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.

What do people think?

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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?

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I see sublminininalals in your post

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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?

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I see sublminininalals in your post

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Should caffeine be illegal since makes a person more alert?

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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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Should caffeine be illegal since makes a person more alert?

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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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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.