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I remember hearing a similar sort of thing about Go. World contenders were weighed in before and after a long match, with weight being lost during the game.
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He started to tell me about how he had read somewhere that when chess players play for like 3 hours at a time that they actually burn way more calories than one would think from the intense concentration and focus etc.
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I'm sorry guys, but these sound like 100% pure horsehockey. You might get mentally fatigued playing poker, or get sore back muscles, but you are not burning (many) calories. You're not moving! You're not burning calories playing poker any more than you are burning calories from the intense concentration of watching the next season of "24."
The thing about the Go match is especially implausible--if someone lost weight during a match, it would be water weight lost from dehydration, not fat calories burned.
Drink what you want at the poker table, but not because your chiropractor said so.