How does Alcohol Affect your Poker?

[goborage]

It makes me bolder and immune to personal attack.

 

[jimma97]

I personally think it is hazadous to your bankroll overall because you fear not! lol I have woke up many of times going man i knew i shouldnt of played with my bankroll. I advise you not to.

 

[wesmi]

I really think that i´ve had my best mtt results when i had a few drinks along. But i´ll never drink when playing ring games.

 

[dj11]

I am so anal retentive in real life that sobriety gets in the way of my game more than 2 or 3 drinks will.

 

[soup167]

Play "better" when your drunk? or "worse"?

I play a ton of hands, so much so that it feels almost like i am a robot! I do not drink that much, and i never get drunk while playing (well sometimes) for any real amount of money. if its less than 1/2$ cash or a 40$ buy in sng or multi, then it really doesnt matter i play so loose and fast cause im just there to have fun anyways!!!

None of top pros drink heavily or get drunk while they are playing...now afterwards thats a different story...lol

My Advice...dont drink while your playing! Because you will do things that you wouldnt do if you were sober, also if you lose a big hand you are more likely to tilt off your money after getting bad beated, or being mad at yourself for playing bad, or lose some and try and get it back.Then you find yourslef with your whole roll at a table that you dont belong; then the roll you worked on for 3 weeks is gone!

 

[hipshot55]

None of top pros drink or get drunk while they are playing...now afterwards thats a different story...lol

Not none, most. Check out Scotty Nguyen's abysmal behavior in last year's wsop H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Unfortunately, the jackass won. Not an argument FOR drinking while playing.

 

[Chiefer]

Not none, most. Check out Scotty Nguyen's abysmal behavior in last year's WSOP H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Unfortunately, the jackass won. Not an argument FOR drinking while playing.

so because Scotty was drunk at the WSOP, that means that most of the pro's are drunk while they play? I think you logic is flawed at best. Nice job stereotyping professional poker players.

Sure some of them drink while playing. when I play live games i drink too. sometimes i even get philthy drunk, too bad you are not at my games.

 

[hipshot55]

so because Scotty was drunk at the WSOP, that means that most of the pro's are drunk while they play? I think you logic is flawed at best. Nice job stereotyping professional poker players.

Sure some of them drink while playing. when I play live games i drink too. sometimes i even get philthy drunk, too bad you are not at my games.

Exactly what part of "not all, most" was unclear? If I did any "stereotyping" it was that most DO NOT drink when they play. Scotty Nguyen was used as the EXCEPTION.

 

[hojediade]

It all depends on the number of glasses you're drinking, but i think that if you only have a drink to relax it won't affect your play in any way.

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[Chiefer]

Exactly what part of "not all, most" was unclear? If I did any "stereotyping" it was that most DO NOT drink when they play. Scotty Nguyen was used as the EXCEPTION.

my fault, read it wrong.

 

[hipshot55]

my fault, read it wrong.

Thank you.

 

[Chiefer]

Thank you.

you're welcome. my apologies.

 

[DawgBones]

Alchohol effect me? nah

The first three or four beers loosens me up,sharpens my reads:beer:
The next threeee or for mke mefeel braverer and I reraises alot:drunken_s
teh nebt tree or fo get my giddy an I's bets on any soooted cads:stupid:
las 9 o 10... hey thas a purdy goo hand I calls:cheers: :birthday:


12 hours later my head and bankroll hurt :withstupi

I do imbibe sometimes but am learning when to say when Hey that should be a slogan for someone.

 

[bluffmaster]

The first three or four beers loosens me up,sharpens my reads:beer:
The next threeee or for mke mefeel braverer and I reraises alot:drunken_s
teh nebt tree or fo get my giddy an I's bets on any soooted cads:stupid:
las 9 o 10... hey thas a purdy goo hand I calls:cheers: :birthday:


12 hours later my head and bankroll hurt :withstupi

I do imbibe sometimes but am learning when to say when Hey that should be a slogan for someone.

should be in the thread.. how does alcohol affect your cardschat!??

 

[postflopper]

i think drinking and poker is a lethal mix. so much harder for u to lay hands down, thinking every raise is a challenge to your manhood. lol. ive blown hard-earned bankrolls twice playin drunk. never again.

 

[THGE]

I play only online poker and alcohol don't affect me because I don't drink, but when my wife arrive in the room, I alweys lose faster. Here in brazil we speak: luck in the game, unlucky in love. My alcohol is my wife.

 

[VerbalKint]

I used to drink when I first started to play tournaments, just to relax my friggin nerves! It used to help me back then because I always played too tight and a few drinks loosened me up just right. Once I learned to be confident in my game, it just screwed up my thought process and it would ruin my night. Nowadays I`ll get a Miller Light right off the bat just to get the nerves calmed down. I`ll only touch the heavy stuff (martini`s and bourbon) when I`m playing low limit poker, when I can socialize and laugh it up with the old timers.

 

[protogirl]

LOL I've never played drunk but I image that I would play a lot more aggressively if I was. So maybe that's better for me idk.

I'll have to try sometime...

 

[moonbandit]

OH GOSH NO, I'm under aged.

 

[Deadfish]

Online poker and drinking never goes well for me cause I can just go into the next room and sleep, meaning I drink to excess and lose. The free drinks at the casinos are nice, but can't get too many of them because you need to drive home. If I am not drinking to the point of impairment of my driving skills, then I can enjoy myself a bit at the poker table and not be impaired in my poker play either.

If I am staying at a hotel that is near or on top of the casino ... well... I haven't tried that yet and probably shouldn't if I want to leave with anything in my bank account.

 

[BelgoSuisse]

I play awesome when i drink, but i do post more on CC ...

 

[xxxgandhi666]

i think if ur drunk u will play much looser then normal i almost neverdrink and play

i am a rasta so i will smoke a big fat joint i think that better for my poker game i can keep it relaxxed

think when i drunk i play to much get lucky or die fast

 

[Juniorsdaddy]

I have found that a couple of drinks at the beginning of a tournament/ s&g relaxes me. I am usually tense at the beginning of a big game, and as long as I dont continue drinking, very little happens of consequence.

 

[playstoomuch]

I keep suffering bad beats in big hands at pokerstars (er...Pokerfarce) when playing good sensible cards, so now I'm seriously thinking about getting p*ssed before I sit down at those questionable tables next time. Perhaps I can bring myself to play those terrible hands that too often beat me with ridiculous suck outs.

 

[vanquish]

I keep suffering bad beats in big hands at Pokerstars (er...Pokerfarce) when playing good sensible cards, so now I'm seriously thinking about getting p*ssed before I sit down at those questionable tables next time. Perhaps I can bring myself to play those terrible hands that too often beat me with ridiculous suck outs.

great idea!