Why do you play? Is it the money? The thrill? The fun?

For me it’s probably a combination of all three! I really am passionate about this game.

I love poker - a game for the smart and talented. There are hundreds of millions of them in our world. Others equate this game with gambling, but I have not seen a book anywhere on how to win at craps or slot machines. Luck, of course, is one of the components of poker, but it fades into the background in a game where you need to constantly make decisions. In other games of chance, it is the die, the ball, or the electronic brain that decides whether you win or lose.
Poker, like any business, needs to be learned. Those who do not want to understand this make up an army of gambling addicts who squander the latter on the net and feed the professionals.
If you've even mastered the basics of hold'em, I can't promise that tomorrow you will play at a professional level, but in this case there will always be a dozen losers who are ready to pocket 1-2 dollars in your pocket.
Again, if you haven't read a single book, or watched a single poker video course, you have nothing to do in the poker rooms, because your money will remain with those who take the trouble to do it.

For me it depends. Online poker I play 90% because of the money. Live poker, specially with friends, I play for the fun and the money is a bonus.

For me, poker is a hobby that gives me pleasure. And although I rarely win money, I always get pleasure.

Few months earlier, it was 100% because of money.

Nowadays, I play plenty freerolls, including the CC ones - mostly I've started, because of the weeks long runs, bad beats have made me very angry, upset -, so it is a bit fun, too (90%+ still money). Anyway, I do not have any reaction, if example, a small run comes against me. Just happened yesterday, 4 tourneys, 7-8 hands came in row (within 6-7 minutes), all went pre-flop allin, all cases I had the 80% pre-flop chance, and I lost all. (AK vs AQ, AQ vs A10, JJ vs 1010, AA vs 86s!! etc.)
I don't bother, care at all, even happy it happened in freerolls... This is my part-time quit from poker, playing the freerolls...

I play for money and for fun.. its all truth.

Poker is a game with a lot of nuances and it's interesting and I also like to make money playing poker. For me, poker is sport, art , science.

Mostly for having fun However if you can win some extra money for playing poker it makes this game the best in the world.

Originally Posted by azgeda

Why do you play? Is it the money? The thrill? The fun?

For me it’s probably a combination of all three! I really am passionate about this game.

I play poker just for fun!

I play poker to win a lot of money and make myself a comfortable life. Not working yet. It means all the same for fun.

For me it is mainly the fun and if i win some money in the process it only helps.

I play for fun,and to win some to keep playing.I make enough from free rolls to play small and micro stakes tourneys.I like to compete,and to win,but the main thing for me is it passes the time in the cold winter months.

I think I just like this game and money is not important !!! Personally, I would play without money, but if there is an opportunity to play for money, then it is somehow more fun to play)))

i pay poker because i love the Game and love to have fun with the people on the tables

Poker is a mathematically challenging game for me. I play with the idea that I would like to WIN every pot I enter, but fully appreciate that is impossible. The odds, percentages, and variance all suggest that the focus must be on long-term results.
I play online with a group of friends in a Limit Holdem game, three times a week. When the covid lockdowns end, I will also play live with many of these friends, as well as at casinos.

Because i love the game

it is fun . and money . fun + money = me melting

game for the passion of this game and of course also for money but the most interesting thing is that it is the only sport where you can sit at the same table number oneone and con the best

It is my therapy and how I relax

To have fun. I think that every card game you work on the mind and that helps with memory.

In the beginning, I was also attracted by the interest in the game. Then I decided why not earn parallel interest. Now I have lost interest in the game, but I have not lost interest in money.

For me the question is- Shall you play poker any more?

Good time in retirement! Sometimes earnings! Success)

Originally Posted by azgeda

¿Por qué juegas? ¿Es el dinero? ¿La emoción? ¿La diversión?

¡Para mí probablemente sea una combinación de los tres! Realmente soy un apasionado de este juego.

money making

I want to prove the theory of one-shots that, given certain variables and the current situation, nothing will prevent me from taking the Champions Cup, regardless of professional qualities, to understand the champion's rule and how this title will change my mind. There is a theory that it takes 10,000 hours to master each profession. So I have the opportunity to refute this theory or become a professional in poker = the result is a cup.

Quite simply, I enjoy it. I love a good game. I love the challenge of trying to out think and out play other players. The money is just how we keep score. But who among us doesn't have dreams of winning big money. Generally, the higher the stakes, the more skilled you can expect your opponents to be. We all want to run up a high score, say we play big games for big money, against the best players and win. But I would be more than happy to get lucky and donk my way through the WSOP all the way to the final table.

Win money and have fun!

I play because in addition to really enjoying the sport, I want to become a professional!

Originally Posted by azgeda

Why do you play? Is it the money? The thrill? The fun?

For me it’s probably a combination of all three! I really am passionate about this game.

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One of my favorite experiences with poker is playing in a cash game at a Casino for 5-8 hours and the time just flies by.(I guess it's for the escape at times)
I also miss playing in live games and tournaments in general...I enjoy online less when compared to a Casino or a home game. I feel this way because in-person is way more fun.

Like most others it's a combination. I feel kind of like a detective trying to figure out if I'm being bluffed or if you are on a hot streak.

I work as a nurse so for me it's chill time, time to relax at night when the kids are a sleep my hubby got me into the game when he took me to the local league he played at and I made my first final table (Being a mental health nurse had nothing to do with it )

I am passionate about the game itself, I think that it constantly tests you to improve, learn more, try to be better than your rivals at the tables. There is no game like this, you never stop learning and even so you have to fight every day against variance, against the mentality when things do not go as expected, but there is nothing more satisfying than winning a tournament, for example, looking for that feeling whenever possible is very good.

Originally Posted by azgeda

Why do you play? Is it the money? The thrill? The fun?

For me it’s probably a combination of all three! I really am passionate about this game.

I started playing to have something to focus on during the pandemic so I don't go crazy from boredom or loneliness. Of course I would like to make some money ideally but at this point learning the game to where I start winning more than loosing against good players is my main motivation. I enjoy the process of learning something new and at this point in my life poker seems like the perfect choice.

At one time in my life I was an athlete with hopes and dreams and was a very competitive person. Once I got hurt I had no place to get out and use my competitive skills. Poker for me is the release I needed. I play for the thrill of victory and hats why I play poker. The extra money is nice too.

I like to play poker because I'm interested

I enjoy playing poker and I spend some of my free time playing.

I started playing tournaments more than two years ago now and my reason is that I enjoy competing and thought that poker tournaments would be as much fun as competitive shooting was...and I was right! I do miss live games because getting to know the "regulars" really adds to my enjoyment. I have however made a few friends playing online, especially in the CardsChat leagues.

I play mostly because I find it fun and enjoy the game, with the money being a nice bonus. Playing mind games with the other players on the table is always satisfying for me.

Originally Posted by azgeda

Why do you play? Is it the money? The thrill? The fun?

For me it’s probably a combination of all three! I really am passionate about this game.

Probably a bit of all 3, but mainly for fun & a bit of competitiveness

I want to make money playing poker, but I can't do it yet.

Nowadays for fun, before for to be poor.

It means all three things to me, too. I enjoy the game and if I can even make money with it in the meantime it is a special pleasure. A wonderful game of chess is poker with the difference from chess that here a beginner can beat the master (in chess, however, this is unthinkable). Excitement, fun and a little brain gymnastics for me is poker.

I'm 74, I play for something that helps to past the time and make a little cash on the side to supplement my Social Security check. I love the game, even when I hate the game.

i play just to relax and have fun doing so

Because it´s for getting big money.

Hobby and money.

I mainly play poker as a hobby so you will find me playing all over the place, from play money, freerolls and for real money

I play for fun but it is better when make money

I play poker to relax and have fun, If I win money much better.

It is fun and it’s a great hobby for an old lady like me during the pandemic.