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roreyn02
Enthusiast
Silver Level
So ive recently took up playing poker with funny money online. Dont plan to play it with real money anytime soon.
I like the game and I will always play it. But im super realistic about everything I get into. Never do I let feelings cloud my judgment. I gamble for fun normally, but... I want to win. Everyone does. But like anything else in life you cant just "have it". I heard a story of a guy who took up poker in college, got a six figure salary on it, quit college to focus on poker. It was a rough ride, went thru lots of losses and had no salary from a regular job to fall back on. Later this guy decides to go back to college because while the poker won him big he decided he wanted to be something other than a poker player.
On the other hand ive heard of a guy who lost his whole retirement to poker, lost his wife and kids and family due to him paying more attention to the game rather than to them as well as not providing basic necessities because he was blowing all his family's money on the game.
Is there a healthy balance for a hardcore game like no limit texas holdem? Or is someone getting a bunch of money while EVERYONE else gets taken to the poor house?
I really want to be the guy who got the 6 figure salary on poker. Badly. But being a realistic individual I am not going to count on that happening. The guy who said he made 6 figures basically said that he never expected his life would play out that way. The guy who lost everything to it was TRYING to win.
So because im realistic im willing to just play texas holdem with funny money and if thats as far as I go, then thats as far as I go. blackjack and pai gow never took me to the poor house so ill play those once in awhile for real money as I do now.
But still.... its fun to play a game without losing EVERYTHING but being able to know that someday you could win big. Am I way too laid back to really win at poker?
I like the game and I will always play it. But im super realistic about everything I get into. Never do I let feelings cloud my judgment. I gamble for fun normally, but... I want to win. Everyone does. But like anything else in life you cant just "have it". I heard a story of a guy who took up poker in college, got a six figure salary on it, quit college to focus on poker. It was a rough ride, went thru lots of losses and had no salary from a regular job to fall back on. Later this guy decides to go back to college because while the poker won him big he decided he wanted to be something other than a poker player.
On the other hand ive heard of a guy who lost his whole retirement to poker, lost his wife and kids and family due to him paying more attention to the game rather than to them as well as not providing basic necessities because he was blowing all his family's money on the game.
Is there a healthy balance for a hardcore game like no limit texas holdem? Or is someone getting a bunch of money while EVERYONE else gets taken to the poor house?
I really want to be the guy who got the 6 figure salary on poker. Badly. But being a realistic individual I am not going to count on that happening. The guy who said he made 6 figures basically said that he never expected his life would play out that way. The guy who lost everything to it was TRYING to win.
So because im realistic im willing to just play texas holdem with funny money and if thats as far as I go, then thats as far as I go. blackjack and pai gow never took me to the poor house so ill play those once in awhile for real money as I do now.
But still.... its fun to play a game without losing EVERYTHING but being able to know that someday you could win big. Am I way too laid back to really win at poker?