Gallarado777
Legend
Loyaler
including poker, changed my life in that I became a more patient player and became disciplined. This is what poker gave me before. I was very aggressive and impatient I always tried to prove my truth to the whole world and tried to prove it to everyone even to strangers, but now I became more understanding
Igor G
Visionary
Platinum Level
Yes, poker changed my life for the better. Now in the evenings, if there is free time, I play poker, and I get pleasure and money from the game. Before, when I wasn't playing poker, I spent my free time talking to the neighbors in my house and sitting endlessly on the bench in front of my house.
Luvepoker
Lost in the twilight zone
Community Guide
Poker has defiantly helped me in life. I used to be an athlete who played real sports and could have professionally in one and was working to being one. Once injured and unable to play anymore my life was missing something big. I am one competitive person. Poker has filled this void in my life. While i don't strive to be a professional player I do hope to win a circuit ring someday. Its most likly never going to happen but one can dream.
Emily Trott
Legend
Loyaler
I'm the same, except without the injury. I started playing poker tournaments just over five years ago because I wanted to do something competitive again. Previously I was on small bore rifle teams in high school and as an adult. Through the 1990s and early 2000s I shot sporting clays competitively. I'd always wanted to try poker tournaments so I did, and I haven't regretted a moment of it.
Emily Trott
Legend
Loyaler
While playing poker tournaments didn't really change my life, it did help me through making a major change in my life. I owe a lot to the players and card room personnel for the friendship and acceptance they gave me. Because of them I knew that I'd made the right decision.
Luvepoker
Lost in the twilight zone
Community Guide
While playing poker tournaments didn't really change my life, it did help me through making a major change in my life. I owe a lot to the players and card room personnel for the friendship and acceptance they gave me. Because of them I knew that I'd made the right decision.
I have made a lot of fried playing poker as well. Its really odd in some way. So many people outside poker all they see is the shady part of the game. There are really a lot or good people who play this game for the enjoyment of it as well.
Mauricio Perrotta
Legend
Loyaler
online poker had changed my life for the worse, at first I played at any time and didn't spend time with my family, luckily it's over. salutes
ObbleeXY
Visionary
Bronze Level
Poker has definitely changed my life.
in 2014 I moved from canada back to the UK. Although I'd only been away for 5 years, life had moved on. Most of the close friendships I had had in the past, too had moved on.
But whilst I was in Canada, I had hosted a few poker nights with workmates. It had brought us closer together and I'd wondered if I could replicate that magic. So I hosted a Friday night poker and invited folks from my past and from work.
fast forward almost 10 years and our poker group has an established core of players. We play live once or twice a month and play every Friday online (if we're not together). The poker group has expanded its horizons and most of us (7 or 8 of us) split off to create a golfing group during Covid when that was the only way we could get together safely.
Later, we also added a board games night.
Finally, we've got a special activities event chat where we organise other things. Pub crawls, go-karting, day at the races....
So now I play boardgames with a couple of the guys 4 times per month....golf with several of them 6 times per month and poker with them 4-5 times per month plus a special activity.
A few of us are also thinking of doing an entrepreneurs club to see if we can figuree out a way to make a Million pounds each so we can retire and do the golf/poker/games/activities on a permanent basis.
In our group, we have IT guys (systems guy, robotics guy, database guy, accountant, desktop guy, developers, plasterer, Amazon resellers, project manager... so we have the skills to develop that killer App... just need the kernel/killer idea and we'll be off to the races!
Making friends when you're older isn't an easy task. But this group of friends, borne out of a common love of poker has become my lifeline.
Cheers,
JT
Emily Trott
Legend
Loyaler
Good for you! Congratulations!! ❤️
