I just think poker now a days is more about dealing with the emotions involved in the actual game than playing the game itself. For example, dealing with a hit n runner can be emotionally frustrating. What are you just going to take a hit and make the problem go away? There are many other aspects of not only poker itself but life that could cause a lot of stress. Smoking is great as a temporary fix for "happiness" but you're really just killing yourself in the process. Regardless of what you're smoking out of, you are doing damage to your body and are actually limiting your abilities as an individual. Smoking is wrong, there's no way anyone can argue that it's right. That, in itself, is something that will always prevent you from achieving true happiness. Sure, you might be running well with life now, but that's only because you're superior in comparsion to those around you. Since poker is a game where you compete vs other players that are mostly on drugs, a player like Brian Hastings would not have a problem if were to be high or not because of his bankroll and level of experience with the game itself. Now in a hundred + years from now, if poker were to still be around, who knows how far human kind will evolve. Marijuana prevents one's ability to perform at his/her highest ability at the time of using. So you're basically crippling yourself before entering a match vs another person playing a game with real money on the table. I admit, the world as a whole is very uneducated when it comes most aspects of life so as far as this life time goes, I don't see a problem with smoking. As far as this life time goes, there will always be drunk/stoned donkies playing 10-15% of their ability. I know for a fact marijuana impairs you to be at your best of abilities. There's no doubt in my mind about that. Is it really a big deal to smoke this life time? No, I do not see it being a problem because the world as a whole is very uneducated. Meaning, your hypothetical competition in any aspect of life will most likely be a bunch of idiots. So, regardless of if you were high or not, you would have to compete vs other people that were high or not high.

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i think www.seekingarrangement.com might be a bit more apropos

actually better yet www.theeroticreview.com

I agree with this somewhat, but I think it only applies to people who A. play poker high, B. smoke all the time. Most of the better high stakes players don't play high and when they do, they probably do play worse, but every person is different. I, for instance play a lot better 1-tabling when high, but when I play 3-4, my mind is a mess and I can't do it well. The people who smoke late night only, and do it to relax and enjoy the night off from grinding aren't really hurting themselves that much and the happiness factor is obviously great.

I'll play some flipcup at pca.

stealth- after a quick canvas of the hsnl community im not gonna move money on UB for the sole purpose of playing u when its not trading 1:1.

if u will trade me ub money at 1:1 and promise to trade back whatever I end up/down at 1:1 im down to play.

going to masa tonight, trip report to follow

If you have any sort of money and you smoke more than once a week, youre crazy if you dont have a volcano in my opinion. I went about 1.5 years straight smoking pot every single day. Id just use a bubbler, bowl or joint every time. Needless to say my body felt pretty ****ty. My throat would often hurt, I would feel body aches and my immune system was weakened. When I moved down to isu and began using the vape for 95% of my smoking you have no idea how much better my body felt. I now never get throat aches or feel groggy after smoking. Not only that I get more high than any other device.

trambo is convincing.

ive been holding out. i like the routine of actually smoking something.

i went last month, i would love to compare notes. frankly i thought it was fantastic, but not at the price it came in. i have had better sushi for 1/5 the price elsewhere, though i know you arent paying for just sushi quality. The sake list is fantastic, and we sampled all of them. they also did some kind of beef dish thats like 100 extra per person and that was fantastic as well, so make sure to do that up. I was v disappointed there wasnt a cool dessert as well, we had to follow up with serendipity's, which is not a problem at all imo. But yea, masa meal = great at 250, bust at 900 (including sake).

where is this masa place?

time warner center in NY, off broadway and 59th

this

volcano = my early christmas present to myself I think...


also, to everyone talking **** about flip cup and beer pong - I'm more than happy to HU4ROLLZ it at PCA!


stealth, that hand vs brian put a huge grin on my face; quality stuff right there.

Ya, def seems that no good poker players do weed ......

having something physical to smoke like a blunt or a joint is very enjoyable to some people as opposed to just having a big bag full of vapor to inhale

todd sucks big time at drinking games, why the hell is he talking ****

wave to my gf. she works in the time warner building.

haha try fish!

btw my life in december is great since you gave me a ton of money =ppp

urubu please *****

It'd be alot like your poker game since you can probably only chug 1/5 of the beer we can. STD making fun of short stack joke

get some sweet speakers instead. when do you leave for prague?

i played in a private game from saturday at 9pm till monday at 6am with no breaks other then to pee.

besides wanting to kill myself for playing that long/live (i have learned to really hate live poker) and managing to lose in one of the softest games ever, there was one hand that i have to share.

my brain was super fuzzy so not 100% on exact details but general gist is enough.

uber-fish calls a 3bet pre and i cant remember if flop is chk chk or chk call but flop is 666.

the turn is a 3 putting two clubs on the board the fish bets and the 3bettor shoves for over a PSB.

fish calls, dude tables JJ and the fish asks if they can run the board twice cuz he has a flush draw.

he is 100% serious.

i want to laugh but i'm too soul-crushed that i am losing money to these ppl.

so instead i just die a little bit on the inside.

...and you say, 'yes uberfish, you can run it twice. Good luck'

played some live omaha the other day. i got TTXX in on a T 7 2 board against Q 8 5 4

dude clearly thought he had flopped a flush...

does he have an overcard?