush of losing everything and the thrill when you don't.

 

[kapos77]

I think anxiety can set in when you're playing for the last amount of money) and for this reason I always play for what I can afford to lose

 

[Fofa]

Yea its normal... perhaps you should play more slower tables?! For me dont get anxiety i dont focus too much in only one table

 

[kley126]

If it happens to me sometimes, I feel a lot of anxiety, especially when things are not going well

 

[Matt_Burns88]

What do you think causes your anxiety? If it is the fast structure or short decision time, then Hypers and Turbos probably aren't for you.

Maybe you're playing too many tables, which is easy to fix by just dropping the number of tables until you're more comfortable.

 

[Pabloro10321]

Anxiety is normal because of the speed with which the blinds increase, if you want to not worry so much play 2 tournaments or more at the same time

 

[Saul2025]

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
Imagine yourself after 10 years of playing same kind of game. How it changed your attitude?

 

[Gallarado777]

apparently you don't play games like turbo and hyper turbo the more games you play in this mode, the sooner you'll get used to this game mode just play more and everyone will go away when we all first started playing these modes and you can try slow mode

 

[MishkaZL]

Why when I play poker in hyper or turbo tournaments do I feel anxious when playing them? It is normal ? What do you do to get rid of that anxiety?

I don't play in hyper tournaments because I don't like such fast games. Hyper tournaments are more about bingo than poker. If there are tournaments that cause you anxiety, you can simply not play in them and, accordingly, you will not feel anxiety

 

[martDdart]

I make my goal to play the best poker I can and when I do that I cant do more it is impossible. Then if I loose(learn) or win doesnt mather and it helps with lowering the anxiety for me.

 

[armoko]

are you playing big limits ? If I play tournament with 20$ or more buy in I'm getting anxious too

 

[kaynbergo]

I'm also not a fan of fast poker, I was so annoyed that time was running out and the stack was getting smaller, I just stopped playing fast tournaments