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Message: [QUOTE="dj11, post: 2109036, member: 13851"] Perhaps the better question is when does profit become the primary reason for playing? I know in my case profit is still not a primary reason for playing. It wasn't 20 years ago when I would occasionally go to a casino with the intent of getting $50 worth of entertainment. It surely wasn't in the early days of internet play. While almost everyone here has ragged me about my poker philosophy, and my use of play money games to learn nearly all the basics and most of the advanced stuff about the game, I still find myself playing play money RUSH, or ZOOM, or even a regular play money tourney. I still maintain, that the only thing impossible to learn in play money poker is the 'scared money' aspect of gambling. Old saying is that if you can afford to flush money down the drain, you can afford poker. Well, change that to if you ENJOY flushing money down the drain then you could do that or play poker. I am not trying to make a living on poker, I enjoy the game. A day of live poker around here (L.A.) is still cheaper than a day at Disneyland, or probably a date night at the latest movie. After a big tourney win, I typically find myself at big cash tables where I am a losing player, and always remind myself I am a loser at cash tables. I also find I have less fun losing at cash tables than I do at tourney's. Vinny, you mentioned you did well at tourney's, but think the holy grail is ring? My philosophy allows me to explore the theories of poker freely. A grinder has to learn the moves, and apply them fearlessly to succeed. In my case I also think that over the years, my ring game villains have marked me as a fish, and play me that way. I think it is not something that can change much, even if my game has changed. If those villains play me that way, rather than the way they would play an unknown, my game would need to be extra special to overcome my ring game history. So, all that (^^^) is prelude to my suggestion that if you feel some need to be a grinder, you should think that you need a pro coach, and pay him as if you were a golfer and wanted Tiger to teach you, or at least a golfer who realized a glitch in his swing and was willing to pay someone to work on that glitch. [/QUOTE]

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