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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.
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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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Should caffeine be illegal since makes a person more alert? [/ QUOTE ] 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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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 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. [/ QUOTE ] If its such an edge why dont you do it, se the $$$ rolling in FWIW im pretty sure beta blockers would provide more of an edge for a lot of people |
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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. [/ QUOTE ] I got you an avatar bro' |
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