Music and Poker

[JuniorMontana01]

Does anyone listen music during playing poker? Many pro say they listen relaxing music. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't listen music. It depends on my mood. When I play in a serious tournament with high buying (relativey high), I'm trying to focus on the game. Trying to catch tells or a few words about my opponent's bad day and he/she can play only a few hands, etc.

I always listen to music or watch tv/movies when I play and I also multi-table. External distractions are crucial to my success at online poker. Being too focused on any one table often negatively affects my play there. I always multi-table unless I am getting close to the final table in a large field MTT. Tells are mostly in the bets, and online, I generally find that the kind of focus you need in a live game just isn't necessary online. At least that's what I've found in my experience.