What would it take for you to quit online poker?
 

For me if Party ever goes the route of Pokerroom and Pacific and starts micro raking the 2/4 and above games. Also if they try to raise the rake close to a bricks and mortar sites rates, considering the games are way tougher than the same limit at a casino. If Party buys out Empire and ends their affiliate deals I may leave Party..... [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Quit online poker qr wuit Party, or is it the same for you?

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losing

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A meteor hitting my modem.
~Justin

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A meteor hitting my modem.
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Twice! Once would just be a bad beat I think.

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The poker world doesn't revolve around Party.

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quitting party would be almost like quitting poker for me as how many large sites are there? I don't play online poker for fun (or BM limit for that matter). So if they are fleecing me to the point where I am winning jack squat, I don't see the point in playing. I already have seen about 150 a month getting robbed out of my pockets due to their .5 raise in December of 03'...... [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Pretty damn close unless you want to scrounge for games..

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Pretty damn close unless you want to scrounge for games..

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Stars doesnt have games? Full tilt is growing exponentially every month, UB has some decent action, the world certainly wouldnt end without Party.
~Justin

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If I won $3 million or something in a major live event I would strongly consider not even bothering with online poker very much.

I do enjoy playing...but mostly I play because it's my source of income.
If my income were taken care of then I certainly wouldn't feel the 'need' or 'obligation' to play nearly as much as I do (or even 'at all' really).


I mean, maybe I would be all stir-crazy and bored and then play again...but I think the chances of me travelling more and playing the occasional live event while almost never playing online again would be much higher.

I don't know...maybe I would take the big roll and develop and interest in beating the 50/100 or 100/200 games even though I'm fairly certain I would be a losing player at those limits.
but I think I could find other ways to challenge myself in life.



as far as 'how BAD would the games or the rake need to be to consider quitting?'
If I determined that the games were -EV for me (or not enough +EV) and/or my bankroll was getting clobbered I would have virtually no hesitation or problem to take up a 'real' job again...deciding what the hell I would want to do would be a bit tricky though.

There's no way i would continue playing this silly game if it weren't +EV.

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3 or 4 table Stars and you dont have much choices.

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If Party raised their rake to $7 a hand and eliminated rake-back or whatever bad scenario you can come up with then I would simply head over to Stars, UB, Absolute (if I can handle the software), Prima, True, Pacific, Crypto, wherever.

I am COMPLETELY prepared to do this and don't think it would be that big a deal.

Same thing if the games at Party suddenly became really tough to beat for some reason and I thought the games at Stars or UB were better.
If I had to step back in limits upon switching sites for whatever reason that wouldn't be a problem for me either.


I would think that anyone who plays winning online-poker at Party should be able to do same on another site.
I would also think that any winning poker-player should/would be prepared to switch games/sites when the situation dictates.

Party could completely fall apart for all I care and I don't think it would bother me too much at all.

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I would quit for 2 reasons.

1. I could no longer beat the games at a decent rate (whether this be due to tougher games, increased rake, less bonuses/rakeback, or any other reason).

2. I won so much money that I would never have to worry about money again. In this case I would probably only play occasionally "for fun." If i had enough money I would be chillin on a lake everyday for the rest of my life, with no worries.

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My money comes from RB, and bonus not so many from playing. If poker is not profitable for me, i definetely leave. Poker is in my opinion not a great game without making money (backgammon at sample is much better).

Wolfgang

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The poker world doesn't revolve around Party.

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It doesnt? Why would anyone play elsewhere when you can get high rakeback and a selection of tables like no other site?

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What limits you play and at what times?

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2/4 short. The pickings are slim during the week during working hours.....

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2/4 short. The pickings are slim during the week during working hours.....

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Party doesn't even have 2/4 short handed tables.

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That's why the pickings are so slim!!

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~UKP 1,000,000

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If I won $3 million or something in a major live event I would strongly consider not even bothering with online poker very much.

I do enjoy playing...but mostly I play bla bla bla bla

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I agree 100%, nice post, you really hit it on the head.

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I play because I love the game. I nearly always have loved the game since I set down at my first table 18 years ago (I am 31).

Living in the midwest, I don't get a ton of live action games and online is my only outlet.

As long as I beat the game for .0001 BB/100 - I will play on.

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A meteor hitting my modem.
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Twice! Once would just be a bad beat I think.

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[img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I agree

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but after that happens you HAVE to figure that the chances of the meteor hitting the same computer THREE times in one lifetime are really really SMALL.
After the first 2 strikes I think you're all set for the next several decades.

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I will look during week days. But right now (5:50 PM PST) Stars has 19 short-handed $2/$4 tables (Hold'em Limit). Plus another 10 $3/$6 short-handed. Plus another 13 10-handed $2/$4 and $3/$6. Plus a lot more $1/$2 6-handed and 10-handed. All with substantially lower rake than Party.

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If the game is rock garden I won't play. So during a typical weekday there might be 3 tables with live ones...... [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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if lucrative reloads die or if the fish swim away