Poker and Pot

[Steven_Q_Erkel]

It helps you put in those long sessions, doesn't change your game at all, can keep you off tilt if you're feeling stressed but you're not as alert.

I find it's easier to make tougher folds also.

....basically, on a day to day basis I lose somewhere between 1-2 buy ins due to mistakes, when I play ripped I'll lose maybe a third of that.

[calc]

Forgive me for being captain obvious, but isn't memory one of the most important skills required to be a good poker player?

And isn't memory, especially the short term memory you are using in a poker game, impaired by smoking pot?

As a long time pot smoker I find this thread bizarre as I'm currently trying to quit pot to improve my game...

[acesfall]

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Forgive me for being captain obvious, but isn't memory one of the most important skills required to be a good poker player?

And isn't memory, especially the short term memory you are using in a poker game, impaired by smoking pot?

As a long time pot smoker I find this thread bizarre as I'm currently trying to quit pot to improve my game...

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Bennedict Arnold! Traitor! Turncoat!

Seriously though, why, its best.

Good luck with your effort, hope all goes well.

[silversurfer]

Count me firmly in the "nay" camp. Pot destroys your short-term memory, and there is way too much going on at a poker table to slip into the green haze. ESPECIALLY live.

Egads.

[Reef]

I'd think pot would fck up a person's aggression levels

[MikeSmith]

2 words, its starts with nose and ends in candy.

[pokerjedi]

a lot of my friends do the same thing. i personally can't do it for my own reasons. but here's what i've noticed:

my friends that have been smokin for a long time have no problem making judgements while they play poker. but friends that do it once in awhile can get a little carried away.

i guess it's dependent on you and the amount that you take in.