How much is too much?(low content)

[poboy]

I've finally come to the conclusion that I'm addicted to poker, well actually gambling in general but poker is my drug of choice. Since I've gotten PT I can now accurately account for how much time I spend playing, I play poker nearly as many hours as I work(40-50/week). On the weekends I will play for 8-12 hrs/day, during the week typically 3-6 hrs/night. This does not include the time I spend reading books,browsing the forum,thinking about poker, and the most disturbing of all dreaming about poker. How often does everyone else on here play? How long are your typical sessions? How much is too much?

Well off to the tables.... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[swolfe]

it...consumes me

[theben]

i think 50 hours a week is too much if you work a full time job . . . .

[TheWorstPlayer]

I actually feel pretty bad sometimes that I can't play more hours because of work and think of quitting my job. But I won't because I enjoy my job and will always make ten times more money at work as at poker. But I think about it because in many ways poker is more fun. However, if I had to play for a living, poker would probably become less fun.

[amoeba]

honestly, I probably browse and post more than I play.

something I need to fix.

[stu-unger]

i think im in the same boat as poboy. i play way too much and it harps on my studies, but who cares college is supposed to be fun. i play poker more than i do anything else in my life. my girlfriend, my family, and my friends hate it, but who cares. don't feel like your the only one in this boat. I LOVE POKER AND IT LOVES ME!

[poboy]

I meant that I work 40-50 hrs/week and play poker nearly as much, probably 30-40 hrs/week playing. Still this leaves very little time for anything else.

I play an awful lot. I have a full time job--I own a small business (law firm)--and I find myself antsy to finish up every day so I can get home and play poker. And I think the next employee who hears another bad beat story is going to quit.

I probably play three to five hours every night during the week, and then five to eight on the weekends.

It's definitely more fun than work, but like Amoeba said, if poker was work, it'd be work.

I'm not quite addicted, I think, but I can see addiction from here.

Last weekend, I stayed up most of the night playing at Party. My wife woke me up the next afternoon like this, "Matt, Matt, honey, wake up. I think there is a poker game somewhere you're not in." Maybe I need to cut back.

[fimbulwinter]

man, how you guys can play more than 40 hours is beyond me.

do you guys who play so much multitable? after about 5 hours of multitabling i am drained big time.

fim

ps- i generally play 30-40 hours a week.

[poboy]

Thats the worst part of it all, I would play more if I could. I think of quitting my job as well and honestly don't know what I'll do once my income from poker is comparable to my salary and benefits.