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I know it's a general opinion that you should NEVER drink while playing because it impairs your judgement, but sometimes I have a few beers to feel more comfortable or after a continuous string of bad beats. Poker is a stressful game and it's human nature. After all, we are in our own home and not in an office.

In the "old days" before smoking was banned, many of the top pros would smoke (eg. TJ Cloutier). Even today, some of them drink too (Devilfish, Jonny World, Men the Master).

For me, I know it is -EV to do so but sometimes I just can't help it (I'm not an alcoholic honest, lol). Sometimes I feel I need to "loosen up" or have a drink/smoke to break the monotomy of continuous SNGs. A good friend of mine says he HAS to smoke some weed to play well.

Does anyone else have similar experiences that they'd like to share?