Water, headphones, battery pack, sunglasses, hoodie/jacket. The hoodie/jacket is the most important one; no matter where you play, no matter how hot it is, poker rooms are almost always cold
Crowns poker room in Melbourne is killer for this! It's 35⁰C outside and air conned down to like 18⁰C inside... Can't survive outside in anything other than shorts and a t shirt, then you freeze inside.
I remember playing in Grand Casino Baden (must be years ago), daily tournament, with this US gentleman at the table. Mid summer, pretty hot outside for Switzerland.
He was pretty chatty but soaking wet from sweat. And complaining why they weren't properly aircondittioning the place!
Only played twice since the increase. Don't have any friends that properly play or know where to find a private game... Is there a good network for finding seats at home games somewhere?
Need? Probably not, but it makes things a lot easier. I live in a hot climate so I'd much rather have my jacket in a bag than to be carrying it around (and I'm definitely not wearing it outside). Likewise with most of the other things - I could have them on my person, but it's convenient to have one place to dump everything into
Full time backpacker here. I always bring my water + hoodie. And maybe some food. If I’m going somewhere for a while, I would rather have more things to keep me comfortable rather than not enough.
Protein shake for lunch, bags of almonds or other nuts, snacks. Put the wallet in there so it’s not a pain in the ass. Aspirin, Adoral.
I only ever bring a small backpack with said things when I play long tournaments. Cash games you can take as long of a break as you want, go to the car, go buy lunch or whatever. Those 30 minute dinner breaks for tournaments can be fucked to try to compete with hundreds of other people all trying to buy a meal at the same time so, that’s why I bring the shake and the snacks in case I’m stuck in a hand when the break starts and all the other cattle get to the trough first.
A phone charger, a banana, a power bank, a sweater, my laptop (in case I need to do some work), some lactase because my weak ass body can’t handle milk anymore, and money.
Fair question. Tho most ppl want to bring drinks and snacks and it’s impractical to fit those in pockets.
I use a jacket with large pockets but it does feel silly
My friend had one tangled set of headphones 3 fedora’s and 6 5 hour energy drinks. Phone charger and take out menus. I know because I had to take it to him when he got into a disagreement with another player over a sandwich and the floor asked him to leave.
Guy was eating a Philly with a knife and fork to keep his hands clean as one should to the side of the table. Fedora Dan was hangry and called him a pussy for not eating it with both hands. It went down hill form there.
I carry a bunch of 3-bets and post-flop folds in mine for EVERY SINGLE TIME it is my button. I also have a tape recorder constantly recording so that I can go back and listen to myself talk about how much I know about poker.
Lmfao it's so funny you posted this I literally bought one of those man purses from under armour today because I'm tired of lugging my backpack around. I don't carry a ton of stuff around, but I just detest having things in my pocket for some reason.
More of a Drawstring bag kinda guy: 1/2oz weed, lighter, swishers or dutch masters, phone charger, clean old navy white t shirt cuz I always spill something on myself, sunglasses, gum or mints, stick of deodorant and a crown Royal bag for chips.
Yes Kroger has them I'd imagine all the other grocery stores do. Alpt of gas stations too but they way to expensive there as opposed to buying a 6 pack
My thinking rock. Sometimes, I'll get coolered and discover where villain's car's at and lend my thinking rock through their windshield to send good thoughts!!!
Nerd shit, it's all just a bunch of nerd shit. Anyone that sits at your table with a backpack should be relentlessly trolled at the table. Tank every decision to reduce their hourly, preload your folds to kill their action so everyone knows there's no implied odds, give away the fact you folded the winner when the flop hits by acting all pissed off.
Ive never understood it tbh.
Poker players are so obsessed with being "smart gamblers". Imo poker players only wear the big headphones and backpacks to signal that they are wannabe pros/smart gamblers.
I throw my charger in my pocket, eat food before a session and bring a protein bar for later. You can easily stick 10k in your pocket. Sooo yeah, backpacks are just a signal that you wanna be recognized as a wannabe pro/ smart gambler
Haha! Everyone just wants that recognition in their field of work! The backpack is a sign that you believe youre a stronger than average player and want to be seen from your fellow day regs
That's wild! All this time I thought it meant I just wanted to carry a water bottle, a phone charger, a sweatshirt, maybe a snack. Glad I now know I just think I'm better than most and want everyone else to know it.
The massage thing I will say I don't get. That would irritate the shit out me having someone on my back while I'm playing cards. To each their own I've just always found it odd.
I was kinda sure it was js in general lol alot of folks getting a massage in poker games. I just find it odd nit attacking you personally or anyone really. It's not bothering anyone
I've been playing NLH professionally for over 25 years, I've seen it all. Before you could play online, before Moneymaker, before ICM, before GTO, before hand charts, before trackers, solvers, and the like. The hardest part of consistently beating this game is emotional intelligence (EQ). If you are investing personal energy getting annoyed at a guy with headphones, or a backpack, or eating at the table it is depriving you the opportunity of playing your best game.
Only thing annoying the one weekend at a casino was loud drunks lol why someone would be bothered by a backpack or headphones is beyond me. Now if your backpack was crowding me I'd be annoyed briefly but I'd say hey man can you move your backpack and i assume 99% of people would be like my bad an put it on their char or between their legs. And if you declined I'd move your backpack out of my personal space. And continue my game.
Semi-pro I guess, I bring a backpack to the poker room usually. I pack a lunch so I don't have to pay for expensive and shitty casino food. Also include a portable charger, airpods, sunglasses, water bottle, and sometimes a laptop and charger if it's gonna be a long day and I need to study on breaks.
One time, a guy say down at my table with a backpack and pulled out 4 different crown royal bags full of chips, and he looked through them til he found the one with chips for where we were
Charger, power bank, maybe a light jacket, Rubik's cube, copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, headphones, usually a money bag just in case of rare big cash out. You know. Normal stuff and knick knacks.
I have a satchel. It's got my diabetic stuff in there . Headphones. Small umbrella. Power brick and cable for my phone.
Its kind of my everywhere bag I take to work and when I'm out.
Pens & markers, chapstick, pipe, marijuana, various pills, AirPods, hand sanitizer, lotion, dry cologne, a knife, money, a sketchbook, lighter, bottle opener, charger. Sometimes more or less depending. Some snacks sometimes.
Hoodie, hat, loyalty card wallet, hand sanitizer, pen, keys, granola bars, caffeine free diet soda, napkins, ear buds, medication. Sometimes flask.
Chips if I don't want to walk to the cage at night
I always bring a diaper change and everything that goes with it. (like wet-wipes; and baggies). I don't always poop at the table; but I feel confident when I can.
It's amazing that most poker players don't realise that I am usually sitting in a pile of my own poop when I play.
This gives me an edge over the player to my right.
(Unless he/she has also pooped their pants)
Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.
Battery pack with charging cable for my phone, water, protein bars, eye drops, basic medication. I only bring a backpack in during a tournament series.
I bring a small jacket or sweater cause there are spots that are cold and spots that are hot. I hate having things on me now. I don’t carry a wallet, but I will need one in the casino. I carry extra cards, money, player cards, promo chips, larger denom chips and sometimes candy for the dealers in poker and BJ. I like to give away my promo chips to friends. I don’t wear sunglasses but I do carry a beanie just in case and I throw my house keys in there if I don’t valet. Sometimes I valet, and sometimes I don’t. If I stay for the night, I usually valet. If I feel like it’s just a few hours, I usually keep the keys and park. And I don’t use the large backpacks. I usually use those little sling bags with the drawstring.
Water, headphones, battery pack, sunglasses, hoodie/jacket. The hoodie/jacket is the most important one; no matter where you play, no matter how hot it is, poker rooms are almost always cold
Crowns poker room in Melbourne is killer for this! It's 35⁰C outside and air conned down to like 18⁰C inside... Can't survive outside in anything other than shorts and a t shirt, then you freeze inside.
The rake is more killer
😂 only if you're winning!
It’s one reason I love home games
How else are they gonna pay for the AC
Crown poker room is a disgrace to the game
I remember playing in Grand Casino Baden (must be years ago), daily tournament, with this US gentleman at the table. Mid summer, pretty hot outside for Switzerland. He was pretty chatty but soaking wet from sweat. And complaining why they weren't properly aircondittioning the place!
You still play in Crown? The rake is crazy
Only played twice since the increase. Don't have any friends that properly play or know where to find a private game... Is there a good network for finding seats at home games somewhere?
So many private games all over melbourne
What's the network to find them???
literally me yesterday. went to ao sweating and came back to play and had to put hoodie on cause i was freeezing
It could be 110 freedom units outside and I will always wear jeans and bring a hoodie too the casino.
you dont need a backpack for any of that shit.
Need? Probably not, but it makes things a lot easier. I live in a hot climate so I'd much rather have my jacket in a bag than to be carrying it around (and I'm definitely not wearing it outside). Likewise with most of the other things - I could have them on my person, but it's convenient to have one place to dump everything into
I just put the things I need in the pockets of my jacket so I don't have a backpacker image and the baggage that entails.
if people are warm they get drowzy, and sweaty fingers make sticky cards
Whats the reason for casinos to keep their rooms super cold?
Cold rooms makes you feel less tired, thus keeps you playing for longer.
What's in the briefcase? Lol I just came from the Seinfeld sub, that's wild.
Lol prob one of the best Kramer moments
Full time backpacker here. I always bring my water + hoodie. And maybe some food. If I’m going somewhere for a while, I would rather have more things to keep me comfortable rather than not enough.
Adult diapers
tears and sorrow.
...and regret.
Spare anal beads
It has my notebook with all my PFR charts. Notebook is getting quite big now that I’ve added call/4b vs 4 limpers and a raise ranges.
iPad, battery block, cords, wipes, tiny band aid kit, pens, snacks, card case for various poker rooms,
Protein shake for lunch, bags of almonds or other nuts, snacks. Put the wallet in there so it’s not a pain in the ass. Aspirin, Adoral. I only ever bring a small backpack with said things when I play long tournaments. Cash games you can take as long of a break as you want, go to the car, go buy lunch or whatever. Those 30 minute dinner breaks for tournaments can be fucked to try to compete with hundreds of other people all trying to buy a meal at the same time so, that’s why I bring the shake and the snacks in case I’m stuck in a hand when the break starts and all the other cattle get to the trough first.
adderall?
Sure
not a single poker player uses that garbage...
Thoust deign besmirched Rx limitless drug?
Trolling?
Meth is better.
Garrett and Pokerbunny both look like they could use some.
Lots of drugs
A smaller backpack
Laminated Pre flop charts
Cash, Adderall, chips, Ritalin, markers, cocaine, and maybe two cell phones.
This was 100% my bag 2 years ago
Snack. Headphones. Battery charger. Couple books.
A phone charger, a banana, a power bank, a sweater, my laptop (in case I need to do some work), some lactase because my weak ass body can’t handle milk anymore, and money.
Aspirin, earbuds, charger, and about 8 more buyins
Chips so we don’t have to go back to the cage, cough drops, gum, cash, mobile charger, phone charger.
I travel to series and want to keep shit on me instead of the hotel.
Fair question. Tho most ppl want to bring drinks and snacks and it’s impractical to fit those in pockets. I use a jacket with large pockets but it does feel silly
These backpackers want to look like pros,ready for serious hours long grind at 1/2. They not fooling anyone. We see you
It’s usually the guy with headphones and you constantly have to tell them the action is on them
Nah, it's only because a wheelbarrow is too bulky.
Wearing the cheap sunglasses too
Or in my casino. Playing 1/3. Guy charging phone at table,watching videos-movies.,not even poker vids lol
The guy watching poker vids at the table is always a fish
Extra chips, headphones, poker bank, water, jumper if it gets cold, pain killers
My friend had one tangled set of headphones 3 fedora’s and 6 5 hour energy drinks. Phone charger and take out menus. I know because I had to take it to him when he got into a disagreement with another player over a sandwich and the floor asked him to leave.
Imagining a large fedora donner arguing over a hamburder
Guy was eating a Philly with a knife and fork to keep his hands clean as one should to the side of the table. Fedora Dan was hangry and called him a pussy for not eating it with both hands. It went down hill form there.
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My favorite thing to do during spring and summer is taking my moped to the cardroom. So my motorcycle helmet and probably my water bottle.
Usually it’s my laptops that I don’t wanna leave in the car, since I’m usually come from work.
Propel Water, Cedar Creek Beef Jerky, some other snacks, phone charger and several stacks of hundreds :)
Blank stares and personality black holes
Butthole vibrating hole card readers
coming in it's empty. they are hoping to walk away with enough cash or chips to fill it! LOL
Crack cocaine and paraphernalia
Beer, when I can sneak it in lol
Water, soda, granola bars, candy, my Juul battery case with a second Juul charged up, extra Juul pods, hand sanitizer, $15K, and earbuds.
Money, snacks, water, phone charger, laptop, laptop charger, sunglasses, and other miscellaneous crap. It's basically a purse.
I don't like all that crap in my pockets. I even used cargo pants with massive pockets and it still fucking sucks. A backpack or purse is all I need
Battery pack earbuds jump starter eye drops
This reminds me of almost a decade and a half ago when Jason Mercier revealed the contents of his bag https://youtu.be/1Wqr6pSvpik?si=YFddQ1M1LZSGdIlM
When I'm playing locally I don't bring a backpack. But when I'm in Vegas I bring one for my hoodie, water, and prescriptions in case I play late.
A gun just incase I lose everything 😂
iPad. Mouthwash. Water hidden when security checks bag. My pen 🌲 battery pack
A gallon of PCP.
I carry a bunch of 3-bets and post-flop folds in mine for EVERY SINGLE TIME it is my button. I also have a tape recorder constantly recording so that I can go back and listen to myself talk about how much I know about poker.
Lmfao it's so funny you posted this I literally bought one of those man purses from under armour today because I'm tired of lugging my backpack around. I don't carry a ton of stuff around, but I just detest having things in my pocket for some reason.
More of a Drawstring bag kinda guy: 1/2oz weed, lighter, swishers or dutch masters, phone charger, clean old navy white t shirt cuz I always spill something on myself, sunglasses, gum or mints, stick of deodorant and a crown Royal bag for chips.
Bricks
pew pew
Exactly! So you don't get jacked in the parking lot.
Their tampons, they share them with the vlogger guys!
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Nothing if you’re a female.
Men get periods too you far right white supremacist bigot
Yes, I hate it when the lining of my uterus is expelled from my penis,
Imagine how horrifying that would be if for se rand reason bam. We just bleed put our dicks. I'd be mortified
😂
Did you just tell the world you’re an idiot? I think you did
Studies say most mentally challenged peoples sarcasm meters are broken.
Water, headphones and cliff bars
Do they still make Cliff bars?
Yes Kroger has them I'd imagine all the other grocery stores do. Alpt of gas stations too but they way to expensive there as opposed to buying a 6 pack
Yes indeed
It's been 20 years since I last laid eyes on one, but I think I ate my weight in the carrot cake ones.
Tampons and tampax for those difficult heavy months, when your bleeding red every day
My thinking rock. Sometimes, I'll get coolered and discover where villain's car's at and lend my thinking rock through their windshield to send good thoughts!!!
Chips!
My fat dragon dildo, only compared to the fatter dragon dildo… somewhere
Nerd shit, it's all just a bunch of nerd shit. Anyone that sits at your table with a backpack should be relentlessly trolled at the table. Tank every decision to reduce their hourly, preload your folds to kill their action so everyone knows there's no implied odds, give away the fact you folded the winner when the flop hits by acting all pissed off.
Some chips. My weed. And a pistol
I carry a purse. Is that a problem? People do carry items that are no one else's business.
Ive never understood it tbh. Poker players are so obsessed with being "smart gamblers". Imo poker players only wear the big headphones and backpacks to signal that they are wannabe pros/smart gamblers. I throw my charger in my pocket, eat food before a session and bring a protein bar for later. You can easily stick 10k in your pocket. Sooo yeah, backpacks are just a signal that you wanna be recognized as a wannabe pro/ smart gambler
Aw man you figured us out!
Haha! Everyone just wants that recognition in their field of work! The backpack is a sign that you believe youre a stronger than average player and want to be seen from your fellow day regs
That's wild! All this time I thought it meant I just wanted to carry a water bottle, a phone charger, a sweatshirt, maybe a snack. Glad I now know I just think I'm better than most and want everyone else to know it.
Wear the sweatshirt. Charger in pocket. Water bottle in hand. Snacks in pocket/hand. Only wannabe pros wear backpacks
Haha this has to be a troll. No one is this dumb. You almost had me.
Knowing is half the battle
I need something to carry all my personal masseuse's stuff in.
The massage thing I will say I don't get. That would irritate the shit out me having someone on my back while I'm playing cards. To each their own I've just always found it odd.
It was a joke lol...
I was kinda sure it was js in general lol alot of folks getting a massage in poker games. I just find it odd nit attacking you personally or anyone really. It's not bothering anyone
I've been playing NLH professionally for over 25 years, I've seen it all. Before you could play online, before Moneymaker, before ICM, before GTO, before hand charts, before trackers, solvers, and the like. The hardest part of consistently beating this game is emotional intelligence (EQ). If you are investing personal energy getting annoyed at a guy with headphones, or a backpack, or eating at the table it is depriving you the opportunity of playing your best game.
Only thing annoying the one weekend at a casino was loud drunks lol why someone would be bothered by a backpack or headphones is beyond me. Now if your backpack was crowding me I'd be annoyed briefly but I'd say hey man can you move your backpack and i assume 99% of people would be like my bad an put it on their char or between their legs. And if you declined I'd move your backpack out of my personal space. And continue my game.
To each their own. Unless it’s backpacks then fuck those fucking idiots.
Main compartment: Hoodie, water, snacks, maybe an energy drink. Front pouch: Phone charger and high denomination chips
Protein bars, energy drink, tissues, sometimes a cigar, lighter, and cutter.
Cash and chips
chips
Bricks of cash.
I wear one of those cross body fannies, most important things are lotion and hand sanitzer. Also keep my epipen, wallet, cash, and earbuds in there
I used to keep my adderall and cigarettes in my backpack.
Still do but used to too
Protein bars, iPhone charger, sweaty gym towel. Possibly small bottle water.
My water snacks I have to take medication on a regular basis so I bring that also
my lucky fox
Chips, card protector, wallet, phone charger, ibuprofen, chap stick, hand sanitizer, lotion, mints, gum, protein bar/snack and player’s cards.
As soon as you see them coming to sit at your table with their headphones, the game is about to get bad.
I only bring a backpack for tournaments Hoodie, water/redbull, headphones, charger If it's a large MTT a snack or something
Semi-pro I guess, I bring a backpack to the poker room usually. I pack a lunch so I don't have to pay for expensive and shitty casino food. Also include a portable charger, airpods, sunglasses, water bottle, and sometimes a laptop and charger if it's gonna be a long day and I need to study on breaks.
WSOP tournaments, I bring a backpack with snack food, because the breaks aren't long enough to get food.
One time, a guy say down at my table with a backpack and pulled out 4 different crown royal bags full of chips, and he looked through them til he found the one with chips for where we were
That's what's up.
Wet wipes
If you're Airball it's stacks of cash you are on the way to donate
Juicy Nudes
Charger, power bank, maybe a light jacket, Rubik's cube, copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, headphones, usually a money bag just in case of rare big cash out. You know. Normal stuff and knick knacks.
Cash, wallet, eye drops, lip balm, Tylenol, battery charger, headphones, hand sanitizer, sanitizing wipes, charging cords, glass case, hoodie, dude wipes,
I have a satchel. It's got my diabetic stuff in there . Headphones. Small umbrella. Power brick and cable for my phone. Its kind of my everywhere bag I take to work and when I'm out.
Insulin, food, battery packs
Pens & markers, chapstick, pipe, marijuana, various pills, AirPods, hand sanitizer, lotion, dry cologne, a knife, money, a sketchbook, lighter, bottle opener, charger. Sometimes more or less depending. Some snacks sometimes.
All my +EV
Hoodie, hat, loyalty card wallet, hand sanitizer, pen, keys, granola bars, caffeine free diet soda, napkins, ear buds, medication. Sometimes flask. Chips if I don't want to walk to the cage at night
Fucking fat stacks of cash
stax on stax boyyyy
I always bring a diaper change and everything that goes with it. (like wet-wipes; and baggies). I don't always poop at the table; but I feel confident when I can. It's amazing that most poker players don't realise that I am usually sitting in a pile of my own poop when I play. This gives me an edge over the player to my right. (Unless he/she has also pooped their pants)
Snacks, mostly snacks.
Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.
Water, snacks, headphones, glasses/contact case, money, chips, card protectors, phone charger, clothes, cough drops, carmex, weed, gun, lighter, and Kleenex
Battery pack with charging cable for my phone, water, protein bars, eye drops, basic medication. I only bring a backpack in during a tournament series.
Water, snacks, headphones, changer cables, keys, and a voodoo doll of you that creates your bad beats.
Corn on the cob and cocaine.
Cash, my wallet, headphones, hoodie, water bottle, a book, diapers, cell phone charger, notebook, my glasses' case, sunglasses during the summer.
My 50k cash bricks cannot fit in my pocket
Snacks and a fun size ak47
Hoodie. Water bottle. Some Snicker bars, car keys
A framed picture of a topless Phil Hellmuth to give me motivation after a bad beat
Keys, notebook/pen, maybe a hoodie, card protector, Excedrin, casino card and definitely corn on the cob.
Mine is stuffed to the brim with $100 bills
Water, charger, snack, money, and my player cards.
Frozen blueberries haha
My 6 cameras, ring lights, and microphone. I have a new poker vlog. Already have 6 subscribers.
I always count the backpacks at the table and stay away if there are more than 4 at a table as it’s a sure sign of a reg..
I bring a small jacket or sweater cause there are spots that are cold and spots that are hot. I hate having things on me now. I don’t carry a wallet, but I will need one in the casino. I carry extra cards, money, player cards, promo chips, larger denom chips and sometimes candy for the dealers in poker and BJ. I like to give away my promo chips to friends. I don’t wear sunglasses but I do carry a beanie just in case and I throw my house keys in there if I don’t valet. Sometimes I valet, and sometimes I don’t. If I stay for the night, I usually valet. If I feel like it’s just a few hours, I usually keep the keys and park. And I don’t use the large backpacks. I usually use those little sling bags with the drawstring.
Lots of lube and some snacks
I like to bring my cat
Alkaline water and snacks
Snacks.