The Finnish poker pro Illari Sahamies has done it again. At Grand Casino in Baden, Germany, he once again made the biggest mistake a poker player can do - drink alcohol and play for high stakes. According to rumors, 16 players took part in the game where hundreds of thousands of euro changed owner, and Sahamies was so drunk that he barely could stand up. Apart of that, he called his opponents "ret[...] Read more » Sahamies made a fool of himself in Baden
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 6669
I think that is a big minus for his poker carrer, he stopped playing drunk about a couple of months ago and won big on pokerstars...
It seems he simply can't quit drinking and this will clearly cost him a lot of money in the future. Since the news was that he just made fool of himself i don't think he won/lost significantly.
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 6669
I heard stories everytime of people that seem to play better when they are drunk than when they are awake but the fact is that they didn't made this as a statistic...
I mean play at least 10 sessions on which you are awake and 10 sessions in which you are drunk and i bet in general you'll have worse results on alchohol...
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
When it’s a big name, it become news, but I believe this happens a lot with many of those who dedicate a lot of their time to poker, even if its just online. I have a friend who plays NL Hold’em ring $1/$2 and he manages to pay te bills with that. But there are always some Saturdays when he decides to go have a drink with his friends and, when going back home, instead of going to sleep, he always passes on the PC… and it always runs bad.
Joined: Nov '10
Location: Greece
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 12
Alcohol stop you to think cleary and to see the player's reaction when they make a bet. Yes you can play drunk without a problem, but you lose very fast the players reaction, witch is very important
