Drugs and Poker

[WoopsIGotTheNuts]

Weed. Like others have said. I don't think it improves my game that much, but it does help me focus better on the game if I'm not in the right mindset to be playing; other [censored] on my mind, or I can't turn off the tv. Smoke it up and that tv goes bye bye even though its still on... you can probably tell I'm loaded right now... where am I? This place kicks ass!

[PokerintheI]

Ritalin>

Ritalin and Adderall and the like are stimulants. Those of us with ADD and ADHD have a unique brain chemistry such that taking these stimulants has a calming and focusing effect. For people who do not have this brain chemistry, it stimulates you. If you are awake and generally alert, Ritalin can make you bounce off the walls.

The only place where you might see a benefit in it is in marathon sessions where you are exhausted. Then your exhaustion can counterbalance the stimulant effect and all you get is more awake and alert. This is where it comes into play for the studying students.

[sMethod]

IV done every drug under the sun and played poker I do it all the time with weed helps me put in longer sessions because I dont mind just sitting around. Ritalin and aderol also helped quite a bit during the game but I cant sleep that night. Crystal meth is the best I stayed up for 3 days straight playing practually 24 hours a day barely eating playing 7 tables tables of NL 200 and making
15.4 BB/100 over like 36 hours. Coke is probably the best Iv ever played but it lasted for like 15 minutes then I was on a big downer and just played tight.

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I find smoking pot usually is +EV

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[antistuff]

I'm always taking painkillers and sedatives and I find that I do often player better when I'm on them. But there is a fine line where I start to get sleepy and lazy and stop paying attention.

I tried playing after taking some E once, that was really wierd.

[raptor517]

i eat a whole lot of sour patch kids for energy. holla

[syncmaster]

Xanax is one of the worst ideas ever. I can't tell you how many times ive seen people forget whole days on that [censored]. Any speed should greatly improve your concentration, the more illeagel the better.. Kinda sad. Now I don't do durgs, Just weed.

[chicagoY]

anything that decreases attention is death in poker.

[chicagoY]

No, they don't hand them out like candy. The DEA watches them VERY closely and their scripts are written in triplicate with one always going to the DEA.

[chicagoY]

Crystal meth? You have to be kidding me? Man, I hope you're not doing that stuff. That'll age you like war.