Re: smoking pot and poker
Jeez this has really degenerated into a flame war here.
Anyways I can't find the old post in psychology forum but it has a similar title to this post. If I remember correctly the guy said he had like 40k hands on each database. The one where he was stoned had a slightly higher winrate (but not significantly so). I think he also had a lower multi table ratio in that db as well. I think the thread slightly degenerated in to a flame war like this one.
I personally don't think smoking marijuana will "help" your game but I also don't think it really hurts it either. I smoke about 1/8 a week (mostly to help me sleep) but for some recreational use as well. I do notice that when I smoke and play I have to tone down the amount of tables I play. But on the fewer tables my reads are generally much sharper and I will consider things about my opponents that I had not considered before (sometimes right sometimes wrong). I have a quasi legitimate prescription for marijuana in california, that entitles to me to carry around a retarded amount of weed with me plus buy weed from Dispensaries in CA and grow if I choose. The nice thing about dispensaries is that they usually have a large selection of strains (sometimes up to 20!!!). I personally have not found a strain that lends itself to poker, I think if it was anything it would have to be a sativa, since indicas tend to be better for sleep and more of a body high/couch lock. So you would be looking for something like trainwreck, sour diesel, or snow cap. I have had some ok sour diesel, but sometimes sativas can induce panic in people. I have never heard of a strain called "The chronic" a quick strain search reveals nothing either. I was always under the impression that this was an adjective used to describe really good buds. Most of the stuff you get on the street is such crap, not cured right, moldy, covered in mites (yes you have smoked a ton of mites in your life). The stuff you get at clubs is so much more of a clean high that the extra price is worth it.
I will update if I find anything but like I said I mostly buy indicas for sleep.
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