ldw22
Rock Star
Silver Level
I never used to drink alcohol when playing online poker but, like a few others have already said on here, I'll have a drink or three when playing at a friendly house game because the point there is to have fun and socialise far more than it is about winning any money. In recent months, I have been in the habit of having one beer (and only one) when playing online. My Dad died in October - I'm not looking for sympathy messages, I am sad of course but coping fairly okay and getting on with life, I'm only mentioning it cos it's maybe relevant - so I think having the ONE beer is actually helping to take the edge off my emotions at the moment and, hence, concentrate on my poker game a bit better. But obviously (and again, this has been said plenty by previous posters on the thread) getting drunk isn't going to help anyone's game. Mind you, I reckon other things that compromise the brain's focus are just as bad as excess alcohol for making poker players play worse - watching TV while playing, for example. I've been doing that from time to time, recently, and it massively impacts on my results.