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Based on a very interesting thread I decided to create this one. The original is 'If you won the lottery, would you quit your job??? Why or why not?'. Thanks to @RiverLord90 who made it.

My ideia with this thread is to understand the motivation of you guys when it comes to play the poker game. Is about passion? Is about fun? About some bucks?

So, If you beat the large Main Event field in the World Series of Poker and put 10 millions in your pocket (no stacking, no backing, just you receiving this incredible prize 100% yours)...

...Would you stop playing poker or raise the stakes?

In my case I have no doubt: raise the stakes every time.

why should/would you quit??

It's most profitable hobby.

the only thing I would change in my game, I would stop playing so many frerolls
lol

Why quit. You would be guaranteed freerolls galore to every tournament, appearance fees and buy ins on the house, celebrity status and comps infinite, if promoted right.

I would stash the cash and bleed the fame and grow as a player. The only hard thing would be to not Brat out Helmuth style and keep head from growing too big.

Lol, not only would I quit poker I would quit my day job instantly, like you don't even know, I would be in the middle of the floor celebrating before I even took the picture with the bracelet calling in to work "Hey I ain't coming back to work, EVER!" I would still coach somewhere but I don't know if it would still be at my current high school after I would quit that way but I would be done with my day job forever. This was an easy answer for me because it's the same thing I would do if I won the lottery, it may not be the same amount of money but it would be the same result.

I think it is a feeling people are searching for. I can feel like a million bucks playing CC freerolls and make a dollar. What is the motivation one wants from it?

If I were a professional I would continue playing . Now, a fish like me would continue to play just for fun in cheap tournaments.

If this event is because I have enough money and experience, of course I would continue playing but only for fun. .. it is fun to take money away from other pesronss ...

Why thefAckhell would you quit?

I would play the same...

If you're good enough to win the WSOP main event, you know you're good enough to play in bigger live tournaments and win again.

Of course you need to invest most of the money in something safe, like property and make sure you have enough left to enjoy life for years to come.

But if I won I would start playing in other big live events. As long as I enjoy the game.

Please give me 10 million and I will be able to answer your question very accurately

I would continue, and try for more action, at this level! The money would give me the opportunity to go higher!

To tell the absolute truth, I'd rather be fishing. I might come back and play Main Event and maybe a couple other World Series events every year. I wouldn't be grinding though.

Originally Posted by Grudina

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Based on a very interesting thread I decided to create this one. The original is 'If you won the lottery, would you quit your job??? Why or why not?'. Thanks to @RiverLord90 who made it.

My ideia with this thread is to understand the motivation of you guys when it comes to play the poker game. Is about passion? Is about fun? About some bucks?

So, If you beat the large Main Event field in the World Series of Poker and put 10 millions in your pocket (no stacking, no backing, just you receiving this incredible prize 100% yours)...

...Would you stop playing poker or raise the stakes?

In my case I have no doubt: raise the stakes every time.

I would certainly keep playing poker, I love playing this game, I love teaching this game, heck... I love everything about this game!

I don't think I'd raise the stakes though, keeping the buyins at $10k is probably the most reasonable play, no need to go butt heads with those super high roller stars like Ali Imsirovic and Charlie Carrel!

If I won the WSOP Main Event, I would have gotten there through some sort of cheap satellite, or lucky draw. I don't have $10,000 to invest in my poker game.

Winning would be a miracle, and the cash would certainly make my retirement more comfortable.

I would continue to play poker online with my friends, live with my friends, and at casinos. There would be the temptation to play for higher stakes but I play the game to win, not create a lifestyle.

Don't you mean when..?



I'll keep playing, without a doubt, but won't raise the stakes necessarily..

My goal is to start my own charitable organisations and have as much of a positive impact on the world as possible, the money will help!

I'd never want to stop playing though...

Maybe something like six months on, six months off would allow having the best of multiple worlds.

Now we're really talking about Gladstone Gander territory, haha!

I would not give up playing poker. I would go on. But most likely he would not immediately raise the stakes. WSOP win once is not enough

I think that if I went up to wsoop I would probably continue to play further, as this money is not endless ... Well, this is my opinion...

Never quitting, no matter what!

Hey.
I would continue to play poker, but I would not play at breathtaking heights. I would play an average of 11-85 dollars, sometimes with high stakes up to 215-530 dollars. And would have made several trips to several live tournaments per year. But I would not devote much time to the game. And he devoted more time to his relatives and friends, engaged in self-improvement on the spiritual plane.

Yeah this is good question that I never asked myself, but if I win i will play less poker i think.

None of these. I will continue playing at whatever stakes i am currently and use most of the money to improve my life.

If I've won, I believe I'll slowdown a bit.. maybe play to spend few hours and have a nice time.. wouldn't mind about being that focused on winning I think. But its just a thought right?! I mean.. maybe it's completely the opposite and I feel like playing more because I proved myself that it's possible

Neither. I would keep playing - would probably add more WSOP events in the summer but would still play around the same level as now.

I would invest a large majority of the money I won and play poker professionally with the money I would get off the interest and dividends from my investments.

I would keep playing. And you can be DAMN sure that I would wear the obnoxious bracelet to my weekly $20 home game.

I would definitely play higher stakes tourneys and quit my job!

Easy decision! Travel the world and play all the poker festivals, the best lifestyle..

Originally Posted by Drumsound

I would keep playing. And you can be DAMN sure that I would wear the obnoxious bracelet to my weekly $20 home game.

That thing looks like it would make a great belt buckle, doesn't it?

Originally Posted by IntenseHeat

That thing looks like it would make a great belt buckle, doesn't it?

It really does. Personally, I'd prefer something less crazy, and have more of the money go into the prize pool. I thought last year's 50th bracelets for the normal events were pretty cool.

I wouldnt quit but I dont think I would play as much afterwards. I would be like a Bill Cower. The dream is to win the WSOP, so that means I would have conquered that feat and since the payout would be so good I would focus more on my other passions. They also make money and are more fulfilling and dont have the risk of being a degenerate poker player armed with a huge bankroll and confidence that I can win at the biggest level... that could lead to trouble

Would raise and re-raise the steaks!

This is a very complicated question to answer. I'm not sure of the answer. I think it is better to respond after winning the main event

Really interesting question. I would not give up the game that is 100% for sure. I absolutely love this freaking game.

I would up the stakes but not a hell of a lot. It would be a lot of luck to win the main event and so easy to go broke if I went crazy.

Hello. If I won the main wsop, I would play small, low cost events and try to live better off, enjoying retirement in a number of ways.
Dan'O

I would keep playing and save a bunch of the money by storing it away. I would probably move up in stakes too.

would play for fun and wait for another affordable entry opportunity to get it right again

no, I would not stop taking more to invest in other things and I would not increase the buyn, I would continue to play at the same buyn, less often, more as a hobby and less pressure to win.

No matter how much I win, I certainly wouldn’t stop playing. Simply because I play because of the game. Of course, money is not the last thing.:-))

I once told myself i'll play the game even if we were gambling crayons or something else. So i'll definitely keep playing and raise the stakes just for the fun of it. It's actually a game where it becomes easier the higher the stakes are in a live game because it's easier to read people and when large amounts of money is at stakes sometimes you can't control your body language and give clues away, opponents also fold more than if it was low stakes. so the game becomes much easier to control and real rather than playing bingo.

Of course raise the stakes! I have a dream and need improve my skill!

If that happends, i promise to quit .

I would not be deceived by the money, I would play the limits I always played and I would make a reservation to keep myself safe in case something happens, raising the limit like that just because of a big hit does not mean anything

I think you'd have to be in that scenario to really know what you would do.

If I won the WSOP Main Event, I would still continue to play, but not any higher than I would now. I'd probably invest in a top of the line PC so I can play on a better machine. I would stick with levels that I am comfortable playing at, not against the wizards or anything like that.....I like having that kind of money too much.

I'd still play the WSOP Main Event though, that would definitely be a given.

I don't think I will ever quit playing poker. I would play it like I do now as just a hobby. It makes poker fun to know that it is just a hobby and not a serious thing in my life.

Originally Posted by 57noona

I don't think I will ever quit playing poker. I would play it like I do now as just a hobby. It makes poker fun to know that it is just a hobby and not a serious thing in my life.

I love poker to much to ever quit. I strive everyday to get better

IN this order
Secure myself
secure the monies
secure an tax attorney
secure a legal attorney
secure a publicist
disappear for 3-6 months
travel around and play for 6 months.
Move back to Las vegas
Play normally

I'd quit something, but it wouldn't be poker.

I would as quickily as could transform myself into a ROCK STAR type player and startbeing as over the top as possible in hope all this would set me as an ambassador type or get me in a special guest over and over for the rest of my life. I see so many of the last 10 years of WSOP winners fade into nothing, no spotlight, no itnerviews no keeping htier name out there, man you got the vehicle and this is when you transfer out of poker into celebrity poker

I mean who ya wanna be Ryan Reese or Phil Helmuth, they both got the bracelet, DRESS ME UP LIKE CEASER AND I WILL MAKE PEOPLE BOW DOWN TO ME as I enter the poker game, instead of being that dude who dresses in his favorite sports jersey and just plays boring great poker after winning the TITLE

I wouldn't quit poker, I'd raise the stakes, if I won WSOP. But a portion I wouldn't touch, if needed some for a rainy day. Still would work as well, work is healthy , for the mind and socializing is healthy too.