What is the impact of Poker on your life? Health or Problems?

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I see that many people take poker to a dark level, they are not profitable, on the contrary, they sell all their goods to play. I see people with negative $ 18k in Micro limits. In my case, it's health, I work on my mind and I make a profit on something I love.


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10 years ago I caused many financial problems, but I learned to solve the situation, I learned to control my expenses and now he matured and he knows how to handle me and has given me results and earned money, I do not play by necessity now


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Poker practically did not bet on the changes in my life since I began to deal with it, I just play in my pleasure and my poker bankroll does not depend on my financial situation.
 
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I personally don't think it affects my health or something like that. I just close off shop for a day and play poker like a nutcase from time to time.. but that's my choice. It also doesn't affect my finances and if I get the feeling I'm depositing more than I should, I just use the responsible gaming options and get some cooldown time. :)
 
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less sleep... becouse im just play in night.. feel so tired when i wake up in the evening.. good things is Im getting fresh when i log into my pokerstars App and play online poker.. but i know this habbit bad for my health in the future.. i can deal with that.. sometime you have to sacrafice something important for things that you love...
 
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10 years ago I caused many financial problems, but I learned to solve the situation, I learned to control my expenses and now he matured and he knows how to handle me and has given me results and earned money, I do not play by necessity now


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Many professionals say that you should never play out of necessity. There is a great risk of losing everything very fast.
 
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I personally don't think it affects my health or something like that. I just close off shop for a day and play poker like a nutcase from time to time.. but that's my choice. It also doesn't affect my finances and if I get the feeling I'm depositing more than I should, I just use the responsible gaming options and get some cooldown time. :)

Yes, but many people do not have their common sense. Many are addicted very negatively, and end up pawning their assets to contain their vice.
It is a very sad situation.
 
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less sleep... becouse im just play in night.. feel so tired when i wake up in the evening.. good things is Im getting fresh when i log into my pokerstars app and play online poker.. but i know this habbit bad for my health in the future.. i can deal with that.. sometime you have to sacrafice something important for things that you love...

A tip, look at a realistic future if your sacrifice yields good results ...;)
 
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Yes, but many people do not have their common sense. Many are addicted very negatively, and end up pawning their assets to contain their vice.
It is a very sad situation.

To be perfectly honest, the Respoible Gaming features on PokerStars were lifesavers for me and I advice everyone to use them once in a while. Less so on 888, where you can't do much but exclude yoursef for a long period of time or set a deposit limit.
 
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To be perfectly honest, the Respoible Gaming features on PokerStars were lifesavers for me and I advice everyone to use them once in a while. Less so on 888, where you can't do much but exclude yoursef for a long period of time or set a deposit limit.

Yes, they are important tools.
 
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What is the impact of Poker on your life?
I play on a hobby level, with no money or mental problems.
 
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in my case is very positive, because I got depressed for some time, and through poker I managed to distract myself and I even had good profits sometimes, I think my jump is very positive so far because despite having zeroed the account , I took enough of my profits to go out with friends, to make purchases ... that helped me a lot to combat depression.
 
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I dunno I play poker for fun I don't risk anything I cant afford to loose so I would say its been positive to my health. it gives me something to focus my energy on that brings new challenge every day
 
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I see that many people take poker to a dark level, they are not profitable, on the contrary, they sell all their goods to play. I see people with negative $ 18k in Micro limits. In my case, it's health, I work on my mind and I make a profit on something I love.
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hi hi
i luv play poker for monies and do so most nights
i been playing and lose money most every night, i new still learning (started poker in May)
i set a budget of $20usd a day for poker buy-ins (i play MTT) so that's all i spend/lose...
($600 a month i can easy afford)
i hardly ever spend $20 a night, some nights i even win somethings lol

i play poker cause i love it .. make a FT of an MTT almost as good as sex!

so i happy pay up to $20 a day play and have a great time - cheap entertainment
if i went to the bar how much i spend? (unless find a boy pay it all lol)
 
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Poker is like life, we get something, give something in return. Whether money, time or health. When we win, we get emotions, when we lose, we feel stress. Take a piece, give him a piece.
 
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Poker is a very stressful game, you have to control your emotions well. True, it helps in life to endure stressful situations.
 
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def something you have to learn, moderation, like everything in life. Do anything all the time, to the point of obsession, love or not, you will end up becoming bored, loathe or annoyed with eventually. Balance is key.
 
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I see that many people take poker to a dark level, they are not profitable, on the contrary, they sell all their goods to play. I see people with negative $ 18k in Micro limits. In my case, it's health, I work on my mind and I make a profit on something I love.


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For me its like this. I play poker to make extra money. I have a real job and in free time whe im in the mood i play some tables.
In past i had some times when poker was my only job and i've played a lot..but i didnt lose money or something.
 
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Pokers impact on my life? I take more naps then I used to.. I would love to be one of the guys who grind it out and make a living at doing this. I'd also love to.. hit the lottery. Neither one seems likely to happen. Do I like poker? Absolutely.. I also like fishing and golf. All three are hobbies that make life more enjoyable to me.. and all three cost me money.

I work on my fishing skills.. I work on my golf game and I work on my poker playing.. All three have something in common, I don't see myself winning any major tournaments in any of them.

Health wise none of the three are hurting me, none of the three are causing any problems.

With that being said I do think playing poker would have the biggest chance of upsetting peoples lives. The hours that could be spent daily could easily have a negative impact on your health(sitting long periods) and your wallet.

An example on the impact on your wallet would be something like. Missing work for a tournament. "I did ok.. ended up going out on the bubble.. but I'll get them next time."

So didn't win any money.. it cost money to enter the tournament, and I lost out on 240 bucks I would have made at work. Rinse and repeat. Yeah, without self control one shouldn't play poker.. (man this response is such a downer to write)

Back to the freerolls.. they don't effect me quite so much..
 
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I know its something that has been said many times, but only play with the money that you can afford to lose. In that case there is no pressure on you and you can play your game without a worry.

Otherwise you would have to take risks and consequently stress would mount on you. That could lead to terrible decisions and cost of your money which would ultimately end in health issues.
 
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Previously, I spent on the game an average of 20-30 dollars a month. I think it was a tuition fee. Now I realized that I have little experience, so I no longer spend money and play only in freerolls. I believe that poker has only a positive impact on my life.
 
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Because of poker, I have started to eat healthy, exercising twice a day, meditating etc, and my patience and concentration have improved. + I don't have so much fear of losing anymore than in the beginning my career
 
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I play for fun, not for extra money..just a hobby, investing money in the game I do not think that in the future I will be able to withdraw them back..you know how it goes..
 
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I play poker because I like the game and only when I have free time, sometimes poker brings me a small profit and it’s good for me, I don’t invest my money in poker, but I try to raise it in freerolls so that I can play normal tournaments and cash games, sometimes poker takes away my sleep and I do not get enough sleep, and poker is a great game for me!
 
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I play poker for hobby not to get rich or something like that
 
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