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Diet During Long Tournaments
I just listened to episode 1 of the Mindset monthly seminar. Chris talked about wearing a backpack to long tournaments as he led into proper eating during a tournament. Last year I ordered some surplus military MRE’s from Amazon to have for a meal while on break during tournaments. There are a number of good things about this:
– Easily fit in a backpack
– Provide all the nutrition you need, two a day sustain a soldier in combat
– Don’t make you sleepy, they’re not greasy or loaded with drowsiness-inducing carbs
– Taste fine cold, so they’re quick during the limited time of a tournament break
– Last for years so you can order a box of them and store them somewhere in your home
Before you laugh this off… I had many of them during my military career. They are actually quite good, even cold. They’re designed that way.
This became important to me during a WSOPC festival early this year. I played the nightly after indulging myself with a big platter of shrimp scampi at the Italian restaurant near the event center. I was drowsy, got a headache from the carb crash, and couldn’t concentrate. I played some of my worst poker ever. I lit the entry money on fire that night.
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Yeah, it is a really overlooked staple to good play. If your goal in a tournament is kick back with a few beers and cheesecurds while you play some cards, then have at it. But if you want to grind your way through a long or multiday tournament and give yourself the best chance to win, you do have to take the diet part seriously. It’s maybe the most important in Vegas with all of the drink and food temptation there.
Great tip here on a potential source for those long days.
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