Check out our brand new Local Poker Communities! Get updates and interact with poker players in your area.
Visit the United States Poker Community | Visit the California Poker Community | Read more about the Launch of P5s Local

You can still be a gambling addict even if you are making money

Reply to Thread
Page 5 of 53 4 5
  1. Lengthwise905 Lengthwise905 is offline

    Posts: 341
    Joined: Jan 10

    Nov 24th, 2010 (11/24/2010 8:45pm) in reply to skiwert76

    yea deoxy funny hahaha

    but seriously is true

    people harp on poker not on other things....stock broker is pure gambling they are idealized (meaning a respected job that you would never say, you're a gambling addict stock broker....)

    if you are winning and addicted to poker....people still call you gambler and addicted so funny nearly the same thing
    one is a game of cards other is a game of numbers...both takes skill and moves hahaha

    oh well I guess we are all addicts
    Edited By: Lengthwise905 Nov 24th, 2010 at 09:19 PM
  2. Ozzie Ozzie is offline

    Joliet, IL
    United States

    Posts: 5,812
    Joined: Feb 07

    Nov 24th, 2010 (11/24/2010 9:03pm) in reply to Dirty donkey

     
    Originally Posted by Dirty donkey View Post

    I think it depends on what you are playing. Cash games are much more compulsive and have more gamble. MTT's ans SNG's are different in that you invest your money into a pool and gain your profits from you ability to out skill your competition to gain your roi.

    wat? no.
  3. katdragon katdragon is offline

    United States

    Posts: 641
    Joined: Apr 05

    Nov 24th, 2010 (11/24/2010 9:07pm) in reply to hdkeisk

     
    Originally Posted by hdkeisk View Post

    WOW.

    that's a damn good post.

    ditto that outstanding should expand into a front page article. Kat
    Edited By: katdragon Nov 24th, 2010 at 09:13 PM
  4. ShipThisPLZ ShipThisPLZ is offline

    Saint Catharines
    Canada

    Posts: 1,237
    Joined: Jan 10

    Nov 24th, 2010 (11/24/2010 9:23pm) in reply to katdragon

    "its not gambling when you know your gonna win"
    -Alan Garner
    673 
  5. Goldenad Goldenad is offline

    NJ
    United States

    Posts: 2,670
    Joined: Jun 06

    Nov 24th, 2010 (11/24/2010 9:49pm) in reply to ShipThisPLZ

    i get the distinct sense that apestyles told less family members and non-poker friends about his ftops and wcoop scores than he did when he hit his first 4 figure score years and years ago
     
  6. rayfox111 rayfox111 is offline

    United Kingdom

    Posts: 833
    Joined: Mar 09

    Nov 24th, 2010 (11/24/2010 10:49pm) in reply to Lengthwise905

     
    Originally Posted by Lengthwise905 View Post

    yea deoxy funny hahaha

    but seriously is true

    people harp on poker not on other things....stock broker is pure gambling they are idealized (meaning a respected job that you would never say, you're a gambling addict stock broker....)

    if you are winning and addicted to poker....people still call you gambler and addicted so funny nearly the same thing
    one is a game of cards other is a game of numbers...both takes skill and moves hahaha

    oh well I guess we are all addicts

    Same applies to insurance brokers/ insurance companies their, actually glorified bookmakers, who are laying you a price on events happening.
    In other words its gambling.
    All those dicks who say I never gamble, yes you do, you gamble every time you take out an insurance policy.
  7. Lenail Lenail is offline

    Vevey
    Switzerland

    Posts: 1,042
    Joined: Apr 08

    Nov 25th, 2010 (11/25/2010 3:55pm) in reply to rayfox111

    All about perceptions ans how we see the things...
    Thinking about Eastgate, he was like we are and when he reached his goal to be financially independent, the willingness to play dropped down and the willingness of other activities begun to appear.
    All remain on the self-questioning and if we search with the right tools, the true always showed up !!!
    By the way we need the 90% loosing ppl to continue, this is IMO the weird part of it...
  8. apestyles apestyles is offline Moderator

    Vancouver
    Canada

    Posts: 5,087
    Joined: Sep 05

    Nov 25th, 2010 (11/25/2010 6:41pm) in reply to Lenail

    Ha, well I was just telling stories about some of the people I've encountered, I'd say they are the exception rather than the rule. I think most people are intrigued and think playing poker as a career is cool. There are going to be uninformed,judgmental, and dumb people everywhere you go.
     282 12 

    apestyles is an instructor at PocketFives Training . To get more of his advice and to watch his training videos, click here.

  9. xxbossmanxx xxbossmanxx is offline Plays poker like a X-Boxxx

    Detroit, MI
    United States

    Posts: 3,963
    Joined: Sep 07

    Nov 25th, 2010 (11/25/2010 6:56pm) in reply to random.chu

    LDO
  10. Lenail Lenail is offline

    Vevey
    Switzerland

    Posts: 1,042
    Joined: Apr 08

    Nov 26th, 2010 (11/26/2010 10:38am) in reply to apestyles

     
    Originally Posted by apestyles View Post

    I think most people are intrigued and think playing poker as a career is cool. There are going to be uninformed,judgmental, and dumb people everywhere you go.

    Completely agree, remind me of some of the fox lecture on pxf about playing poker seriously.... (What do we want to be ?? How do we see the world ?? What effort do we put to reach our goals ?? ...)
    Poker remains a great source of income but only a few can understand, I see poker so differently now that is it nearly impossible to share with most of my friends.
    I can truly can understand you now Apes !! :
    "I dunno, I guess I really am strange..."
    I don't think you are strange at all only IMO you are different to the majority of the people because you want to go through things at the deepest point possible, a lot of human (sometimes me included but less and less) are OK with what they have and don't want goals or big "adventure-experience" to search on their inside..
    (Sure I am not at the same point pokerly speaking) but when I met a woman, I nearly never speak about poker because they don't see this as we do... IMO better to share this later when we know the person better.
    Also thanks for your blog, very nice to read your adventures !!!
  11. CardXFactor CardXFactor is offline

    Posts: 606
    Joined: Aug 06

    Nov 26th, 2010 (11/26/2010 4:37pm) in reply to Lenail

    The way I've explained poker in the past was this example:

    If a coin lands "heads" I get $60 and if it lands "tails" I give $40. If I flip the coin one time anything can happen. If I flip it 10 times I could lose 6 or win 8, still a lot of chance. I need to flip the coin as many times as I can so that it evens out and I get the $60 as much as I give out the $40. That is why I play poker so much.
  12. ThreesRWild ThreesRWild is offline

    Bradenton, FL
    United States

    Posts: 88
    Joined: Jan 05

    Nov 26th, 2010 (11/26/2010 8:33pm) in reply to random.chu

    Sex addict has sex.
  13. DapperDan08 DapperDan08 is offline

    Newcastle Upon Tyne
    United Kingdom

    Posts: 61
    Joined: Mar 11

    Mar 17th, 2011 (3/17/2011 1:02am) in reply to ThreesRWild

    I read the first 2 pages and skim read the rest. There seems to be a lot of repetition, particularly where people are saying there's a straight forward distinction between a balanced lifstyle and an unbalanced one. Personally I think it's a sliding scale with 2 theoretical extremes. If we give everything that pops up in our lives a little attention, we are 'spreading ourselves too thinly'. However if we focus exclusively on one thing we neglect so much!

    There is no magical balancing point. Somewhere in the middle of these two extremes we are making a proportional trade off between excellence in a field and variety of experience. I do however believe though that many individuals can find their optimal point along this scale as it's not a case of directly proportional trade offs for all. Unfortunately though I also believe that a large proportion of us (myself inc. atm) either don't know where that point is or can't discipline themselves to maintain it.

    I think it's also important to note that (imo) those who can both find and maintain the balance of life and poker are not free of the constant pull in either direction. They are simply more in tune with what they 'should' be doing and when, in order to be content. And as a result are happier people because, more than anything else, they implement what they know to be right for them.
     
Reply to Thread
Page 5 of 53 4 5