Poker and what it has taught you

dangbaonguyen93 · Jan 16, 2025

How long have you been playing poker now, and what has poker taught you?

hardfloor · Jan 16, 2025

I've been playing poker for over 15 years, poker has brought me many friends, money and various situations that I can live with. like:
-patience to wait for processes.
-discipline knowing that we have to give up some things to stay in top shape.
-self control situations that you cannot control and we must act calmly and focused around them.
-financial management
-dedication to achieving my goals.
among others.

BrunoFabri01 · Jan 16, 2025

I started playing poker when I was 15, recreationally, today I'm 26 years old.

gloria_marga · Jan 16, 2025

I've been playing poker since I was 5 years old, but I started playing online 7 years ago at PokerStar.

black and · Jan 17, 2025

dangbaonguyen93 said:
How long have you been playing poker now, and what has poker taught you?

I've been playing for about 6-7 years. Thanks to poker, I've become more patient and I've become more relaxed about temporary difficulties. Thanks to poker, I've become more emotionally stable and focused. It's even strange, poker is a game of chance that made me more patient and disciplined

pentazepam · Jan 17, 2025

I have been playing online since 2003. But stopped playing "seriously" in 2013.

Poker has taught me that when the easy money runs out, you move on to another way to earn money.

I still play a little for fun but my concentration and thoughts are almost always elsewhere.

kecoakbogor · Jan 17, 2025

i've playing for 1 years because all my friend said i'm very patience to handle my wife so they said its good for playing poker LOL

SPANKYSN · Jan 17, 2025

I started playing poker in 1st year university in 1972 (instead of going to class lectures), but did not really play often or consistently until after Chris Moneymaker won the wsop. I have learned about the randomness of life through poker.

Leroydubz · Jan 17, 2025

How to treat every situation as a unique event. Patience, and discipline

odonob · Jan 17, 2025

That patience can reward you.

RonanPERNA · Jan 17, 2025

I've been playing for a long time and poker has taught me how to deal with emotions, make decisions, be patient and resilient. It has also brought me friends and a little bit of money.

bullkk · Jan 17, 2025

I've been playing poker for 15 years. He taught me to take risks and get frustrated with failure.

john_entony · Jan 17, 2025

Poker taught me to love money! That's first and foremost. Poker has also taught me to be flexible in my decisions not only at the table, but also in everyday life. Poker has also taught me to be patient and diligent.

Emily Trott · Jan 17, 2025

I've been playing for over sixty years since I was ten or eleven. Up until seven years ago I don't think that it really taught me much, but I did get to spend a lot of happy hours with my parents, co-workers, and friends.

In early October 2018 I was making a major change in my life, and at the same time I began playing the 9am Sunday morning tournaments at Foxwoods in Ledyard, CT. I learned that there are a lot nice people everywhere who will welcome others who share their interests. I played those tourneys until March of 2020 when Covid raised it's ugly head and put an end to poker.

Then in the late fall of that year I learned from someone here on Cards Chat that there were poker rooms in New Hampshire. In early December I played my first tournament at the Filotimo casino in Manchester, NH. It taught me that there were the same kind of nice people in northern New England as there were in the southern parts.

oriole · Jan 18, 2025

I’ve been at it long enough to know life’s all about the poker face—and that folding isn’t just for laundry!

Dougana · Jan 18, 2025

Patience, that it.

Cooking · Jan 18, 2025

I play for around 18 years and it taught me that patience, discipline and study is needed for all aspects of your life.

ManOfSky · Jun 27, 2025

Poker has taught me a lot about patience, decision-making under pressure, and reading people. It also helped me develop discipline and emotional control, which are valuable both at the table and in everyday life.

havingfun · Jun 27, 2025

I have been playing for around 5 years and poker has given me a lot of opportunities to try and deal with small things that don't go your way. I forces you to accept it and move on.

yuya · Jun 27, 2025

Poker teaches us that what matters more than the result is the process that leads up to it.

bodil19982 · Jun 27, 2025

Discipline, distribution of funds for life, being positive)

fernandofcp · Oct 28, 2025

In poker, you learn to be patient, to take your time, and to be persistent in pursuing your goals. Poker doesn't pity the loser and rewards the winner.

rhoudini · Oct 28, 2025

Been playing for about 4 years now, and I’d say poker taught me how to think long term. Not just in the game, but in life in general. You learn that one bad hand doesn’t define your session, same as one bad day doesn’t define your week. Also made me realize how important adaptability is — what works today might not work tomorrow, both at the table and outside it.

margmilo44 · Oct 29, 2025

dangbaonguyen93 said:
How long have you been playing poker now, and what has poker taught you?

stay away from games of chance and play games of skill

dompoker · Nov 5, 2025

Poker is a sport, it has taught me to be a cautious player, to calculate if the opponent has a good hand or not to bet on.

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