THC alters your focus by filtering the link between your brain and your senses. that is why a kiss is so much more real or why a burrito tastes so much better

you are fully present and in the moment; 100% of your processing power is going towards X

whereas if you were sobes you would be dividing that processing power among, X,Y, and Z...

i definitely know what you mean by being in the moment. i understand you can get this while meditating too? maybe that's why some people call weed the buddha?

were you high when you thought of this?

some of the best poker ive played in my life is after coming home from the bar(not totally trashed but a happy median in between hammered and tipsy) and smoking a bowl. This combo when used occasionally works wonders for me

This seems to make soooooo much sense

I have found a happy medium of Excedrin Migraine and a couple L's on a Sunday.

As long as I dont crash, I feel like I am benefiting...so I guess the key is to maintaining a somewhat stable high.

what is your sample size?

i find that i'm far more balanced and profitable if i play blazed. i usually combo a good bowl a cup of coffee, some herbal stress relief (holy basil, rhodiola, a slew of immune booster shrooms, etc.) and a protein. pot reallocates many of the resources in the brain to more of the creative centers. i'm really into feeding my body and mind what i need to be as sharp as possible. i think its essential actually. my game is significantly worse if say i haven't eaten well that day.

i think it's entirely up to the individual though. i work hard, long weeks so after any given work day the best way for me to alleviate my daily stresses and get really focused on my game is to light it up. it makes the game more intriguing to me and i actually find that my attention span is improved. i also think it semi-numbs my emotions, which makes me much less prone to tilt from coolers or bad decisions. it all depends on the conditions of a given day though. some people simply can't focus while high and i can understand that.

on the other hand, i absolutely never play on alcohol. period. booze = lose for me. so go figure...

do whatchu do

fun thread!

adderall and weed are unbeatable

keep the good responses coming!

A friend of a friend plays 200NL on Cake while smoking weed, 24 tables all day every day. Winning player and always first for the rake races.

For high stakes, probably not.

lol

n e thing that is going to help people focus for prolonged periods of time is a performance enhancing drug imo as it related to poker
1. the crash must be navigated
2. there have been 8 milion threads on this..check'em out

+1

Pretty much can't grind unless i'm loaded

cover your tracks guise

http://forum.grasscity.com/legalizat...a-studies.html


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ehhh prob only 1k hands but pretty much making ridic bluffs and working 99% of the time.betting half pot on riv knowing they will see it as a value bet and fold but it being a bluff etc. o and i def cant multi table, only like 2 or 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky0kX4ske8Q
nothing can touch Los Angeles lifestyle...bonus points if you can name the 2p2'r in the video..

I've blazed a ton, and I'm positive it hurts my game (although not super significantly). For 6 max and HU it doesn't matter as much cause it's so routine at this point, but if I ever try to mess around with new games (Turbo SNGs, lolmaha, 2-7 triple draw, etc) I don't pick up on solid strategies nearly as quickly.

LOl at this thread

guys saying they can play better, or think deeper and/or do best hand analyses when high, are people who started smoking 1year ago and still think they do everything better when they are high. this happens because when you are high, simple things seems amazing. sometimes after a T-break i smoke in my room and my room seems AMAZING. take a look at my bed, '' WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING BED!! AND LOOK AT THAT, WHAT A AWESOME WALL!!! OMG, ITS A WHITE WALL!!! WHAT A COOL WALL... ITS WHITE!!! '' my bed isn't awesome, my wall, come on, its just a white wall, but while high, simple things looks great. so, when you play poker high, if you make a standard move (like flat pf vs a 3b w 86s, float flop A93r and bet turn) and you win, you will think this play is the best play ever. you forgot this is a standard play, and at that time you will think you are great, you play very very good, you have guts, you are reading villain's soul etc etc. but for real, you just made an standard move.

i used to play all my sessions high (i learned poker while high, actually i used to live high lol) and i am sure i would be a better player if i used to play sober and smoke less hash/weed. anyway, i like smoke and play while high because i am able to play more hands while high, i made a LOT of sessions just because i was high... i mean, sometimes poker can get boring, but if you smoke, listen music and play, this has to be fun, even if you are losing. but off course, my hourly rate is lower than could be.

on 2009 i made one of my first poker sessions sober. to play, its waaaay better, i really play better if sober. but to deal w/ variance, its reaalllyyy hard. wow, was terrible. how deal w tilt/suckouts/downswing without hash??? impossible. i had lost a HUGE part of my roll because this...btw, one of my goals to 2010 is play 100% of my sessions 100% sober. i hope i will improve a lot doing this...

ps: can i post about a weed forum here? or is against 2p2 rules talk about other forums here?

you played better when you were high. ducy?

Why not play 100% of your sessions 85% sober?

i smoke every day xD