Is playing with friends plus or minus ev?

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I just have an agreeement with my friends. At the table, play each other like we would anybody else - as hard as possible. No hard feelings have ever developed between us. It's a game.


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when i play with mine we do the same. i just don't know how good of a person i am to have as a poker buddy b/c i am at heart one of the most competitive and cutthroat people you will ever meet.

my family plays a game every sunday and during the week sometimes and they will get mad at me at times cause when i play i am very aggro and it can upset people that are there just to play. so since its just my gf and i over with my family for dinner and its an after-dinnner poker game i have toned it down since it's like a $10 buy in.

everything i have ever done in my life has been as hard as i could or i haven't done it, but i realized that sometimes you just need to take your foot off the gas when it comes to the people you love (family).