What's your pre-session routine?

Posted by

Posted by posted in Gen. Poker

What's your pre-session routine?

I'd be highly interested in what everyone's routines are for preparing for a long session. I'm sure there are some things I might be missing and I'd love to hear what you guys to do to optimally prepare for a long grind.

Here's mine:
- Most important for me: My apartment has to be all clean and tidied up. I don't know why but it bothers me if there's something dirty, even if it's not in the room I'm playing in.
- Eat something good that I highly enjoy: As a vegetarian I'm lucky that most of the stuff I enjoy is not too unhealthy as well. And whatever it is that I eat, I usually treat myself with this awesome salad from my favourite Italian place as well. Eating something I love makes me so damn happy which can't be a bad thing for starting a long session.
- Plan and write down my MTT schedule for the session: I'm not that kind of guy who just registers whatever he feels like, I like to have a plan and know what my expenses will be.
- Set up my work space: Wire up my laptop with my screens, shut down all software I don't need while playing (especially E-Mail, FB etc.), get my Spotify playlist ready.
- Make sure my cats are happy: Nothing more annoying when you play 8+ tables and then there's this little furball that keeps on screaming cause he/she wants to be pet or fed, so I make sure they have plenty of food and optimally are tired from playing.
- Mental training: Sometimes I listen to a course on the Primed app, sometimes I listen to Elliot Roe's "Online Poker Mindset". Definitely wanna get into meditating as well, any advice?
- Prepare food and drinks: I mainly eat fresh fruits and nuts while playing, and drink water only, except for one cup of black tea with fresh lemon juice at the start of the session.

Once all of this is done I'm ready. Any suggestions? Would you do something different? Anything I'm forgetting?
What do you do for preparation?

Loading 7 Comments...

Be the first to add a comment

You must upgrade your account to leave a comment.

This thread has been locked. No further comments can be added.

Runitonce.com uses cookies to give you the best experience. Learn more about our Cookie Policy