What would it take for you to quit online poker?

[lefty rosen]

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]

[mbpoker]

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

[smoore]

losing

[Jurollo]

A meteor hitting my modem.
~Justin

[Jurollo]

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A meteor hitting my modem.
~Justin

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Twice! Once would just be a bad beat I think.

[Uglyowl]

The poker world doesn't revolve around Party.

[lefty rosen]

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]

[lefty rosen]

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

[Jurollo]

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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

[MicroBob]

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.