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Message: [QUOTE="Manjerica1, post: 7138024, member: 335231"] Back when I started playing poker around 2017, I thought I was killing it. Six SNGs at once, dual monitor setup, music blasting, checking phone notifications like I was a Wall Street trader. Felt like I was grinding hard. Technically, I was. I had some study under my belt — ranges, ICM, spots — but I wasn’t really present at the tables. I wasn’t paying attention to key stuff like player tendencies, table dynamics, who’s loose, who’s nitty, who’s on tilt. Multitabling felt productive, but it was just busy work dressed up as volume. Sometimes I’d even be watching Netflix or reading forums while playing. I told myself I was being “efficient.” Truth is, I was just scattered. Then I came across some content from Benjamin Rolle (bencb) — you probably know him from Raise Your Edge. He said something that stuck: > "Most players don’t need to study more. They just need to apply what they already know... with full focus." That hit hard. I slowly started cutting distractions: • Phone on airplane mode • No background noise • One tab open: my tables • Full attention on every hand, every player At first, it felt boring. But then I realized something crazy: I was winning more, while “working” less. Still playing six tables, but the quality of my decisions went way up. I no longer need to play 30-40 tourneys in a day just to chase EV. Fewer games, more clarity, better winrate. I also play for a poker team here in Brazil, and I see a lot of guys burning out trying to 12-table every day, chasing volume like it's the only path. Heavy stress, low ROI, and eventually, frustration kicks in. When I joined the team, we were 15 players. Now? Only three of us are still in the game full-time. That’s not a coincidence. If I hadn’t realized early that my biggest leak was divided attention, I probably wouldn’t be here either. --- Anyone else made the switch from quantity to quality? Or still stuck in the “must-grind-40-MTTs-a-day” mindset? Curious to hear how y’all balance volume vs focus. [/QUOTE]

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