Does the use of marijuana effect your home game? (1 Viewer)

[Mojo1312]

Playing .50/.50 mixed games and $2/$4 FL7CS last night. Playing PLO, action fell onto the player to my right, who paused to take another hit off a hand rolled, Groucho Marx, sized blunt. He set his smoke down, looked around the table, then threw his hands up in the air, exclaiming in a panic. "Where are my cards? What happened to my cards?"

"Chris" I said. "You have them in your hand spread out like a Chinese fan."

In for $40, cashed out $295.

 

[Eloe2000]

Has legalization really changed consumption? In my experience the people who didn’t smoke did not do so by preference, not because of laws.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Alot of my guys use to come and smoke during it, now that it's more common, I gotta say that has actually slowed down. I think the more common use daily as made it a little less of an occasion thing. And the crew has gotten older and do it less. Who knows.

 

[abby99]

No smoking in my house, period, but I'm OK with the garage. I do allow vaping, although I hope the guys who were vaping have stopped.

 

[slisk250]

I have evidence some folks were consuming at the Divides past...

 

[Thomacetti]

Has the legalization of marijuana improved your home game?

FYP...and yes

 

[Sprouty]

I'd say that our games have gone unchanged.

 

[LotsOfChips]

Nope. I live in B.C. Most people smoked before, most people smoke now. Makes the game slower but softer.

 

[Mojo1312]

I am not a smoker. My understanding is that the cost of marijuana has dropped considerably in States that have legalized it. People who like to get high in our group no longer go outside or pass around a joint at the table. One shows up with his own kit, another one brings his glass bong and they are all showing up with their own weed. In short, they are bringing that part of their identity to the table.

Instead of players staring into their phones or watching the game as before, now they are staring into their kit putting together their next high or rolling a blunt or showing off various products, such as dabs, etc., which has resulted in fewer hands being played per hour.

Maybe this will pass. Who knows?

It was fun to watch a player shake his head back and forth looking for his cards when they were in his hand high above his head. A missed opportunity. I should have told him they were under the table.

The host texted me that they want to get together for another game tonight. Should I feel wrong taking money from people who can't even keep track of the action, much less their cards?

Time for a little bake and rake.

 

[longflop]

A couple guys in my game do. As long as they go in the back yard I've got no problem with it. My problem isn't with marijuana, its with any form of smoking in the house. If I wasn't hosting, I would probably join them.

 

[AK Chip]

Smoking is pretty commonplace up here. All smoking at my place needs to be done outside.

and to answer the question, it hasn't changed the frequency or amount of smokers.

 

[yone]

No change to my game. They smoked before and they still smoke. However, the streets of NYC smell like its April 20th everyday.

 

[BGinGA]

I don't understand the question, man.....

 

[Mojo1312]

Playing cards with Joel Goodson.

 

[legend672]

Dice chips . Probably smoking the gip

 

[CraigT78]

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Playing cards with Joel Goodson.

Dice chips and Natural Ice??

 

[Mojo1312]

Dice chips and Natural Ice??

That is the way we roll! (See what I did there?)

 

[Taghkanic]

I have one regular — older, semi-retired lawyer — who always arrives early and tokes up in his car before the game. Lousy player. Loose-passive. Doubt he would play differently if he wasn’t stoned. Really nice guy. Almost never misses a session.

Wish I could find a dozen more of him.

 

[Mojo1312]

Envy of the poker world.

 

[slisk250]

I am not a smoker. My understanding is that the cost of marijuana has dropped considerably in States that have legalized it. People who like to get high in our group no longer go outside or pass around a joint at the table. One shows up with his own kit, another one brings his glass bong and they are all showing up with their own weed. In short, they are bringing that part of their identity to the table.

Instead of players staring into their phones or watching the game as before, now they are staring into their kit putting together their next high or rolling a blunt or showing off various products, such as dabs, etc., which has resulted in fewer hands being played per hour.

Maybe this will pass. Who knows?

It was fun to watch a player shake his head back and forth looking for his cards when they were in his hand high above his head. A missed opportunity. I should have told him they were under the table.

The host texted me that they want to get together for another game tonight. Should I feel wrong taking money from people who can't even keep track of the action, much less their cards?

Time for a little bake and rake.

I’d rather play against a drunken player any day for rake as you put it but they spill beer everywhere

 

[slisk250]

No smoking in my house, period, but I'm OK with the garage. I do allow vaping, although I hope the guys who were vaping have stopped.

Is that why you moved your table to the garage??....hahaha

 

[Mojo1312]

Reds are $10, Greens are $5, Blues and Blacks are a buck, whites are .50 fracs.

Played wicked loose the first half hour and had to re- buy. Up $220.

 

[abby99]

Is that why you moved your table to the garage??....hahaha

My table is in my dining room, as it was in the Chicago area. The locals like to take group smoke breaks, which is fine with me.

 

[APatHand]

Guess I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

 

[Mojo1312]

Got there in a three way PLO pot. Up $340.

Edit:$380.

 

[Frogzilla]

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Got there in a three way PLO pot. Up $340.

Damn it man get better chips

 

[CraigT78]

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Got there in a three way PLO pot. Up $340.

Edit:$380.

Sorry, what were the colors again?

 

[Mojo1312]

Red, green, black and blue, and whites.

Bled off $30. Up $350.

 

[Saoliver]

Dice chips and Natural Ice??

But, Craig...

In for $40, cashed out $295.

 

[Mojo1312]

Latest pic. PLO has been good to me.