Online Poker Tolerance - Know Your Limits

Everyone wants to be the person that can power through a monster session of online poker, playing through hour after hour and racking up massive profits.

Everyone wants to be that person, but very few people are.  Pretending to be, it turns out, can be a costly thing both to your sanity and, more importantly, to your bankroll.

It's important to realize that the limits of your physical and mental stamina are not things to be measured against some ideal of perfection.  Instead, they're realistic limitations that need to be measured against your own capabilities and limitations.

What do I mean by the above?  I mean when you're trying to figure out if you're too tired to play online poker, you shouldn't compare yourself to some 2+2 god who has made supernova elite.  You should compare your current state only to the benchmark of what “too tired” is for you, because that is the only relevant benchmark.

Use your heroes as benchmarks and you'll quickly find yourself exhausted and spent from the pursuit of trying to do more than you, at that moment, are capable of.  Can you possibly train and condition yourself to reach a higher level?  Absolutely, but just don't shoot for it all in one shot.