Alcohol

[camtheram13]

As I write this I am pretty hungover. I just had a huge run on Rush Poker last night. This is my 2nd biggest cash game win and the other one was played while drunk, too. I think it helps allow me to play aggressive and play on instinct.

On the other hand, nobody wants to "need" to be loaded to play well.

 

[TIGERSTUMP]

ive noticed guys who are on alcohol wen playin poker tend to bluff at pots more...if your on a cash table with a good players on it more often than not u will get picked off bye guys who make a living looking out for drunk players

 

[fletchdad]

Its gonna be different for everyone. Some people can drink large amounts and handle it and do many things well, some people go from Jeckel to Hyde in a drink or 2. For me it is simply a bad idea to drink and play poker. Because I wont stop at 3. Its that plain. How can I be so sure of this? Because I constantly prove this theory again and again and again and.....................................................

 

[Oil_Fan]

For me I like my beer and then some. Though lately I've been drinking low alcohol beer when playing. Then again last night I was pretty drunk and actually did well. Very controlled game even when it was 1 am and started in on the whiskey...:biggrin:

But there has also been times when I've been drunk and start acting overly aggressive and calling AI when I had no business doing so.

 

[negroapaz]

I have no good experience of playing poker and drinking! I started winning with my friends had tripled with q had begun to play! and end up losing everything and drunk!

 

[camtheram13]

ive noticed guys who are on alcohol wen playin poker tend to bluff at pots more...if your on a cash table with a good players on it more often than not u will get picked off bye guys who make a living looking out for drunk players

The worst is when a really drunk player sucks out on you and then brags how good they are.

 

[TheKAAHK]

Personally, I like to have a couple of Crown and cokes during the early stages of a tourney. I get less anxious and slow myself down a bit when all the fishy's are shoving atc from any position (damn micro's). By the time my 'glow' licks in, the tourney's about an hour deep and I'm usually in my groove.

But I am always careful to cut myself off after 4 or 5. Anymore than that I just get drunk and foolish.

 

[Shady Vision]

Generally I prefer to have at least a couple drinks throughout the course of a tournament or gaming session, but not to the point of being drunk, just enough to slightly lower my inhibitions and allow me to not be uptight.

Conversely, my best ever cash game session happened over the consumption of a 12 pack of corona netting me $1200 for the night at a .25/.50 table.

 

[FEARFACTOR]

For many, many years it was beer and poker at my home games. (Lots of beer). I had an advantage over my buddies because I could handle it better than them. Playing online now, I rarely drink. I take notes on players I think are drunk, and look for them every time I play. Easy money, usually!

 

[camtheram13]

How often do players take notes on bad players and actually seek them out on a regular basis?

 

[MAX101]

Lucky for me I don't drink at home, I think I'm just more of a social drinker, I don't like to drink alone,don't ask me why this is, I don't know!! , but when I go over a friends house or a casino I find that if I drink a few beers like most people on this thread it does loosen me up an does seem that I do play better.but I do make it a point not to get sloshed out of my brain

 

[fletchdad]

Being schizophrenic, I never have to drink alone.
And neither do I......