You are addicted to poker or play for hobby.

#1 October 6th, 2019, 3:02 AM

[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]I confess that I've been addicted to poker and even lost a lot of money, but nowadays I play more for pleasure than for addiction.[/COLOR]

#2 October 6th, 2019, 3:06 AM

Play for fun I don't have money like that lol yet

#3 October 6th, 2019, 3:30 AM

I play for fun..
Poker is my hobbie but doesnt my life.

Freeroll cardschat and to be happy

#4 October 6th, 2019, 3:39 AM

i play for fun and to win some money

#5 October 6th, 2019, 11:30 AM

It's a great hobby, lots of fun.

When I get tilted I'm wondering why I'm playing it though ... and then I come back to it. Maybe that's considered addiction... who knows.

That's also what training does: It hurts, you keep doing it and at some point you see progress.

Cardschat freerolls are my favorite way to play so far.

#6 October 6th, 2019, 11:54 AM

This topic has been raised several times. Many say that for fun, but is it really?
It is enough to admit to yourself that the game brings losses and it will not be a pleasure. If the distance you go to the plus, the poker from a simple hobby becomes the meaning of earnings. But in both cases, it all began with a banal interest, and ended with a habit. Anyway, poker is a drug. Fascinating, in some ways pleasant, but if you found your game-it's forever.

#7 October 6th, 2019, 1:59 PM

I play only for my pleasure. But sometimes this game brings me money, which is definitely very enjoyable. For me, poker is a hobby but no more.

#8 October 6th, 2019, 3:58 PM

Poker is a hobby that brings me regular profits. I have been playing poker for 10 years and for the last three years I have been making money every month. But it is also thanks to freerolls from our community.

#9 October 6th, 2019, 4:00 PM

All three ....

But I Like gambling so poker is a natural vice for me.

#10 October 6th, 2019, 4:03 PM

I would say that I am addicted to poker.

#11 October 6th, 2019, 4:07 PM

I am interested to play poker about pocket money.

#12 October 6th, 2019, 4:44 PM

I plead guilty. I am a poker addict. even if I lose all my banckroll on this game. I consider myself lucky to be able to play it.

#13 October 6th, 2019, 4:57 PM

no addiction just hobby that brings me some profit

#14 October 6th, 2019, 5:35 PM

I play for hobby, I never put money in online poker and I just play when I have nothing else to do.

#15 October 6th, 2019, 8:41 PM

For me, poker is just one of my Hobbies, it is in second place after football

#16 October 6th, 2019, 9:00 PM

For me it is an addiction cause I deposited several times and I just cannot handle the money that i pushed in it. I tried to win big but hadn't really split up my money, to play more tournaments.
But having said that it is more a hobby, cause it makes me in a good mood, I am just listening my music and analise other people how they are playing and what can they have.
So for me both 'yet' You are addicted to poker or play for hobby.

You are addicted to poker or play for hobby.

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#17 October 6th, 2019, 9:03 PM

I was Addicted for 14 years until last August then i became 'Seriously Addicted'...lol

#18 October 6th, 2019, 9:20 PM

it's a hobby, winning tickets with little money to play big tournaments You are addicted to poker or play for hobby.

#19 October 7th, 2019, 7:45 AM

Haha yup I'm addicted

#20 October 7th, 2019, 8:11 AM

When I started playing poker, I was thinking of making a lot of money, but I realized that it was impossible and now I only play freerooll and try to pay more attention to tactics, not money.

#21 October 7th, 2019, 8:18 AM

Just a couple of days ago, my friend asked me, I’m not an adrenaline addict, because I spend a lot of time on poker. My answer was rather no than yes)))

#22 October 7th, 2019, 10:03 AM

I play for pleasure. Sometimes I get pleasure, sometimes I don't. It's definitely a hobby for me, no more, no less.

#23 October 7th, 2019, 12:25 PM

No I am not addicted. I act with measure so I have avoided addiction! I like poker and I play almost every day.

#24 October 7th, 2019, 12:29 PM

What? 0.o.......My life philosophy is "All in"

#25 October 7th, 2019, 12:35 PM

for me, poker is killing time. but I want them to earn

#26 October 7th, 2019, 12:48 PM

If you are asking me I play poker because it's a fun hobby for me. However, if you ask my wife she'll say it's definitely an addiction.

#27 October 7th, 2019, 11:09 PM

Hi, I just play for hobby, and if I can make a few dollars is fine, but do not consider myself an addict.

#28 October 7th, 2019, 11:27 PM

both

#29 October 7th, 2019, 11:35 PM

I am happy that an addiction has never taken hold of me. This game is for fun but I hope to play it professionally at some point, most likely when I retire You are addicted to poker or play for hobby.

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Poker is a wonderful game and I am enjoying the challenge on the road to mastery. It would appear that I do better in live games than online environments.

I still play both though!

#30 October 7th, 2019, 11:54 PM

For me it's a hobby. If you have control over what you are spending and can stop whenever you want, it is not considered addiction but an expense for what you enjoy.

#31 October 8th, 2019, 5:21 PM

I play poker for several reasons: pleasure, sensations, money ...

#32 October 8th, 2019, 5:51 PM

I play for fun ,but at the same time I take it seriously and try to cash out the more money I can .

#33 October 8th, 2019, 5:56 PM

Hobby. Never spend more than a small allocated budget. I do the same with sports betting too.

#34 October 8th, 2019, 6:02 PM

I am not addicted and I play regularly I am profitable and who knows one day I will be professional.

#35 October 8th, 2019, 6:06 PM

I think I spend a little too much time playing poker when I'm at home, but I wouldn't say I'm addicted. I don't spend money, and I don't think about it when I'm at work or away from home at all..
Gambling is an addiction, and it must be so hard to beat it with all the options online nowadays. Stay strong!

#36 October 8th, 2019, 6:12 PM

Of course for hobby! To play for addiction is to become a Professional player! A professional player to become, you need a fair field. While it is impossible. As soon as everything becomes honest, without cheats, programs and bots. The whole Poker world will turn upside down. And Game will become the other, and until there is deception, so and will dirt, and smiles on faces. So I only play for fun. Because I'll be cheated anyway. Therefore, there is nothing to try.

#37 October 8th, 2019, 6:22 PM

For me defo an addiction which takes a of of the enjoyment, even when winning. However after years and years I do not try and escalate the buyins after losses. I love the game itself though but still need a lot more self control.

Also tried to stop going for those massive wins. The big guarentees still have some pulling power but realise now they are also much harder to final table.

#38 October 8th, 2019, 6:25 PM

Originally Posted by DizzyDeb717

I think I spend a little too much time playing poker when I'm at home, but I wouldn't say I'm addicted. I don't spend money, and I don't think about it when I'm at work or away from home at all..
Gambling is an addiction, and it must be so hard to beat it with all the options online nowadays. Stay strong!

Strictly speaking the money factor does not make it an addiction, just look at addicted gamers and the like. But being able to switch off away away from the home certainly points to a self control addicts do it have. Good for you :-)

#39 October 8th, 2019, 6:29 PM

Originally Posted by redboy23

I am happy that an addiction has never taken hold of me. This game is for fun but I hope to play it professionally at some point, most likely when I retire You are addicted to poker or play for hobby.

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Poker is a wonderful game and I am enjoying the challenge on the road to mastery. It would appear that I do better in live games than online environments.

I still play both though!

Doing better live is a fairly common phenomena, I really should try it more. When you play online your playing against talent all over the world and often much, much larger fields, whereas playing live unless at a major tournament you are often just playing the locals some of whom may be quite experienced. You are often dealing with less distractions too.

#40 October 8th, 2019, 6:38 PM

Originally Posted by jfofla

[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]I confess that I've been addicted to poker and even lost a lot of money, but nowadays I play more for pleasure than for addiction.[/COLOR]

This is most definitely more likely to make you a winning player conversely. When you play for pleasure you do not play when you are exhausted or chase your loses or play on tilt all of which quickly diminish your bankroll. It really is the way it should be played.

#41 October 8th, 2019, 6:59 PM

I like poker...it's probably more than a hobby...

#42 October 8th, 2019, 7:13 PM

Originally Posted by jfofla

[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]I confess that I've been addicted to poker and even lost a lot of money, but nowadays I play more for pleasure than for addiction.[/COLOR]

I lived something similar at the beginning of my poker career; but I corrected it with discipline (and after losing a lot of money).

This game has a lot of mental and emotional control, if you can't understand that, then the game will control you.

You are addicted to poker or play for hobby.

#43 October 8th, 2019, 8:41 PM

I play poker for hobby, pleasure, sensations but with money.

#44 October 8th, 2019, 9:17 PM

Just another hobby,,,, You are addicted to poker or play for hobby.

Fun as hell.

#45 October 9th, 2019, 1:51 PM

poker is a game I like to bet but it will always be a hobby for me

#46 October 9th, 2019, 3:54 PM

Poker is just a hobby to me. It helps me wind down and relax when I get home from work.

#47 October 9th, 2019, 3:58 PM

I like to play it as a hobby I do not consider it an addiction, although I would like to become a professional player

#48 October 9th, 2019, 4:45 PM

Definitely a hobby.

#49 October 9th, 2019, 5:11 PM

I am addicted to my hobby.

#50 October 9th, 2019, 7:39 PM

Yes! I have fun during the game!
Yes! I think, I logically reason, I follow the opponent�s game - I develop thinking and memory!
Yes! I am happy when I get a $ prize for it!

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