How does poker affect your social life?

do you believe poker has positive effects or negative on your social life?

well this is a tough question. from what i have seen its pretty positive and its a great way to start a conversation break ice but if thats all you are doing and not going out then obv its not a great for ur social life

Probably negative, keeps me in the house more and I dont like being interrupted when playing.

Though playing live can allow you interact with other people. Assuming they are not all wearing headphones, I will not play in those games.

after all, just a hobby

Probably negative because it's gambling, but for me only positives because my friends are interested in my game

Wrong mode of the day, frayed nerves, unhealthy eating.

Poker has positive effects on my social life.
I began to act in a more logical and balanced.

When yo have poker, you do not need a social life. Friends are negative EV, and women are the rake. The f*****g rake. LOL!

Poker doesn't affect my life. I make other work. Poker is just a hobby.

Early on online only probably a bit negative as I had little concept of the game, BRM, discipline, or tilt control. These days, mostly positive. There's a lot of commonality between themes in poker and in life and you can often apply what you learn in one to the other.

I do sometimes stay at the card room too long and then I'm groggy the next day. And if I feel myself getting cranky at the table (online or live) due to the action I'll get up for a few minutes.

So these days the biggest negative is being tired after staying at the table a bit too long. But overall I find my poker experiences positive, people socially are interested that I play, my SO supports me 100%, and I have a few friends I can play with or chat poker with sometimes as well. I find it funny that most of the interest in my poker playing comes with people who are fascinated by the concept of poker being played with money and how one manages (esp at live poker where for a lot of non poker players, $200 is a lot) the swings of winning or losing hundreds of dollars in a single hand. And those who play poker don't get how I can go from battling for an $800 pot at 1/2 live to playing as low as 1c/2c online

Live poker shouldn't truly affect your social life since you get to socialize with others who have similar interests, but online poker could affect you by not using your time effectively. Depends on the persons mentality also.

Was lower negative effect one time. But he over. Now all normally, poker for me only hobby

Poker distracts from everyday chores. Well, all the same I chose poker

I met my boyfriend through Barona online poker (now closed darn it !) We've been together 2 years and have a awesome relationship ! We both play live and online together!

In principle, nothing, play and fun with all the heart, killing time just too much for me) to entertain his friends.

Maybe negative, cuz I play online and I play for hours, but I can see it like another job from monday to friday, I go out with my friends on weekend

It kinda ruins it when i play online so I hit the poker clubs every now and then....

i make a schedule for my games whethere live/online so it doesn't affect it much.. and i never really tell anybody about it.

kills my social life im addicted

If it makes you became more closed, always want to win the money back, become more irritable and have less contact with people then you need to apply for pomoshu to a specialist until it's too late.

Thanks to poker, I started to apply their mathematical and psychological knowledge in real life. That was very helpful in the study of human behavior. And I realized one thing, in poker, people are less predictable than in real life.

We live tournaments there and I play online, so the Internet began to take a lot of time and chat accounts to chat via social sites. Direct communication is always better.

In my particular case I am very affected by the mood, I get very angry and it makes me sad to lose after a good game throughout the tournament and lose it with bad beats. Then I feel like doing no other activity. In case of winning a tournament I am very happy and wanting to do many things haha

many moons ago i played to much poker to say the least.was playing on fulltilt 24/7.was iron ,iron man ,so hand earn loads of points every day to maintain said level,it had drastic affects on my social life,infact i didnt really have one.now i only play freerolls here and there and the odd buy in plo8 or plo.so no affect on my social life at all

there are no effects on my (social) life because i play poker only for fun

Social life? What's a social life? I don't get time for a social life what with playing poker all the hours god sends!

Ah! I see your point! Only kidding. Love playing poker and see it as part of my social life. It's important though to find time to spend away from the tables to be with loved ones and friends and stay alive to all of the other wonderful things that are in the world..... like pubs, cinema, sporting events, libraries, old buildings, the countryside, etc.

Nothing should get in the way of your social life, but your social life should also not take over your world!

Poker normally affects my social life)

Poker doesn't affect my social life. It's just a harmless hobby.

Ha! Its influence cannot be ignored! Some people change their mind about me when they get that i playing poker. Some of them to good and some to bad.

Also, sometimes there is selections between real life deeds and online game, and sometimes it's hard.

Poker could be good or bad, depends on the importance you give to your social life

Surely )) but poker is neutral. All depends on point of view.

For me it's pretty positive. I use what I have learnt at the tables to actively put myself into positive environments. Plus talking about poker who don't play or barely play at all is pretty cool, when they get excited hearing about stuff it reminds me how I used to get when I first started winning tournaments/ cash games.

If you grind really hard and you do it for living, I believe it can have very negative effects on your social life. Beucase the best games are played in the evening. So when you are at work (playing poker) most of other people have free time, so you cant get in touch with them. And when you have free time, most people are working during day... Also playing poker for living has to be pretty stressful, and thats also not very good for general mood and social life I guess...

I think that the social aspect of poker in my life does not affect brand

Poker doesn't affect my social life, poker affects my free time.