Seeing as how a poker game can often go for hours and hours on end, tournaments especially of the WSOP and WPT variety are often played down to a certain amount of players before there is a break, it would seem logical to want to reload on some energy during the game.
The Home Game started off really strong, everyone would bring something to eat and we would set up a buffet of sorts on a side table from which the players could get up between hands or after they were knocked out of a tourney and get a plate or two to keep them going.
Somehow this slowly chipped away likes Alejandro’s stack after 10:00 until we were down to a bag or two of microwave popcorn or the Costco size bag of chips that Ontario seems to have and endless supply of.
Now we still throw together the odd shindig, of note was the Super Bowl game at Chateau Ace, the Steak night at Club J6, the Spring rolls made by English Bob, or the Pizza nights at Poker Dave’s. The Captain always the gracious host is often supplementing the game with a nice bottle of Single Malt and some nuts that are go well with the beers.
What is the perfect poker food?
Supposedly the Sandwich and Sushi were both invented so that gamblers would not have to stop their game in order to grab some nosh.
Sandwich
It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, although he was neither the inventor nor sustainerof the food. It is said that Lord Sandwich was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue playing cards, particularly cribbage, while eating without getting his cards greasy from eating meat with his bare hands.
Makes sense, the variety of ingredients you could use are almost limitless and they are fairly easy to make, although my favourite the Clubhouse is not exactly the most game friendly sandwich around.
Personally I’m a big fan of Sushi you can easily eat almost any type with one hand during the game with little effect on your play. Not nearly as easy to make as a sandwich, but fortunately there are lots of great places for takeout in my area.
Those would seem to be the real two front runners of the game, though you see Poker Pros eating all kinds of food at the table, I guess because they have a waiters to bring them anything they need and those cool little tables to put their food on too. As long as you aren’t getting the chips and or the cards all greasy I guess anything is good. Just don’t be like that bitch Tiffany Michelle and eat french fries with your fingers after getting your hands on chips that have probably been touched by 8,000 people and being too much of a know it all to realize you should use a fork after someone mentions it.
Jamie Gold was often seen eating fresh blueberries at the Main Event and I think Daniel Negreanu’s mom makes him his food, is he a vegan? I can’t remember.
The brain apparently functions better if it has the proper amount of protein so keep that in mind with meal planning, I personally find caffeine to heighten my senses, but too much will make some people fidgety which would be problematic for a long game.
Anyways, all the food talk is making me hungry, I’m going home for dinner