Many poker players love to play for fun drunk or high, however, I have a major issue with this.  If indeed you are one of those poker players who constantly play to win, then you should always play sober. If you are driving down the road, drinking your Coors or Bud, and get pulled over, you will receive a D.U.I. Well I believe if you play drunk or high you should receive some sort of punishment. Thus a P.U.I.

Playing drunk is absolutely stupid!

Your judgment is heavily impaired, and you never should play cards for high stakes drunk or under the influence. Overall you will make loose calls or stupid decisions. I myself have played drunk, it was with my friends. I made loose calls and got lucky to win it all.  But in the long run your will run out of luck.  Your BAC will catch up to you, in the end, playing drunk or high will cost you chips and money.  Be smart and play sober...  Many pros preach this concept but for some reason, many players do not even get the message.

So next time you play that home game and decide to some a joint. That’s fine; but if it’s for real, and legit, one should definitely be smarter and prep for the big game. Would someone play in the Ivey death match drunk?  I think not...

Be smart people.

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