How do You?

[kardmania]

How do you manage your energy and enthusiasm as you grow tired in a tourney that has run way longer than you anticipate?



When you have to dounle check your pair of eights and find that they are really a 6 and a 8. Obviously, the brain and body are not working optimally.

[n2kfactor]

Tourneys are not worth it...Its a good deal to learn to play cash games

[UIIIU]

thats a good question kard, I am a young guy so for me the later the tourny goes the more adrenaline gets pumping and i tend to be wide awake, but lately i just havent had the mental focus to grind through the first 3-4 hrs in the big mtts. But whenever im tired i make sure i get up and walk around for breaks just to get the blood flowing and that tends to help a little bit

[Poker Orifice]

I usually play them in sets. If I'm planning on playing a large-field MTT I'll reg. for 4-6 mtt's and of course only do so if I'm feeling motivated & willing to make the time committment.
Late stage play is easy for me to stay focused as there's lots of stuff to be watching/calculating, etc. It's my favourite part of the tourney by far.

[LDJ]

if I get tired I drink coffee/tea/red bull type drink

[kardmania]

I can see now that I was too vague.

I am getting after the way to keep the killer edge the need to win where nothing else matters.

Not merely staying awake and playing but driving to win.

A way to dodge bullets might also help.