Is it for fun or money? Often we think it's for one but our actions say something entirely different. If both, how do we balance that?

I play to gamble in NBA,MLB, etc. Without spending my "real money"

any hobby should initially bring pleasure and only then there will be a result

I play for fun but if I can win a little money it becomes even more exciting ... although at the moment I only play freeroll tournaments since I want to accumulate so that later I can play at real money tables

for fun.
2nl zoom give me money & pleasure every time.

Play for fun. Play the freebies to relax, kill time. Poker doesn't have to be binary: 1-win or 2-lose. Option 3 is to loosen up, and see what happens.

Surely a little for both, for fun and why not to earn a little extra.
Finally, for me who is starting out, it's not about to arrive, i have so much to learn. There are wolves everywhere outside.
For the moment i'm having a good time and despite my defeats i'm trying to learn lessons.

I play for both things, money is a motivation that makes you overcome your game when you participate in big tournaments, and at the same time you also play because all of us who play poker do not think that there is only one who does not love the game, its mystery, his strategy, his way of enjoying it, something like no other.

I play for both but it doesn't materialize all the time

Money and ego if i'm just being 100% honest. Love for the game is like the crust that holds the toppings.

I play poker because I enjoy psychology and I enjoy games; poker seems like a good mix to test my skills. It may sound cliche, but I really do play for the challenge as well as to improve - just for the sake of seeing "how good" I might get.

I play for both. Because I want money and for fun, poker offers you both. If you play it for fun, the money will come

I like to play poker, if you can win something then that's just great!

I have a game as an additional income. It may be small, but it suits me.

I play for fun, but I really want to progress and be able to play a big live tournament, and winning some money is always welcome.

I play for fun and money. I like the fact that there is a skill element in it

I play more for the money
For fun sometimes

I play for fun , it's my biggest hobby and I like to spend my free time playing, but somewhere deep inside my is a hope to win big money one day

I play for money and for fun. I think poker as a hobby that can give me some extra cash every month and that's very nice, because my others hobbies usually only cost me money

This is my hobby like football but with money benefits

Questions my gf asks. My answer. My mind need the outlet poker provides. Hope yourdayshavebeen good good luck on the tables. And as always have fun.

I am playing for fun, but of course always want to win money. Its like hobby which can be expensive, but can be valuable as well

Originally Posted by shanegkess

Is it for fun or money? Often we think it's for one but our actions say something entirely different. If both, how do we balance that?

I like to play for both reasons, and when things go well, my two goals of playing Poker are met: fun and money

Hi.
For me, poker is a hobby that gives me pleasure. I play for fun, but it is also always nice to win some money.
Good luck.

I would like to play poker just for fun, but when it brings additional significant earnings, you have to take it very, very seriously, especially pokerrooms are not very fond of when someone earns too much or too often.

I love poker, 95% is for fun and 5% is on money side!

Because I like poker and I would like to earn money from it.

I play for fun, for hobby. practice, concentration and discipline is what will make us good players and most likely win a few dollars.

Poker offers you to earn money and have fun. I play for both.

I'm just killing my free time playing. But I still hope that someday I get lucky and win a good prize.

I just love playing poker, I think it's the best card game in the world, I play a lot of my free time and that's my hobby, but otherwise it would be nice to make a living out of it, there must be people who work and make a living.

I play for fun, but i really enjoy winning small prizes with freerolls. With this money i bet on football matches again. So i can keep myself very sweet with these hobbies and actually earn nothing at all.

Both. But my history is like that, I used to play chess and Im really good on it. And I always know how yo play poker but never stop and study, so I thougth that if I play poker with the same way I play chess I could be good and win money with that. Thats why I change.

I love to play poker, for me it's brain training.

I play for fun and make a little on the side. I don't mind losing a little bit here and there. Poker is still the cheapest hobby I have ever enjoyed.

First play for fun and in the background comes the possibility to win more money lol

But that will probably never happen. The trust in honesty in the poker room is completely lost

Rather, for the sake of money. And all this gives me pleasure. I just switched to GGPokerOk, it's super!

I Play poker as one of my purposes in life and focus on the process of preparing/playing tournaments. I give my best effort to focus on finishing 1st in each tournament I play. I have no ambition to make poker my sole source of income and don't really focus on making money while playing. If I win some money I will plan to use it wisely afterwards but while playing I'm sorely focused on winning the tournament. Doing this I find I don't try to just finish in the money so I play more aggressive around the bubbles and at final tables. I never take deals unless it's a live mtt and they wanna give a small amount to the bubble with 16 players left or something. No deals when there's 3-5 players left etc and big pay jumps because I feel I can exploit players wanting to win a little more money and doing this gives me a edge to perhaps take down 1st place.

So far, I'm just interested in playing poker. We'll see what happens next.

I play for fun but of course few $ won only improve the fun.

Originally Posted by shanegkess

Is it for fun or money? Often we think it's for one but our actions say something entirely different. If both, how do we balance that?

I play for both reasons, but I don't like it when I lose; Well, I don't get as much money as the fun of earning it.

I like the game. It is interesting to plan what movements you are going to do

I always played for fun. With that I accumulated a few dollars, but I never played for profit.
With my friends we played aiming for recognition above profit.

I play because it brings crazy pleasure

Dependence

I play poker because the game always gives me pleasure. This is the main reason. Poker is my favorite hobby.

It's depends of my mood.. Sometimes I play because I want to improve my skills, sometimes I want to win something - just as a fact that I more lucky\more skilled as I feel this time. It's good feeling - be winner, be better than somebody, and I think at least 50% of guys who plays games - play for this)

Poker entertains me. And sometimes helps financially )

Definitely for fun. I used to play for some extra money but it became to time intensive for the amount I was making. Now if I make money it's just a bonus.