Just curious about this. I like hearing the philosophy behind sports and what draws people to their hobbies/obsessions. [You can find out a lot about a person that way.]
So why do you love poker? Is it the adrenaline? The anticipation of the cards? The money? Reading people? Beating them? Busting them? The math? The luck? The psychology? I know it's the whole package, but there's always one element that got you first, or still gets you the most. What is it?
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Why Do You Love Poker?
Started by Southern Buddhist, Jan 11 2008 12:01 PM
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:01 PM
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:06 PM
I like to gamble and it's a good bet.
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:07 PM
The competition.
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:11 PM
Waiting in the parking lot when I get 3-outed.
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:12 PM
Because I can watch porn a the same time
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:17 PM
the possibilites.
sometimes, though, I do hate poker
sometimes, though, I do hate poker
QUOTE (navybuttons @ Friday, August 8th, 2008, 3:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
$100 to a billionare is not $100 to a homeless woman. there is no natural law saying how much money should be worth to you. i'm not saying you shouldn't have a respect for money, but you should realize that $200 in your bankroll is no longer $200 in your pocket. once it's in your bankroll it should be the $200 to the millionare, that is, that it no longer has any real value to you. it becomes an investment by which to make more money and nothing more. it becomes just a number or an abstract idea of a number.
"You're playing a dangerous game, and you're playing it wrong."
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:23 PM
Cause I love putting people on huge tilts after ! outing them on river.
I am not an alcoholic
I am a drunk
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I am a drunk
Alcoholics go to meetings
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:23 PM
Cause I love putting people on huge tilts after ! outing them on river.
I am not an alcoholic
I am a drunk
Alcoholics go to meetings
I am a drunk
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:24 PM
QUOTE (phlegm @ Friday, January 11th, 2008, 12:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Cause I love putting people on huge tilts after ! outing them on river.
I just love players like that 2 exciten the game
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:25 PM
I don't like any specific charity so I like to give my money away this way.
QUOTE (digitalmonkey @ Wednesday, August 18th, 2010, 1:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Steve,
It doesn't matter who you start because you have a horse shoe up your ass so far I'm not really sure how you get through the day. You must be gay.
It doesn't matter who you start because you have a horse shoe up your ass so far I'm not really sure how you get through the day. You must be gay.
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:33 PM
QUOTE (SBriand @ Friday, January 11th, 2008, 2:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't like any specific charity so I like to give my money away this way.
the heart pounding feeling when u bet huge on an all out bluff. and the dick makes u sit there, hands getting sweaty, all u can hear is your heart beating, and it seems like its been 5 minutes. then watching his hand hit the muck.
that is what i love to play for.
oh and ya life tilting people. which works well after showing your hand from the first thing i said.
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:35 PM
its something you can NEVER perfect. always something to fix and improve.
oh and winning money makes it ALL that much better
oh and winning money makes it ALL that much better
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:35 PM
losing money is fun!!!!!!
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:42 PM
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:43 PM
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thats why i love poker too
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:43 PM
I had the best hand when I moved All In on the Flop, and I STILL had the best hand at the river.
OMGUberChangeaments!!
EDIT: Total wrong topic. Although that does make me love poker, so I'll keep it here.
OMGUberChangeaments!!
EDIT: Total wrong topic. Although that does make me love poker, so I'll keep it here.
QUOTE (navybuttons @ Friday, August 8th, 2008, 3:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
$100 to a billionare is not $100 to a homeless woman. there is no natural law saying how much money should be worth to you. i'm not saying you shouldn't have a respect for money, but you should realize that $200 in your bankroll is no longer $200 in your pocket. once it's in your bankroll it should be the $200 to the millionare, that is, that it no longer has any real value to you. it becomes an investment by which to make more money and nothing more. it becomes just a number or an abstract idea of a number.
"You're playing a dangerous game, and you're playing it wrong."
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:47 PM
Poker is fun for everyone!
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Point taken....
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Posted 11 January 2008 - 12:47 PM
The hope, the dream, the delusion, that if I can just get a little bit better, I might actually be able to make some decent money.
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