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Message: [QUOTE="Phoenix Wright, post: 5682784, member: 419963"] Personally I don't drink; at the poker table I am too focused with the game and many things I am trying to become aware of. I need a clear head: no drinking, no music, no distractions - just me focusing on the game itself and the other players (exponentially true for live poker games). However, with this said: different things for different people. Some people drink to calm their nerves or to relax and that indirectly helps their poker game. I think it was Phil Hellmuth who once said, "some people play better drunk." I don't think I've ever seen Hellmuth himself drunk at the table, but sometimes he has been known to drink during some poker games too. For most people, I think drinking hurts their poker game though. Poker is already an emotional game and takes a lot of focus: alcohol just makes it potentially easier to tilt, play looser than you should, or make moves when you shouldn't. [/QUOTE]