Poker and Drug Testing

[Mike Gallo]

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I guess it didn't get banned.

Anyway, using cocaine or speed would increase your mental alertness during marathon sessions. It's a performance enhancing drug, for poker, and I don't believe it should be allowed. It definitely gives somebody a mental edge.

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I don't think you have ever played poker high on coke. Everyone but the player on coke has the edge, trust me on this.

[ApeAttack]

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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.

[kdubom]

the use of aderal and ritalin-like drugs is actually a pretty significant point. i know guys that take the drug before poker sessions and it helps them stay alert at the table for longer. they also use it to study for school.

[sasha]

I played poker on coke before.
I made this huge bluff, the guy was thinking for about 5 minutes, my heart almost jumped out of my throat, it was beating so fast.
If he would of taken another minute before folding, I would of just told him, I was bluffing to end this torture.

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i would recomend mixing something like adderal and xanax. stay alert but keep calm and cool emotionless.

[Temp Hutter]

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I played poker on coke before.
I made this huge bluff, the guy was thinking for about 5 minutes, my heart almost jumped out of my throat, it was beating so fast.
If he would of taken another minute before folding, I would of just told him, I was bluffing to end this torture.

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Thanks, I got a good laugh when I read this.

[Lurker.]

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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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lol! this is a serious response. OP post more.

[samsdmf]

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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

[ApeAttack]

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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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[bernie]

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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 think that's the funniest thing I've read all day.

Maybe they should drug test chess players too.

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