[ChuckElias]

This is a good question, and I think that the best answer so far is to find a couple of things to work on to improve in your game. Like what? Maybe you decide to work on your mehanics, stopping the clock, or at the table. Maybe you can work on finding the pivot foot on every touch. Maybe you can work on dealing with the coach. Whatever it is, find something that you can improve in your game and focus on that.

But even more than that, doing your best in a crap game is just something that has to come from inside yourself. You just have to want to do your best in every game. That sounds simple, but not everybody has it. You simply have to have some measure of internal motivation that prompts you to say that it's important to you to work hard and be your best.

If you don't have that, then all the little tricks won't help.