poker and alcohol

[Rhone]

I have been thinking about this for a while, wondering what other people's views are. I for one don't think the two mix well at all, but let's see:

Do you drink while playing poker?

[beerbandit]

depends

3-6 = 10 - 20+ beers

10-20+ = 0-2 beers

[Losing all]

I don't see a YES, I need my wits about me option

[Zele]

Excellent point. A once-yearly trip to a low-lim game for some drunken, uber-maniacal play can be excellent therapy.

[RiverMel]

Moderate to heavy drinking ruins my limit hold'em game, but seems to improve my NL game quite a bit. If I were more serious about poker I suppose I could try to figure out how to play NL like I'm drunk even when I'm sober.

[Barry]

I only drink while I'm playing the 4/8 mini-blind game at Mandalay Bay.

[Rhone]

Recreational drinking is starting to pull ahead in the tally! Who would have thought?! I can hold my alcohol ok, but when money's on the line, man, I figure why take the chance...

[nothumb]

Your poll is ass, because there's not an option like, "2-4 hold'em is easy and I can play it drunk or sober" or "Screw one stiff drink, I drink the whole time I'm playing" or, "I can hold my liqour and it makes me look like a nut, so I pound 'em."

I would choose one of these three.

NT

[El Dukie]

There's a difference between "money" and "MONEY." Drunken low-stakes can be a blast. Drunken mid- to high-stakes will leave you, and your bankroll, with a nasty hangover.

To echo another poster, the last time I played really lit was in the Mandalay Bay 4-8 against some complete novices. I was hammered, and I still managed to eke out a profit I had no business winning....

[scotnt73]

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Recreational drinking is starting to pull ahead in the tally! Who would have thought?! I can hold my alcohol ok, but when money's on the line, man, I figure why take the chance...

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when im playing a home game with a bunch of buds i drink. i also play looser for fun. we usually pitch in 20 bucks a piece, hand out an equal amount of chips, and pay 1st,2nd 3rd. its very little money and done for the social aspect.

when i goto the casino or play online i dont drink(except one to calm my nerves at the beginning. i play tight and i dont talk near as much. its business.

[skcubrats]

At most, one, at the card room. Several at the recreational/social home game.

[mike l.]

i almost never drink when i play but the few times i have i have found that it only makes me play tighter. i know that makes no sense, but when i get drunk i become much more interested in talking and much less interested in working.

[Riverman]

Drinking can do ALOT for your image

[scrub]

I would like to point out here that (1) I've never seen Riverman drink in enough moderation at the table that he's likely to remember what his image was while drinking and (2) drinking to the point of unconsciousness only makes Riverman progressively more tight-weak than usual. The last time I played with a drunk Riverman, he folded AQo face up from the button to my CO openraise.../images/graemlins/smile.gif

Note: Said alcohol-induced tight-weak tendencies are absent when it comes to cocktail waitresses. Here, drinking at the poker table tends to make Riverman a bit of a LAG.

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[Riverman]

1) The AQo was the worst hand

2) LAG can be effective with cocktail waitresses

[scrub]

1) Not by a longshot.

2) It's true--you superplayed it.

I'm pretty sure that getting 2) right is much cooler than getting 1) right would have been.

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