What is Your Goal When Playing Poker?

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Many poker players do not have a one goal when start poker,what would be your goal?
some say they are only playing poker for relaxing moments, and have no goals or dreams of being a great poker player,I play poker for more than 9 years, and I really like this game, after all you put your mind to work at every turn, to know what your opponent has, in the end you even look like a master of the divinations
many say poker is only lucky, others say poker is strategy, and some say poker is just a game where you're stolen all the time,I believe poker is the 3 things at once
It's lucky when you won whit nothing
It's strategy when you play correctly and win
it's theft when everything seems to work, but at the end comes the wrong and you fail
some call it stealing, I call it variance of the game

And you, what do you think of all this?
 
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Make money, not breakeven or lose.
 
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I play poker because I love poker I don't know how to express this feeling...
And the lesson I learn from poker is priceless..
 
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to have fun and be profitable are my two main goals when I play.
 
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I usually play tournaments, so
1st goal: to get ITM
2nd goal: to get as high as possible)
 
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It's all of the things that you've listed. I know why I play, but I must admit it's often a mystery why a lot of other people play. For many, there seems to be absolutely no intention to even try to play skillfully. Maybe that's because it seems easy at a glance, but in reality, there's actually a lot more to it.

Poker TV is probably a big reason for this. They often only show the really outlandish and crazy plays near the end of a tournament while ignoring the hours and hours of solid grinding that it took to get to the last few tables.
 
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My goal in playing poker is getting more emotions, learning new strategies, and interesting timing. I'm often playing after work in evenings.
 
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learn and earn money LOL thats all
 
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My final goal is make money LOL.
But for recently, I want to learn how to play it (advance), read opponent mind, test some strategies to find out what kind I belong to
 
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My goals are to make money and improve my game. I love playing and competing, but the true goal is to make money
 
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To make money so I can support my sports betting which I tend to be a little bit more profitable at. Love the game of poker as well though.
 
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To try to learn something each session, and avoid tilitng at all cost. The money will come and go
 
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цель состоит в том, чтобы максимизировать ожидание играть в покер, чтобы выиграть фишки из противников, что делает правильные шаги.

I agree with you, my friend.:):):)
 
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True...Im never depo any money. some time im win some lose, but still in + im srart for nothing:cool:. By best achievement i win 50$+
 
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My goal is to make money. Most of time i dont reach it, but hope is there. One day.
 
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In tournaments my goal is to secure 1st rank or at least reach to the final table
And in cashgames until i double or lose my table money. ;)
 
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at the moment I just want to learn to play as a good player and in the future to earn money
 
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My goal is to be a professional player, it's a great way to go, but not impossible
 
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I just play to spend my free time and occupy my mind with something while I have nothing to do.
 
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My goal is simple, spend free time, and of course victory
 
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When you have plan on the game you can easy follow it. In the end to overview your game and to estimate how far/close you was from your plan. Self-awareness is only way to move on.
 
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play in tournaments mtt on microlights !!! now my goal is to go to tournaments with a low buy-in !!!
 
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