Anyone get a performance boost when taking Adderall (dextroamphetamine) or Ritalin (methylphenidate)? Personally I can play non stop and perfect poker. Final table 4 tables in one night easily on ACR.

Never realized you could create an egde using drugs.
Hope pro's like Phil Ivy are reading this thread, to make up for the scams that failed.

If you create a dependency on the drugs to reach a desired mindset or physical response from yourself, then realize that it could be a permanent thing. I am trying to develop a long-lasting even-keeled approach that is replicable to an extent when effective without drugs. I was once addicted to drugs, and had to take a long break from poker after choosing to stop using them.

Originally Posted by 8bod8

Never realized you could create an egde using drugs.
Hope pro's like Phil Ivy are reading this thread, to make up for the scams that failed.

Yes, you can create a spectacular edge in poker with the right drugs only. I am pretty sure cocaine is one that stu ungar used to gain an edge in poker.

Mind you I also had 48 hour sessions of online poker with the use of Adderall. :P I also use it a lot and I am pretty used to the lift it gives me, I just zone right into the game without a break of concentration for extremely long periods of time and without fatigue, way longer than I can do playing without the use of Adderall. Adderall also helps me with patience because making the money can take a long time sometimes it may seem, but with the buzz of Adderall going it seems like no time at all. :P

Originally Posted by tmedicine

Anyone get a performance boost when taking Adderall (dextroamphetamine) or Ritalin (methylphenidate)? Personally I can play non stop and perfect poker. Final table 4 tables in one night easily on ACR.

I'm not telling you what to say or do but I would suggest to you that perhaps you might want to delete this thread? While you're not intentionally promoting drug use or illegal activity. It could be taken that way? I bring this to your attention because I recently was served a infraction in a similar situation. Just a friendly heads up!

Thank you your advices.I will follow them.

Originally Posted by dcproster

Thank you your advices.I will follow them.

Also I can not do what I do with this game without a HUD which i use in my game which helps tons as well. I have it customized so that it shows tons of stats right away. love my HUD.

Seems to be a precarious path, for the reasons noted above by several folks. I guess maybe it will work for you...until it doesn't.

Check Raising the Devil?

Hello.
This can have bad consequences for your health.
Alcohol and drugs are your addiction. A successful player can not be addicted to alcohol and drugs. Good luck.

I will tell you that it is possible to achieve high performance if using a totally natural routine with well-balanced exercises and feeding it is possible to reach 4 more final tables quietly as well and without ruining your body

Cocaine ruined Stu. This thread is intresting I might try to play 3-4 MTTs with the drugs listed above see how it works out. If they help concentration all be it.

Now and then coffee. Besides that, nothing in the drug related category. Pretty vanilla for these times.

Originally Posted by tmedicine

Yes, you can create a spectacular edge in poker with the right drugs only. I am pretty sure cocaine is one that stu ungar used to gain an edge in poker.

Yeah, you are correct about Stu. The side effect was death at early age and was broke most of the time. Small price to pay?

If you create a dependency on the drugs to reach a desired mindset or physical response from yourself, then realize that it could be a permanent thing. I am trying to develop a long-lasting even-keeled approach that is replicable to an extent when effective without drugs. I was once addicted to drugs, and had to take a long break from poker after choosing to stop using them.

I'm not telling you what to say or do but I would suggest to you that perhaps you might want to delete this thread? While you're not intentionally promoting drug use or illegal activity. It could be taken that way? I bring this to your attention because I recently was served a infraction in a similar situation. Just a friendly heads up!

Drugs are addiction and hard to quit you dont play better you get high ,people addicted use an excuse to use their drugs happiness ,sadness or whatever .It's a way with no good ending I am not here to tell you what to do but it's not the solution its the problem

From what i am reading using drugs during poker is good for you.....:/ ....I DISAGREE !

It would be interesting to do scientifically approved tests about these drugs in poker, but it can be something of a double edge because the problem would come when you start to win and then your success depends on that drug, then you can not win or play at a high level in a clean way. .. you lose security in your decisions or in your game, that's what I think.

in my opinion, the use of drugs is unjustifiable in any occasion

I never did , and I will never mix drugs and poker , I had an addiction to recreational drugs years ago this days even the word drugs scare the crap out of me , I honestly
say to all avoid drugs when playing or not playing poker they ruin lives.

mmmm, I think that the concentration in poker is a clear is an excuse for what is a serious drug addiction, hahaha

Taking those substances is not good for your health, long-term.

i smoke pot everyday as medicine and recreationally, but really don't consider that a drug like adderall.

It is true, I cannot play without Adderall now. It's not that I am addicted I can stop at anytime. It just doesn't seem as interesting and I cannot play for long periods of time without breaking concentration, I may as well move to chess for a week or so to let my mind restore its ability to play without drugs. LOL

Wtf is this for subject

Tx cardschat i now know i need drugs

such a great debate

Am not sure deleting threads is a better or worse idea than drugs during play..

Used to happily get drunk and/or high whilst playing under the impression that it didn't harm my game and might've even helped.. It seemed when I was drunk I'd really annoy other players & getting under their skin would detrimentally effect their play... This might be true but not the class of player or type of victory I'm aiming for..

Like some others above, in the past I've had problems with drugs & addiction. Things like speed, coke or ice might seem like they'd be good for playing poker as they make you feel alert, confident, sharp and awake but it's all unreliable & temporary. Yes, it might help in short bursts but it will do quite the opposite long term.

What do you do when you need to dose up, sit out and go to the toilet and therefore missing hands until you're at the right level again?

You then have to either travel with drugs or score in unfamiliar places when playing live, neither are wise.

The drugs mentioned in OP are prescription, so less side effects perhaps and not illegal if you have all the required paperwork but you are then dependant on an external factor for your A-game.

Having cleaned up & feeling better and sharper for it everyday, it seems unreal to me now that I used to think I was more effective whilst wasted...

All that being said, I'm fond of a couple of joints before any activity, including poker.

I do not use drugs when I am going to play poker in tournaments at night. I just drink coffee or energy drinks and play!

shaking my head that this thread was allowed to live..LOL
Sober 2 years. haha I gotta final table the old fashoined way.

Drugs in any form are drugs !!! So it will not lead to anything good. In any case, drugs are bad for health.

no to drugs

it is unfortunate that people use these features, it is disloyal to use any drug to get better results.

Originally Posted by playinggameswithu

Cocaine ruined Stu. This thread is intresting I might try to play 3-4 MTTs with the drugs listed above see how it works out. If they help concentration all be it.

Have you tried this out yet?

one day u understand that health cant be buying by money

I will say simply, for me it is unacceptable and incompatible...

Hahahaha adderall + redbull there's nothing like it lol those were the days! I don't take it anymore but those that still do definitely gives you a huge advantage over those that don't.

no anymore

Hi.
I do not use any medications to improve the game. In my opinion, this is stupidity. Perhaps you should seek help from a psychologist. Personally, I prefer apples.
Good luck.

Tell you this: I know a ****-ton more about drugs than I do about poker, and Adderall isn't the demon people seem to think it is. It's a clean gentle stimulant that will let you get to bed after 8 hours or so. There's a sharp increase in cognition and focus, as well as an increase in energy and stamina. It'll even keep you from having to pee so often. And if you do go to bed when it wears off, (like a rational person would, not like an addict, snort 3 or 4 more addys and man some blow sounds great doesn't it?) you'll wake up in the morning and probably not feel much different than any other day. I don't see why a
non-addict couldn't employ addy as a useful tool.

i only read thread title but yes please!

I don’t take drugs at all. And I don’t understand why to use them, especially when I play poker. I think this is not related things.

Hello, tmedicine! I think, the own Health is most important, than the short-term results in the Poker now, because can win in the Poker and without the Drugs, but another Health You don't buy, since the any Drugs these are Evil, and influence at your Health, if not now,
but in the future, anyway! Therefore, better save Your Health for the future play in the Poker, and main, for the Your own Life!
But this is only my opinion, You decide! Good Luck!

I do not like drugs, I do not usually drink energy, at most a very strong coffee in order to stay awake. I think people should try to do what they feel good, since they don't invade other people's space, I have nothing against it.

Except coffee and nicotine there are no drugs for my poker game I think if someone does coke e.g. for pokering he is loosing lot of money just becuse of purchasing for it. And if someone is addicted maybe he can't play without anymore because he always plays with it or only thinking about to take drugs.

Maybe valerian can reduce aggressions or something similar like that, or just another good sorts of tea.

The truth is that I cannot confirm your statement since I have not used drugs to improve my game but what I can say is that in the middle of time it will only be harmful to you since you enter the need to take a drug to play better than false because you will only lower the game level or that is my opinion

If you want to stay concentrated for a long time its best to do a lot of sport, eat healthy and sleep well. Building up an addiction to improve your game will not help you in the long run.

hehe ... this is my comment, and it's because I am not sure if it accidentally also reflects in this forum my district