Do You Ever Get Bored of Poker?

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Definitely, Just Like Any Other "Job/Hobby"

I definitely have gotten bored of poker. It is sometimes very hard to keep at this game if you are not winning or are breaking even. Plus I think a lot about other things I could be doing with the long hours I spend playing some days. Poker can be great, but balance is a necessity for you both to so well at the tables and maintain a healthy overall life in my opinion.

Sometimes it can be no more exciting than a desk job...other times its one of the better feelings I've ever felt...I think its a matter of patience and realistic expectations. Patience will help you to not "force" yourself to play when you truly want to be doing something else with your time. :driver:

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Yes whenever i play in micro tournaments i sometimes get bored. It is frustrating playing for hours just to get 10-20$. Sometimes i will watch tv and play cards in the background.
 
Very often I get tired) After that I always lose a lot) so I can often not play poker for a year or more. It's not my hobby number 1. I think it's okay
 
I am kind of bored with it right now.
When I first joined CardsChat I had 3 main goals which were "meet and play with people from all around the world" "win a hoodie" and "win money on the leaderboard". In 2019 I accomplished this and more but it requires full time effort and grinding all year in all categories to hit the leaderboard. Maybe I am not so much bored with it as I am weary of it and have slacked up this year.
 
I think it's more frustrating than boredom in my experience. Especially the grind of trying to build a bankroll. Hour after hour of grinding for very little return can get very frustrating which leads to boredom. Part of the deal though.
 
CS238 said:
Of course, you get bored playing poker. You can always watch TV or listen to music. Everything you do for long periods of time can get boring.
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it is very time consuming and sure you ger bored. but i will listen to music or pay bills ,.that is if i have any money left after playing cards lol.
 
Yes, totally

Yes, I have totally felt that way. Not as much of a thrill when you start to balance time spent vs money earned. Best thing that helped me out was to walk away for a few days and do some extra fishin or knock out some extra things on the to do list. After a few days off it helps me get back into it a bit more. Good luck my friend.
 
Yes it gets boring playing with nothing on the line but I would rather feel that way then having a knot in my belly from playing with money that I can't afford to lose.
 
Yes not only poker also the thinks that i think they can make feel great such as a girl, some drugs and poker just think that this happens because too much dopamine when it stars to use these things and then nothing or a few. Just stop playing some time and then you are going to feel that is no boring
 
jadaminato said:
I had been building my bankroll with patience and care, until I had to get all the money because I needed it. Now I have returned to freerolls but I don't feel the emotion I used to feel. The only game where I do is in the league. I guess in a way I get discouraged having to play three or four hours for $20.
And you, have you ever bored of the game?
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Going back to smaller stakes is a challenging task for everyone. Once you are used to a certain amount of risk and reward, getting less of it feels unsatisfying. I used to enjoy yahoo play money poker games, but once I discovered freerolls, I lost my appetite for play money. I wish you to get your bankroll back up again soon, and return to playing the stakes that make you happy 🙂
 
I don't ever get bored of playing poker.

But have had to step away from it for a bit after a seemingly endless run of getting sucked out when I've played the hands right. So I just take a break and come back ready to battle the luck lottery players.
 
I play poker for fun
that's why I never get tired of playing poker
 
It's boring when I lose several buy-ins in a row. When I win, I never get bored. )
 
A person sooner or later gets tired of everything, I used to love fishing, now I wonder what I could like so much in fishing, I do not recognize it now, so it will probably be with poker
 
Yes and thats half the battle for me. I play mostly freerolls until I can buy into bigger tournaments and it is very hard to sit and play for just a few dollars 3-4 hours. Thing is that in the winter I really have nothing better to do, once spring is here I will use most of my time fishing.
 
bored of course, when playing some small tournaments, freerolls, or 3-4 tournaments in a row ... and if the first tournament of the day is played, even a big one, so the adrenaline jumps out, it can't be boring 🙂
 
Yes, of course ... sometimes I have not felt like playing poker ... or I am playing and I do not feel any emotion ... so I stop playing some days ... and to recover my emotion and passion I set goals that I can achieve and that motivates me once again to play poker ...!
 
Whenever i have a downswing i usually get frustated and quit for a while ^^
 
HobokenNJ said:
yes--sometimes. I do a little more table selection now, so that I'm not playing for multiple hours for a chance at a micro prize -- like 8 cents. That's tough to get fired up for. Plus those large field freerolls (which results in micro prizes) often have a lot of players going all-in too often -- which can make the experience less enjoyable.
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agreed. there's times i take a couple weeks off. sometimes a good recharge is in order to focus better.
 
I think this happen to all of us.
I had some troubles returning to play few times, but i took a break of 1-4 weeks and then i came back refreshed.
 
Nah nah nah, this game is so intense and emotional that you can't get bored. Even when I'm losing It's still super interesting.
I can imagine somebody playing 8-12 hours a day and not getting bored, like streamers, but playing that much for me I would rather get physically and mentally tired than bored. That's just how it is, I'm sure a lot of y'all feel the same👍👍👍
 
No, i know what happens if i give up... i want to know what happens if i keep moving on.
 
CERTAINLY, in the long times of bad beats, it bores me to play because I do not feel stimulated, no matter how well I make the plays, they go wrong, in those moments I get bored.
 
I am not personally bored by poker, since I only play when I have the time and motivation to spend the hours that poker demands.
 
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