Family and Poker

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this is a very individual thing, it is good to set up clear rules and times, and especially to keep them :)
 
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My wife didn't like that I spent time on poker. Then she began to watch as I played.... Over time, she has set up her own account and it is good to see her win some tournaments....
Good to have someone around to play for me, as I need to resolve any other possible issues...
And someone that can know the meaning of poker and 420.
Good luck at the tables.
 
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How to combine poker and family?
There must be some balance, which suits both sides.
 
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My father taught me the basics of poker. Then I developed myself in learning. They rejoice with me my small victories. I recently started to play officially.
 
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My family always supports me in this regard, and believes in me ...
My family is my motivation!
 
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It's nice when the family supports you)
 
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Im encouraged to do good and get good at it if im going to apply my time however i have to fund myself with my own bankroll so I got no complaints from the family, a few other members play poker as well so its not necessarily frowned upon.
 
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My wife does not see anything bad in poker, but she does not allow me to wet her money, because she is afraid that she will lose everything ... says that I would rise from scratch ...And I know how to do this ...
I do not agree with her, from scratch it's almost impossible to
 
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I have the support of my family because they know how much I like the sport and that ends up being my favorite hobby.
 
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I think any family will be positive to you if your results will bring income to the family budget, and if you play minus and the days are killed by the time at the computer, I think it will not lead to anything good!
 
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They think it distracts from more important things, like everything that is not poker.
 
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in my home my children and I play poker as entertainment
 
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family

we play at my in-laws once ever 2 weeks.
 
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My father taught me how to play at quite an early age so they have never really been against it or anything. They just want me to play responsibly and don't mind if I play for real money as long as it's "within reason" but sometimes you have to go for the big tournaments which I get very hesitant about because it is a lot of money.

I feel like as long as you are responsible with your money (especially if you have children/wife/husband) you should be able to play. I can see how some partners may have different views on gambling/playing poker that could take some effort to talk about but for me it's no foul on this side of the court! :)
 
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I think that while playing moderately and not losing money and time and being a gambling addict for the family can be a hobby there people understand better
 
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Thoughts about poker in the family vary from the amount that I deduce on the card. If the game is not going for a long time and there is no profit, then the conversations start that I'm wasting my time and so on. But if I withdrew the money and spend it on the family, although not large amounts are obtained. Then you can immediately see the smile on your face. And the positive attitude of my poker game. Something like this:dontknow: :):):)
 
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My wife does not see anything bad in poker, but she does not allow me to wet her money, because she is afraid that she will lose everything ... says that I would rise from scratch ...And I know how to do this ...
I do not agree with her, from scratch it's almost impossible to


Impossible?!? Are you serious? Of course it's possible! Very possible, i did it myself and i recommend to do so to every newcomer! And your wife is a wise woman or have a great intuition about it and you better listen to her. I tell you few reasons, why it's better to start from scratch:
1) Risks. As inexperienced player you simply don't have enough skills and patience to play profitable on a long run, you can't handle with tough downswings yet and most likely loose a lot of money if you will make deposits one after another and try some higher limits to win faster or to earn your money back that you just lost. That's a huge trap of most beginners, who start playing poker without plan. Here is one example true story, how bad it can end. I hope that Aparajit forgives me, that i post link to his thread here, but his tellingly story shows how can it end in the worst case. https://www.cardschat.com/forum/poker-goals-challenges-wins-46/i-lost-4000-dollars-last-1-a-364061/
2) Experience & Discipline. If you start from scratch you have to play a lot of hands, at the beginning freerolls, then lowest limits and if "deposit" is the forbidden word for you, you have to be very careful with your play for money and very conservative with your Bankroll Management, otherwise you could blow it away in short time and back to playing Freerolls again, as your bankroll zero again. That will teach you discipline a lot, you need pretty much especially, when stakes are get higher. Also because you have to play a lot on smallest stakes to earn some $ to be able to play higher, you get more experienced and be more ready to play with the serious boys later.
3) Self-confidence and pride for yourself. If you raised your Bankroll from scratch you shall have seen already how nasty this game can be, all those bad beats and weeks of downswings and you had to deal with and you survived, you got mentally stronger and if it happen again on higher stakes, you will survive it either and don't go broke, like if you made deposit and never experienced such stuff. Also if you raised your bankroll from 0, you shall be very proud of yourself. You have never invested a penny and you are playing now some limits higher, than just smallest one or freerolls. You are playing with the money, you have won from other loosing players, because of your edge of the game and because you play smarter. It's a great feeling. I mean it's something very different to deposit $100 and make it to $200. Even a fish can do that, if he is on lucky upstrike (usually he just loose and deposit again, but sometimes not). But it's something different to make it from 0 to $200. You need some skills.
I could write a whole article about it actually, but i would stop now, as i wrote already too long text, as reply ^_^. I hope my reasons were logical for you and you try it for yourself. Good luck with this and keep your funds safe! As i said before, i never paid a penny of my own money and i did never regret of that. Vice versa i'm very proud of my poker way and what have i learned and earned by hard working on my own game and playing playing playing millions of hands. Yes i'm not exaggerate it, you need to have played at least a million hands (and it's not that much), to say i have a distance behind and i'm beating it, cause i'm experienced and thoughtful player.And here is another interesting Thread-Challenge, where JohnCPoker17 actually currently shows that it's possible and not in a very long time to make it from scratch. He is up to make his $2 bankroll to $5000 in a half year and is at $150 already after few months! Ain't it significant? https://www.cardschat.com/forum/pok...ker17s-2-5000-in-less-than-358387/index4.html
 
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Now talking about the topic... :D Well i've heard that some people in the world are give the cold shoulder to a poker game still. Mostly because of lack of information. They just heard it's "another sort of gambling games, where people having fun wasting their money" or even get addicted and go broke because of it. Well partly it's a truth, some people would better never played poker, but it has nothing to do with poker. As poker itself is one of most deeply intellectual games, which combines logical thinking with awareness for behavior of your villains, taking into account also psychological factors and even mathematical tasks are all going at the same time hand per hand. By it's complexity you may compare poker game with chess. However in chess you don't have an opportunity win big money and pay your bills from it or buy a new car. So i think the main problem is, that those people who underrate poker game or even blame it, simply have lack of information or silly preconceptions, which has nothing to do with the real life. I can't say that anyone in my family ever been worried for me, as i'm normally making only plus money at my poker games, however i could imagine worries of the family, where father is a poker addicted fish, who is too lazy to learn poker concepts, but eager to deposit more and more to play, as any other gambling addicted, who is sitting at slot machine in casino and loosing money for hours until his pockets are empty. We are regulars love such guys and search them through the tables, because it means profit. But it's a problem for their families on a long run..
 
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my family, most do not know poker only a cousin, a guy, my dad and my brother, sometimes we play to have fun for a while.
 
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my husband does not want me to play, he pisses him off, he says that only those people who are in prison are playing poker.
 
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Nothing bad, the main thing is that you do not lose money needed by the family
 
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My husband and I play poker regularly, the difference and we talk more about poker than other subjects, we discuss hands we have different opinions most of the time, which turns out to be good for the evolution of both.
 
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My family totally supports me, and I started with freerolls, I didnt invest a penny)
 
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Really happy if i win money,
 
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They dont like it very much, but nothing more... There isn't much interest from their partthere is not much interest on their part
 
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