Schizophrenia and Poker

[wdcbooks]

My brother's schizophrenia is rather severe, although the medication is the same as someone with a less severe disease might take. He sleeps from about 10pm until about noon each day, with intermittent periods of insomnia.

The more I think about it, the more I think he would be awful at poker, especially live. His affect is very odd. This means that he seems emotionally flat and responds oddly to various situations. His facial expressions don't always match what he is feeling, and he is poor at understanding the emotional state of others. Reading people would be very difficult for him.

He knows I play and shows no interest in the game. His IQ previous to the disease was about 140, I would guess it would measure at about 105 now. I am sure he is very aware of that and doesn't want to fail at an intellectual challenge.

[tek]

Perhaps another topic might be Asberger Disorder & playing poker...

Many people might choose internet poker because there are no real people to read. I chose the arduous task of playing B & M. After years of effort and amelioration of Asberger due to advancing years in general, I am able to read players adequately. Anti-depressant treatment a few years ago helped also.

[Kurtis]

Yeah, live poker is not really an option for me, all the noise and commotion and people would be too much. I can handle lo-key tournaments, but the typical casino enviroment would be too much stimulation. And I don't play high stakes. I look at it like a game of chess, but with with money.

[dogmeat]

My schizophrenia does not affect my poker playing (YES IT DOES). I always raise when I want to (FOLD, FOLD)and never worry about the outcome (IF I DON'T CALL, THEY WILL GET ME). However, I think the real question (NO MORE QUESTIONS OR I WILL DIE) is: Why isn't online poker rigged? (IT'S RIGGED, RIGGED, RIGGED).

Dogmeat [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] :
I [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] MY DOG

[peachy]

the same way any of these diseases would affect anything in life