Poker and Drug Testing
I believe that drug testing should be instituted to not only clean up the game but to level the playing field. If i'm playing in a large field 3+day tournament, is it fair that I should be playing against players who are using speed and coke to stay alert? It's like using steroids in Football and those players should be banned.
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Please post more.
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yeah, id like to hear more of OP's thoughts before this thread really gets going.
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ROFL
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(I am assuming you mean cocaine and not coca-cola.)
With regards to your first point ('cleaning up' the game), why do you care if the player next to you is using drugs? It is none of your business. I disagree with your second point. Using any drug would probably diminish your ability to make good poker decisions. Also, I find it hard to believe that someone who just used cocaine would want to sit at a poker table for hours. Should caffeine be illegal since makes a person more alert? |
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I believe that drug testing should be instituted to not only clean up the game but to level the playing field. If i'm playing in a large field 3+day tournament, is it fair that I should be playing against players who are using speed and coke to stay alert? It's like using steroids in Football and those players should be banned. What do people think? [/ QUOTE ] I see sublminininalals in your post |
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[ QUOTE ] I believe that drug testing should be instituted to not only clean up the game but to level the playing field. If i'm playing in a large field 3+day tournament, is it fair that I should be playing against players who are using speed and coke to stay alert? It's like using steroids in Football and those players should be banned. What do people think? [/ QUOTE ] I see sublminininalals in your post [/ QUOTE ] Ba-zinggggggggggggg [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] |
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Should caffeine be illegal since makes a person more alert? [/ QUOTE ] No, but there is a huge difference between caffeine and aderal or ritalin. I'm surprised this isn't discussed more in the context of tournament poker. It would definitely help maintaining alertness, concentration and focus over a long tournament day, and all other things benig equal a player using it has an advantage over a player not using it in a long session. |
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Why did this get banned?
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[ QUOTE ] Should caffeine be illegal since makes a person more alert? [/ QUOTE ] No, but there is a huge difference between caffeine and aderal or ritalin. I'm surprised this isn't discussed more in the context of tournament poker. It would definitely help maintaining alertness, concentration and focus over a long tournament day, and all other things benig equal a player using it has an advantage over a player not using it in a long session. [/ QUOTE ] That is a reasonable issue to discuss. But I'm pretty sure that the OP was referring to illegal drugs, which is a bit silly. I believe that Paul Phillips has said that when he started taking a certain medication (I forget the name of it, perhaps ritalin), he was able to focus more during tournaments. |
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