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Originally Posted by roadvr7
Cool!, did u use Piracetam or Red bull when being tired? Did u notice any effects if u were already fully awake?
That's an interesting question.
You know when you have a dirty glass and you give it a good wash? That's kind of what Piracetam feels like, just this kind of clarity. It did do ok in some 'normal people' tests but the biggest effects were on people with brain deficiencies due to eg Alcoholism.
I damaged my knee once and had to go for keyhole surgery. I was kinda paranoid about drug interactions with the anaesthetic so I took in my tub of Piracetam and the anaesthetist looked at it and goes 'Stop taking this stuff'. Probably just a poker reg trying to knock out the competition
I think there are individual differences when it comes to cognition and tiredness. I take tiredness badly, especially for poker. Tiredness+intense poker+caffeine = bad, for me. Just dumb moves like before, but now with nervosity and twitchiness, fab!
Caffeine when normal though, just had the biggest effect. I felt like it gave the hugest edge in the crucial late stages in sngs, all that bullying and intense focus/tell work. You're just locked in, clear, attentive.
If I get deep deep in a big mtt I always hit the caffeine, no matter what.
GTO guys now be like 'you know what you know about poker, you're kidding yourself about caffeine changing things'. But that's how it feels to me.
As an aside, booze makes my game just terrible.