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  1. A little introduction, Everyone knows you can crush the internet while u smoke mad weed all day. For the majority of online grinders I know, smoking weed when u grind is the Norm. I also smoke piles of pot, def too much, but I feel like it is more then likely a benefit for the volume that I play then a detriment. However, I recently played a 1k live tournament down in San Diego. The whole time I was playing my thoughts would randomly be focused on when im smoking my next cigarette or my next bing load.

    Another thing I have come across is that it seems to me, that the majority of Online players who have experienced major successes in the live poker arena seem to be the non stonerish types. If some players with experience playing the biggest live and online tournaments can shed some light on this issue please do! Im highly considering tryin to cut smoking out of my life as i make my descent on the live poker world, has any other player thought about doing this because of primarily the effects it could have on their live poker game? Shoot.
  2. pot brownies ftw
  3. Wow you really are dedicated
  4.  
    Originally Posted by Slingtownorbust View Post

    pot brownies ftw

    Been known to be split between the crowd, lol, no pun intended, or was there one...LOL
  5.  
    Originally Posted by StaySuckaFree View Post

    Wow you really are dedicated

    Is ED "too Tall" Jones too tall
  6. Live poker is boring, real boring, therefore this is gonna happen regardless. If you arent thinking about your next smoke/toke break, you will be thinking other random thoughts (how you can get laid, what to eat, etc etc).

    Scratch the cigs out for sure.
     
  7. just curious, did everything work out on stars? I see you removed your names

    edit- nevermind, I can see by OPR that you haven't played on either name since your switch
  8. lol gl with your descent on the live poker world.
     
  9.  
    Originally Posted by rock3656 View Post


    A little introduction, Everyone knows you can crush the internet while u smoke mad weed all day. For the majority of online grinders I know, smoking weed when u grind is the Norm. I also smoke piles of pot, def too much, but I feel like it is more then likely a benefit for the volume that I play then a detriment. However, I recently played a 1k live tournament down in San Diego. The whole time I was playing my thoughts would randomly be focused on when im smoking my next cigarette or my next bing load.

    Another thing I have come across is that it seems to me, that the majority of Online players who have experienced major successes in the live poker arena seem to be the non stonerish types. If some players with experience playing the biggest live and online tournaments can shed some light on this issue please do! Im highly considering tryin to cut smoking out of my life as i make my descent on the live poker world, has any other player thought about doing this because of primarily the effects it could have on their live poker game? Shoot.

    what exactly are you looking to get out of this thread? seems insanely pointless and is just going to make you look awful...

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  10. LIve poker is super borring! Every time I'm in Vegas, at the poker tables , I say to myself I couldnt never do this full time. People are annoying at the table, uncomfortable, gf waiting in room to party. Online in Ohio ftw
     
  11. Its also pointless that straight edges are gonna come post in this thread lool...

    Just run out the whip on break or go to a friends room?
     
  12. i never understood why i can smoke cigs in every other square inch of a casino except the poker room....
  13.  
    Originally Posted by Gags30 View Post

    what exactly are you looking to get out of this thread? seems insanely pointless and is just going to make you look awful...

    Ughhh, the point seems pretty clear? Do all you live players that have alot of success live smoke when your playing live??? What was so insanely pointless and is going to make him look awful?
  14. Someday you will look back an realize how stupid you look because of this post.
  15.  
    Originally Posted by Conflictedsoul View Post


    Someday you will look back an realize how stupid you look because of this post.

    I dnt get what's stupid about it. please enlighten.
  16.  
    Originally Posted by Conflictedsoul View Post


    Someday you will look back an realize how stupid you look because of this post.

    my thoughts exactly. even though you have mad scores, this made you look like a degenerate dumbarse. sorry - but seriously.
  17. meh i've shipped 2 live tournies high out of my gourd, conversely i've also lost 40% of my stack in one orbit with 9 high.

    marijuana's primary purpose is to control tilt/keep a positive outlook on the game...so whatever edge you may gain from smoking it when playing online is diminished greatly in the live arena
     
  18. look up puffinmypurp's recent results and tell me most live crushers don't smoke...
     
  19. well if ur normally gettin high everyday, then I think ud wanna play live poker high too. Id think its a good idea to avoid getting too high right before play tho. Id also consider quitting greens completely, I used to smoke everyday and now I dont smoke at all, and I like life better this way.

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  20.  
    Originally Posted by JDsmith9 View Post

    meh i've shipped 2 live tournies high out of my gourd, conversely i've also lost 40% of my stack in one orbit with 9 high.

    marijuana's primary purpose is to control tilt/keep a positive outlook on the game...so whatever edge you may gain from smoking it when playing online is diminished greatly in the live arena

    Are you saying you got 9 high every hand for one orbit?
     
  21. I don't really like smoking pot at all, for grinding online, live poker, or just hanging out. But for every live tourney ive played pretty much ive gotten a bit buzzed/drunk. I have def had a similar thing where after about 45 minutes i think god damn im kinda bored....i want to go take another jager shot. But for my somewhat low-medium live tourney sample ive done pretty well and i do feel like drinking a bit helps me...and def makes it more fun. Not sure how relevent this is to this post but whatev.
     
  22.  
    Originally Posted by Counting Bodies View Post

    I don't really like smoking pot at all, for grinding online, live poker, or just hanging out. But for every live tourney ive played pretty much ive gotten a bit buzzed/drunk. I have def had a similar thing where after about 45 minutes i think god damn im kinda bored....i want to go take another jager shot. But for my somewhat low-medium live tourney sample ive done pretty well and i do feel like drinking a bit helps me...and def makes it more fun. Not sure how relevent this is to this post but whatev.

    I think I'm with you on this one. I think for live I have more fun/relax more with a few drinks.
     
  23.  
    Originally Posted by PiKappRaider View Post

    look up puffinmypurp's recent results and tell me most live crushers don't smoke...

    1 stoner doing well in 1 live tourney obv = all of them crushing live
  24. why do we smoke grinding online? cause were heaps bored.

    live poker (to me at least) is 10x more boring, so yeah i usually smoke on breaks. but im also 0 for a lot in bigger buyins playin baked.
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  25. ask menlo how ridiculously high he was win he shipped the caesars 5k

    then again he is god
     
  26. i really dont think this thread is pointless at all, we all know alot of online grinders smoke and the OP is simply asking a question. I've always been curious about how others cope myself too
  27. its all about tolerance bruh, if you cant play without it then just blaze every break obv. but quitting smoking is just dumb and -EV dont let these noobs tell you different...and who cares about lung cancer we all die anyway
     
  28. if u smoke when u grind online theres no reason why you wouldn't in a live setting. its incovenient havin to find spots to smoke on 10 min breaks, esp at a lot of places in vegas, but if u plan ahead, preroll shit and smoke while u walk u shouldnt miss any hands...
  29. This year at the series I decided to attempt to play all my events w/o smoking. After about 2 events of being irritable as hell and pretty much not having a good time I decided to say F it and go back to blazing on breaks. It does def make you fiend for break time but imo it keeps me calm and tilt free knowing I will get to go get sparked on break.
     
  30.  
    Originally Posted by Gags30 View Post

    what exactly are you looking to get out of this thread? seems insanely pointless and is just going to make you look awful...

    The main objective of the post was to see if any of the fellow members on this website have experienced similar feelings and taken any sort of action in changing up their lives a little bit. I was hoping that a player or two could have given some insight into their experience with the topic i'm talking about. You know, maybe get some information about the subject that I have my head wrapped around right now. I mean that is the point of posing a topic to a community to discuss no? If you feel like Im going to look bad for openly discussing smoking, then that's your opinion. What I think you should do is answer this question for me

    "what exactly are you looking to get out of this post? seems insanely pointless and is just going to make you look awful..."

    because I'm pretty sure thats what you just did.
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