Why do you play online poker?

[RaiNz]

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I'm not playing for the thrill of [censored] victory here. I owe rent, alimony, child support. I play for money. My kids eat.

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Thank you Knish!

[nigelloring]

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To OP, Why won't you look back on this as a sunny time in your life ?

Poker is my only job. Sometimes I get tired and go about 3 or 4 days without playing but then I realize that I'd have to get a real job if I don't play poker and that is when I get right back to it. Real jobs (desk jobs, factory work, etc) suck big time. Dude, they are so bad. I'm not sure how old you are but you will realize what I'm talking about one day.

I used to work in a factory that was about 100 degrees in the summer. It was horrible and tough work. I've worked a lot of places and this is the best job I've ever had.

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It won't be a sunny time in my life because online poker is a solitary activity. This is important because I am not a naturally social person, and online poker only magnifies this problem.

I am in the fortunate position where the poker money I make doesn't have much marginal utility, and I am also lucky enough to have one of the few desk jobs in the world I absolutely love (I'm an electronic trader).

[kiffl]

I play to make money and I also like trying to get better at the game.

[Guy Incognito]

Because I'm unable to find a day job that will pay me what I'm capable of earning.

[teamdonkey]

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So for those of you who said you play for the money, what would you do, with respect to online poker, if you suddenly had your net worth multiplied by 1000 tomorrow?

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I think this technically puts me further in debt...

My whole life i've been into computer gaming. My wife says i'm addicted not to this game or that game, but gaming in general. So while i probably play because i am "addicted", i play poker as opposed to everquest/gang-wars/WoW now because i get money out of it.

[HRFats]

I would stop playing poker in my living room and start plating from whatever penthouse suite I happen to be renting for the week. I'll play from Paris, Germany, Italy, London, Hong Kong and all of the carribean resorts. Between poker and sex I'll be one happy guy.