poker and your brain

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/...is-my-brain-this-is-my-brain-on-poker

We're all gonna die at the age of 50!!!!!

Interesting article. What I'm interested in seeing is what happens when the current internet pro population (20s, 30s) starts turning older (50s, 60s). I think every case is different, but I do agree that playing 8 hours straight of any sort of mentally strenuous activity can't really be healthy.

pretty worthless read.

wp fagget, great title, continue to build your brand

doyle is how old? when did he start playing poker again? its been a while but i think he also played basketball and is a CPA

he's talking about online poker multitabling chris

It's the same as people that are on internet all the time and have the urge to multitask all the time, defo bad for you but that's part of the new generation, poker or not as people focus on too many things at once.

by Dusty Schmidt... that sums it up.

I like how he feel obligated to share this personal information for the overall community gain.

Such a hero!

Poker isn't very healthy for some people, I agree. Any job where you sit all day and are constantly stressed out, probably isn't that great for you(ie most jobs).

But, he probably eats like shit and rarely exercises, and now he is paying the consequences.

Its acualy a good read and makes alot of good points haters. I can relate I feel its changed my brain tremendously and not for the better, after grinding I really am fucking retarded for a few hours. I plan to play alot less its very likely its realated to my recent ill health. Its nothing like serfing the internet. Maybe a bit like high pace video games like starcraft tho.

On February 19 2013 19:03 SpasticInk wrote: I like how he feel obligated to share this personal information for the overall community gain.

Glad he's posted this but he's been encouraging people to grind their faces off for five years. It's a style that's obviously horrible for the games, bad for your social life, and being horrendous for your health as well is not surprising in the least.

On February 19 2013 18:48 Baalim wrote: by Dusty Schmidt... that sums it up.

Thank You

Don't have to waste any time reading bull shit.

Leatherass was a joke in 2008. I can't even imagine the level of joke he is in 2013.

putting that aside, it is a good read and hes the perfect example of someone whos multitabled insane amounts for years and probably has the best perspective on this subject... pretty ignorant I dont like him either

didnt read, but what if whats bad for your brain is all the bumhunting? specially if you consider karma effects on the brain

Hmm.

I've always felt that having spent the past decade of my life multitasking (Starcraft/Poker/Internets) has made me kind of scatter-brained, but I still don't really think this article says much at all... For instance, his first attempt with the GP basically reads like: "Prescribed pills, they were working OK, then suddenly didn't work so I decided to start mixing medication and alcohol and get drunk 4 times a week"....

In addition, I can't help but be reminded of how much medical propaganda there's been around things like boxing or mma and their impact on your brain, so hearing "You'll have a stroke by age 50" isn't something I'd take at face value.

It'd be an interesting study, and there's probably truths to it, but it sounds to me like he was pretty happy to take this 'out' of poker. I doubt very much that if this knowledge had been presented to him 6-7 years ago, at the start of his career, that he would have retired as a result.

Dusty in a nutshell:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_(psychology)

It is really good read and makes a lot of good points haters.i can also make a lots of points to play poker game but only fear that when i lost money. If you lost continuously two three days than its really very difficult to play next day.

Ill keep this under consideration. Ive been mass tabling for over 5 years now. So if i start having trip up moments like that in the future, ill be sure to let u guys know

The article is worth almost nothing, it's a piece of shit, especially if you've read some books on what's really going on lol.

images flashing, stressing your brain every day for 7 years like that no matter what will have same or worse results. The pills and getting drunk is just lol. Our intuition has a tendency to try and look for a pattern, and most of the time the easiest answers are the one we get stuck on.

Best doctor this, best doctor that. I've been to one of the best physiotherapists in Norway, guy helping OL gold medalists and shit, he could potentially have had me have surgery and what not. But I felt he was 100% wrong, and I sat down and read up on the problem for 2-3 days, went back to him, and he had given me totally wrong information. Appologized, then put me on the right path. This is just one example, most ppl are big noobs, the better title, it doesn't change anything.

If you read some books on the pineal gland, read the TF&S and stuff like that you'll lol a bit, roll your eyes and see how much noob shit is in that article lol.

Just the act of being "alone" causes shit in your brain, the act of always thinking thoughts causes shit to happen in our body. We produce more "negative" chemicals when we're stern, all thinky, do this over long periods of time, lots of symptoms starts to manifest. His brain scans can be loads of reasons, and you could scan someone else's brain, a guy who has hobbies outdoor, some work with ppl, likes to walk in the forest, and play poker 6-7 hours as a job, and that guy would have an amazing like brain. And add in how food changes you, how who you spend time with changes you, you can just keep listing things.

On February 19 2013 17:25 mnj wrote: pretty worthless read. wp fagget, great title, continue to build your brand

LOL, for the record: Imma release a product to stimulate better multitabling and causing less braindamage when doing so.

This is the dumbest thing I have read in a while. He went to some quack doctor who told him concentrating alot will give him a stroke. I wonder how much that Amen Clinic is paying him for this...