Poker for money ruins friendship?

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Not a chance. Our home game guys are all poker and golf buddies. We gamble all the time and have for many years. Never had an issue and at times we play for thousands of dollars. We are like brothers and give each other "the business" but never fight.
 
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Some of my friends get sh*tty when they lose so we stopped playing together the last years.
 
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for many years i play with my friends poker and any problems.
 
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Do you think you can play with friends for money without damaging your friendship? I read them, good smoke community!
Money is the game base, Poker without money is not Poker and if you are a Poker player you know, or should, how to deal with it.
 
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I don't play for money with friends, that's what cash games are for!
 
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gambling cannot affect friendship unless you are playing for very high stakes or someone is very greedy for money .
 
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not only poker for money, but everything related to money can destroy friendship, even a joint business with a friend can destroy friendship, I can't imagine how I can win money from a friend in the evening, take it to myself and go to bed quietly, if you feel like playing poker for money, play with anyone but only not with a friend,
 
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Let's start with playing for profit, which most people do:
  • Let's say in extreme case you are forced to play heads up against your friend for a money to survive next day, and you obviously don't share any tips regarding your strategy or what you think in various situations. And adding to that you lose.
  • Now let's imagine different situation when you never play with your friend at the same table, you just pass each other, and you freely exchange knowledge about various interesting situations that you eoncounter. You have long discussions about topic which interests you both and make you both better in what you are doing. And you make a decent living out of this.
  • Now let's imagine situation where you both make a decent profit on other tables and when you play each other you lose some, win some, but this is insignificant portion of your bankroll.
  • You are a recreational player losing few bucks here and there, you do this for fun and you don't care.
Now playing for a play money only:
  • You have some fun losing some, winning some. You talk, you yell, you swear, you laugh. Then you do it again.
  • You don't have fun, because you are losing to the mighty opponent every time. No biggie for a friend, though you just sink down in despair.
Do you see my point?
 
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they are people, different personalities, each one reacts in a way.
but with respect anything is possible.
 
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yes, i did play with friend and lost and won. It's part of the game. Once you sit at the table consider all the chips you have are lost and play your game with no pression
 
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Shouldn*t be playing poker if their poor losers, its a game of chance just like life.
 
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It’s hard to say, I didn’t play for money with friends, I think it shouldn’t destroy friendship)
 
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Do you think you can play with friends for money without damaging your friendship? I read them, good smoke community!
Probably everything will depend on how much you won or lost to your friends.
 
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Do you think you can play with friends for money without damaging your friendship? I read them, good smoke community!
In my family we always play poker for money and to date there have been no problems
 
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It is very important to know what limits to cross when it comes to bets between friends, I have met friends who have argued and even stopped talking, because of poker bets, these situations are very sad, the most sensible thing is to know that friendship goes above of any bets. We must not get carried away by impulses, which can lead us to lose friendship and even family.
 
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The game "Munchkin" is the real threat.
If you've been playing Munchkin with your friends for years, then your friendship is immortal.
But seriously, if a friendship or relationship falls apart because of money, then it was just a sham.
 
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Its fun playing with friends. keep it joyful.
 
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