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Originally Posted by rickroll
i certainly lost plenty of braincells to daily weed and heavy social drinking when i was younger but these days not too interested in either anymore
It's a bit of a myth that alcohol kills brain cells. Chronic consumption can cause neurological conditions, but not kill brain cells and social drinking certainly would cause an irreversible damage.
Regarding your theory, I think there is some merit to the view that age might affect online poker ability. For example, reaction time declines with age, which at some point is going to mean you have to cut back on the number of tables you are playing. Other factors might be concentration and earlier onset of fatigue in sessions.
However, I'm also of the view that tilt is primarily an issue of testosterone and competition. Competitive situations raise testosterone in males and directly lead to aggressive behaviour. However, as the pre-frontal cortex finishes development in the mid twenties, this moderates impulsive behaviour generally and therefore moderates aggression.
Therefore, I would suggest you are right that older players might be more constrained in their volumes of play, but they are also likely to be less-prone to tilt.