Originally Posted by NoMeNot

1. The competition (always been competitive)

2. The current money

3. The possible money

4. The possible fame (the dream, similar to #3)

5. The lifestyle (if done right)

6. The social aspects (more for live play, even more when playing with friends)

7. The learning aspect. (many skills are transferable)

8. Test of one's self (the downs)

9. The accomplishments (the ups)

10. The challenge to succeed.

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Ok at this point I'm a semi-successful small stakes 6max cash player (50/100nl). So here's my take.

Likes:

1. The supplemental income every month. I make more playing poker per hour than I do at my regular job, and if I were to search for a part-time 2nd job apart from my full time position, there is absolutely zero chance I'd find a place that paid as well as poker.

2. The seemingly unlimited earnings potential - basically going from broke (me now) to having enough fuck you money to do whatever I want (maybe someday?).

3. The challenge! As much as it sucks to experience suckouts and bad beats, I genuinelly enjoy stacking opponents, especially regs at my level. And to be honest, bad beats do not really bother me THAT much anymore. I think once you realize that you absolutely want your opponents to get their money in bad, you can then begin to accept it as just part of the game. Though bad beats probably are much more difficult to take if you primarily focus on mtts, which I don't. I probably have played 30 so far this year total tbh.

Dislikes:

1. The time commitment. I try to play about 50 hours a month and almost never reach it (I peak at like 40-45hrs). With a full time job it's difficult to spend so much free time doing one other thing, especially after a boring day at work when I'm sort of tired, but I just try to remind myself to treat it like a part-time job, which sort of helps.

2. The game can sometimes become monotonous. It's basically the same thing over and over and over again. If it weren't for the money I probably would quit, or at least play drastically less.

3. The connotations that others seem to have when I tell them about my poker playing, and how I'm able to increase my income, which is especially important for me in the current economic environment. People have basically two reactions: 1. I'm taking advantage of others/will become a degen gambler; or 2. OMG how do I do that too!?!?!? and it's so hard to explain to them how much work it actually is to be just semi-decent, let alone a high stakes soulcrusher. I mean, I've been playing this game since I was 18, so over 5 yrs, and I'm still so obv small time. Plus almost all regular people DO NOT have the mental toughness/self discipline and self recognition to succeed at this game. They just don't. So I hate when people want me to tell them how to make easy money when they have no shot.

 

Originally Posted by NoMeNot

1. The competition (always been competitive)

2. The current money

3. The possible money

<STRIKE>4. The possible fame (the dream, similar to #3)</STRIKE>

5. The lifestyle (if done right)

6. The social aspects (more for live play, even more when playing with friends)

7. The learning aspect. (many skills are transferable)

8. Test of one's self (the downs)

9. The accomplishments (the ups)

10. The challenge to succeed.

wp. 4 means nothing to me though. I enjoy working from the carribean though. that can be added

It's just fun, plain and simple. I'd play for free if that's all I could. I've just always liked to play cards, since I was a kid and played kitchen poker for pocket change with my family. Winning is fun, but losing is not the end of the world.

Try forgetting all the other bullshit and just play the game and enjoy it, no matter what happens. If you can't laugh after getting eliminated from a tournament, QUIT.

Winning mtts never surpsasses the pain of making a mental error deep in a tourny. I guess if i had to choose a + it would be its a great way to pass time.

I like poker because its the only way i can play a game, and make a living off it.

 

Originally Posted by Harry Oxx

I like poker because its the only way i can play a game, and make a living off it.

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Originally Posted by zander

If you're down that much after that long, quitting is a good idea. If you're still blaming bad beats for why you are down 10k, it's a GREAT idea.

please never try and convince someone of this ever again. some of us got bills, sir.

<SPAN>I am the friend that asked Allinblind why do you play Poker.<SPAN> </SPAN>I wanted to know why he could be excited one day then five days later want to quit? (this is a obv brag post because everyone now<SPAN> </SPAN>knows I am a friends with the great Allinblind)<SPAN> </SPAN>We all know adversity, variance and/or running bad in poker is a given.<SPAN> </SPAN>You can look at the best players in the nose bleed levels and see how they can run bad or play bad and lose lifetime bankrolls in a few days.<SPAN> </SPAN>(at least lifetime bankroll for players at my level) <SPAN> </SPAN>I believe the adversity we face in poker is what makes it challenging.<SPAN> </SPAN>If we won every time we got it in good <SPAN> </SPAN>- poker would be boring!<SPAN> </SPAN>Sweating the flop, turn and river are so painful but can be so sweet when our AK catches a king against the pocket queens of the villain.<SPAN> </SPAN>Any tournaments I have won I had to suck out at least once if not more times. <SPAN> </SPAN>Everyone here knows that and I am not breaking any new ground talking about that.<SPAN> </SPAN>So if we all know that poker is tough, variance/adversity, why do we<SPAN> </SPAN>want to quit or complain about variance or complain about how everyone ones plays but we rarely complain about our own play.<SPAN> </SPAN>Simple human nature - It is easier to complain about everyone else's<SPAN> </SPAN>bad play than to do the hard work to improve our play.<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>How do I know this, you may ask, because it is what I did <SPAN> </SPAN>at poker and in the real world, and it is what lots of other people do in and out of poker. <SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>

</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>How/why did I change my behavior?</SPAN><SPAN>I could not stand to lose at poker.<SPAN> </SPAN>I did lose of course and did nothing about it because I had time and money - call me Ishmael - I was such a fish.<SPAN> </SPAN>The one thing that changed was I got married.<SPAN> </SPAN>(another brag - a great Finnish girl)<SPAN> </SPAN>I did not have the time to play MTT's like I used to.<SPAN> </SPAN>I could only play on Wednesdays and Sundays.<SPAN> </SPAN>I am not whipped - I chose this schedule to try and balance my professional, poker and personal life. <SPAN> </SPAN>With my new schedule, I did find that I had <SPAN> </SPAN>some extra time.<SPAN> </SPAN>What should I do with my extra time play SNG'S or cash games? No I decided to finally study poker. <SPAN> </SPAN>(what a concept) So I signed up and watched video's from Pokerxfactor, Stoxpoker & PokerPwnange - all great sites.<SPAN> </SPAN>I also read everything I could find. <SPAN> </SPAN>I hired a coach to look at some of the MTT's I played and give me feedback.<SPAN> </SPAN>It is humbling to hear what a coach thinks of your playing skills, but he was right and helped me clear up a few leaks. <SPAN> </SPAN>Coaches are not that expensive and are a great investment for losing and winning players.<SPAN> </SPAN>I also talked with local players<SPAN> </SPAN>I admired - Allinblind & BigDshaggyJ. <SPAN> </SPAN>They were a great help in evolving my thinking about this game.<SPAN> </SPAN>All of these things helped me improve my game in one year.<SPAN> </SPAN>I finally became a winning player.<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>Am I the best no!<SPAN> </SPAN>Could I be the best - I don't think so!<SPAN> </SPAN>Do I have fun and win money - most of the time - but back to the question I asked Allinblind.</SPAN><SPAN>

</SPAN><SPAN>Why do I play poker - this is a very simple question for me. <SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>I like the competition.<SPAN> </SPAN>I enjoy trying to figure all of you out.<SPAN> </SPAN>From the best to the<SPAN> </SPAN>worst player at the table.<SPAN> </SPAN>It<SPAN> </SPAN>keeps my mind fresh and relaxes me at the same time it excites me with the "Thrill of NUTs and the Agony of river."<SPAN> </SPAN>(I paraphrased from ABC sports)<SPAN> </SPAN>I like playing against world class players.<SPAN> </SPAN>There are few sports were a rank amateur can play against the best in a sport and have a chance to win.<SPAN> </SPAN>There are few better feelings then knocking out a big named pro in a tournament.<SPAN> </SPAN>I like winning.<SPAN> </SPAN>One of my recent favorite wins was a $1.10 HORSE SNG.<SPAN> </SPAN>I am not a great HORSE player but had so much fun wining the SNG! <SPAN> </SPAN>I like learning. I enjoy how fast poker is changing and how even the better players are having to work hard to keep up with the game. <SPAN> </SPAN>(I wish I had known all this stuff in 2004 and 2005) I like the extra money.<SPAN> </SPAN>In our shaky economy,<SPAN> </SPAN>the extra money I win allows me to buy things and take trips <SPAN> </SPAN>that <SPAN> </SPAN>I would have delayed until the world financial markets cleared up.<SPAN> </SPAN>I like the comradery of all the poker players online.<SPAN> </SPAN>I have met some of the nicest and strangest people online.<SPAN> </SPAN>I laugh out loud so much that my wife thinks I am watching something funny on the computer.<SPAN> </SPAN>I tell her I am - I AM WATCHING MY FELLOW POKER PLAYERS!</SPAN>

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Originally Posted by litlebullet

chess, pool, World of Warcraft...

I used to wanna be a professional Chess player , the only money I ever made was from teaching chess which is pretty much the way all but the very top echelon of players make their money, I'd def put world of Warcraft WAYYY over chess in money potential.

 

Originally Posted by Wein

I haven't felt happy or excited about poker in probably a year+

six fig score should do the trick!! congrats on getting some momentum back dude - hope you finish the year out strong now. gl.