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Joined: Aug '08
Location: Australia
Age: 51 (M)
Posts: 1418
ok i got 1 more, what do you think of poker, do you live for it, just a hobby, its work, now and then, obsessed buy it, addicted, how do you feel you feel about the game.
Joined: Aug '07
Location: Malta
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 8320
You need to give your threads AND polls a better subject. Understand that people does not read your entire thread, they see "just one more poll lol" and then most people might decide to ignore it. And from the Mob account where there's a list of recent polls, all it says there is "answers" - so nobody really have any clue as to waht the poll is about
Joined: Aug '08
Location: Slovenia
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 124
For me its a hobby and I enjoy a lot. But I feel that my enthusiasm has passed away. Now I spend more time on research relation between Sport Betts and Mathematic.
I would like to be a pro but I play with bonuses only, never deposited til now. When I will be able to build a strong bankroll, will try to play higher stacks. Sardoso,
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 59 (M)
Posts: 6787
It is a nice hobby for me. Never played to high stakes and so there is no chance of "going pro". And unlike with many other hobbys, there is always a poker game going somewhere.
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Italy
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 411
I'm trying so hard to become a pro. Now i'm semipro but this month could be the turning point... let's see if i can beat this new level i just approached... it seems so but it's to early to say anything
Joined: May '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 6197
Posted by GamblinDemon: I'm trying so hard to become a pro. Now i'm semipro but this month could be the turning point... let's see if i can beat this new level i just approached... it seems so but it's to early to say anything
Tell us more gamblin, i'm allways intrested in storys like this. Whats your goal, what stakes ect...
Joined: Dec '07
Location: Denmark
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 2644
I earn a living from poker and I really like the game on the edge to be obsessed with it. But I will NEVER become addicted to it since I actually don't like to gamble which you have to at higher stakes to keep a high win rate. Ofcourse some of you may call it investments but every time you invest you got a chance of losing your investment and thats why the income from poker is swingy. Buttom line the variance in poker is devastating and for me hard to live with, even though I see month after month great profit I still got problems with not seing a steady short term profit and I hate the swings. Imo money has to sit loose on you to play good poker and they don't or didn't on me so this is where I really try to adapt to the game and im getting better at it but I sure don't enjoy being that loose with my money even though im only playing small stakes. I know tourneys could be an alternative but I will let the girls play that form of poker (just kidding)
Joined: Aug '08
Location: Australia
Age: 51 (M)
Posts: 1418
yeah some of the swings you get sometimes i think a higher power is involved, but as they say to enjoy your winnings you have to feel the pain of losing. a little deep i know.
That's what I picked..I would still play without bonuses but why not take them?
M3turbo, "girls play that form of poker" lol. I love sngs, there's only 1 winner and I always want to win. When there's 1 winner than it's done but with cash game, you can play for hours on end. I guess it depends what you like.
Joined: Dec '07
Location: Denmark
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 2644
@GeneYuss
My opinion: To put maximum pressure on opponent you need to play for money ofcourse when you buy in to a tournament you can calculate the value of each chip based on the BI but it's still not the same as betting a certain ammount in pure money it somehow feels stronger and improves the psychology factor in the game. I also like having room for testing my reads without having to worry about tour life. When some donk suck you out, you simply reload use the newly required knowledge about him and felt the f'er. Now he thinks you suck + he's playing looser cause he feels he's not playing with own money(donkey thoughts). You can pick easy opponents, run when you win over someone better than you and so on. Start/stop when you want. So many advanteges in cash imo, but the most important for me is the psychology factor that is so much stronger.
btw. in the S&G's I played there were 2 or 3 winners and even more in the multi table. That said I know that S&G's are played high stakes too with equal difficulty and psychology as cash you just need to play so high BI's to get same serious game imo. Just a different world that is far from what I see as poker, I see it as cage poker
Edit: Let me add that I truly suck at all kinds of tours which could be the reason for me not liking them
but it's a little bit a hobby, challenge too.
lol. I love sngs, there's only 1 
