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Study finds some poker players use performance-enhancing substances (Multiple Outlets)
Do you need performance-enhancers to draw to an inside straight? Maybe so, since a study by the College of Pharmacy at Nova Southeastern University in Florida says 80% of poker players worldwide say they use drugs during competition. (USA Today)
Elite and pro athletes using drugs to enhance performance is nothing new. But poker players? Really? … That’s what researchers from Nova Southeastern University in Florida found when they interviewed 198 professional, semi-pro, amateur and recreational players from the U.S. and around the world about their use of cognitive and performance-enhancing drugs, as well as dietary supplements and other substances, to improve performance while playing poker. (Los Angeles Times)
The World Series of Poker is under way, and if a new study is accurate, many players will be using more than reading skills to take down pots. A Nova Southeastern University study found players aren’t just consuming caffeine and energy drinks. Twenty-eight percent reported taking at least one prescription medication to improve poker performance; 34 percent reported using marijuana and 8 percent, cocaine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Though poker’s status as sport is still the subject of much debate, new Nova Southeastern University research suggests that serious poker players are, in overwhelming numbers, drawn to performance-enhancing drugs — a phenomenon previously only associated with traditional sports such as football or baseball. (Miami Herald)