Describe a time you quit poker, and why?

[xxgsaint5501xx]

i quit from time to time to refocus It helps me get a new perspective.

I do the same thing as you and find that I almost always play better afterwards. I call them vacations though and not quitting.

 

[PaxMundi]

Ive only just started playing again recently after 4 years of very much inactivity at the poker tables. I just grew board of game and the grind and went on to do other things like travel and socializing more out. But now back in love with the game and ready to grind a bit again during 2019.

 

[infonazar]

I have been playing poker for 9 years. For all this time, I had one break, which lasted 3 months. This was due to my move to another city.

 

[n3rv]

Playing bad, thinking players are bluffing when it is always time to play for value.

 

[phantomjiujitsu]

Sometimes my love for the game wanes a bit... I always end up coming back because I truly love playing cards, but sometimes a big loss can make me step away for a while.

 

[TravelerLloyd]

I only stopped playing poker when they made it illegal to play online. Even then I tried to play at the Casino and they ate me alive, I have way to may tells.

I just found out a month ago that you could play poker again and now I am back!

 

[vov4ik]

I did not play poker the longest period somewhere 2 months, it was at the time when I left town for the village and there is no access to the Internet, but then I continued to play poker - but sometimes I take small breaks for about a week, I I think that players who like the game very much and who profit from the game will continue to play regardless of whether they win or lose or move to other cities and countries - they will then continue to play as they already have and the habit of playing the game is -developed!

 

[unnamed72]

I play once a week. Unfortunately, I have no time ...

 

[Canaveral]

I quit online for awhile because the federal government shut down the top two sites in the U.S- y'all know what I'm talking about. Then, when the govt took the sites' money, it gave it back to the players. Which meant that the govt was going after the sites and not the players. Which meant that under the Equal Protection Clause, which says that the govt has to treat all citizens equally, the govt could not really go after online players in the future, bc it had not only left those players alone, it actually recouped their money for them. At that point, I felt it was safe to play again online.

 

[molokheia]

Hi There
When I face fishes who insist in using all their time and fold
I really ..... annoyed
Then i leave until the next game starts
Lololo
Rgds

 

[insaneiam]

when i spent my entire paycheck in a video poker machine without winning anything, I quit poker. Just recently got back into it with online play but stick with micro stakes and freeroll tournaments for the most part.

 

[kolyasik77777]

There was a time when I almost got kicked out of poker at the University. So do not play for two years until the end of the study.

 

[underdog140]

It was when I first started playing. I somehow managed to run a $10 no deposit bonus into $10,000 playing poker and black jack in about a 30 day period of non stop play.

I then proceeded to lose the $10,000 in a single day and quit poker/online gambling for about a year before returning.

 

[step055]

Sometimes I have a lot of work to do,so just simply don’t have time to stay active or play poker. But even if I don’t have time to play tournaments, I try to be active in cardschat

 

[Newzooozooo]

Hi.
Sometimes I take a break to just relax from the game. Typically, such a break lasts 1-2 weeks, but no more than twice a year.
Good luck.

 

[Alex Sentsov]

God forbid! I don't want to give up poker. It's my favorite hobby.

 

[ReoRekop]

since I know poker I never leave it 1 year ago

 

[who115]

I quit poker when it isn't fun anymore. I mean why play if you don't enjoy it?

 

[Rahatis]

It was for one year because there was no other way to control my tilt.

 

[Ananke222]

When we travelled and didn't have internet connection, I couldn't play poker

 

[phantomjiujitsu]

I've had times where I focus on other stuff for a while and put poker on the back burner. I always find my way back to the game and every absence seems to make me better.

 

[MrPokerVerse]

Never quit poker, but have taken a break now and then. Played a weekend series that ran for about 3 months both Saturday and Sunday. They had about 3 of those a year. Couldn't wait for them to end to have my weekends back. Site ended up changing hands and played at times more convenient to the Euro crowd.

Really haven't played that much poker since then. Find other or newer hobbies to occupy your time.

 

[Paya_31]

Hello friend, I stopped playing 2 ½ years, was because at that time the internet went wrong in my town, my dear Humahuaca. And recently I did not play a week carnival held in this area. I made a thread on the subject. regards

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/community-hangout-4/a-week-without-playing-poker-carnival-421429/

 

[konukko]

Multiple bad outings

the longest time I've been without playing poker is 1 year and it was because of my work:bike:

One day I lost my entire stack of chips on back to back pocket aces.
The next day, I lost my entire stack. I was holding a broadway on a rainbow flop and lost that hand to a guy with suited 2&7.
The third day, I lost my entire stack holding Aces full of Kings to a Quad 4. The flop/turn/river was AK4K4.

After that, I stayed away for solid six months.

 

[LeeCallaghan]

well I was 16 or 17 and what you think?

I was 50$ bankroll and about 4 months I was grinding small fishy and bigger and bigger. I cash out fot 1400$ because too many friends and hobbies. i will be glad to make it and more or less quit but 4 years or 5 years ago back off and on. No serious thing.