What if poker had never existed?

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Just thinking, if there never was any poker, what would you do with all your spare time?
 
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Play football manager
 
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Watching sports I think
 
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Is there really a correct response?
Law of Poker: "work or play will naturally expand to fill the time formerly allocated for poker."
Wally
 
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There will always is going to be something to do with our free time / gambling addiction :))...try to remember what game / source of gambling was popular before poker ...:))
 
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There are a lot of games existing in these world , one is going to always popular and played :)
 
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steve01991 said:
Just thinking, if there never was any poker, what would you do with all your spare time?
Something else would be in its place.
 
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I would probably play a different strategy game.

How far do we want to go down this rabbit hole? Playing cards and gambling are very old human activities, are we just getting rid of the game of poker or are we getting rid of cards and gambling as well?
 
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There's 1000's of other hobbies to choose from. Likely doing one of them or spend more time doing one of the hobbies I already have. Sim-racing, photography( I suck at it) and hiking just to name a few. Or maybe get back into pickup basketball, hockey, baseball or boxing to name a few more.

Cheers!!!
 
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When I stop playing poker shall go fishing min 3 days in a week .
 
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I would be richer lol
 
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then we wouldn't be here on this beautiful site
 
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Someone would create a similar game one day.
 
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steve01991 said:
Just thinking, if there never was any poker, what would you do with all your spare time?
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I have a lot of ideas and I always run out of time, literally always. If I wasn't playing poker, I'd be playing chess, or playing computer strategy games, or painting, or gardening, or sewing. I just have a lot of ideas, but unfortunately, I don't have any free time.
 
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I love chess, so playing chess!
 
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There are 1000 things I want as an evening hobby:)
 
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I think it would just be another popular game for money.
 
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Stand or sit lifeless.
Play something else.
Still lifeless.
 
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would be a better world for sure.
 
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Do what I currently do I'm my spare time.
Take up knitting. 😆
 
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I would have less money and be in better shape.
 
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I wish I could play chess

I can't even play Scrabble, my sis destroys me at it 😭 😭 😭
 
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For me it's sports betting and fishing.
 
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steve01991 said:
Just thinking, if there never was any poker, what would you do with all your spare time?
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I would probably play computer games. I play games very rarely, maybe 1-2 days a month. I love computer games, and if I didn't play poker, I would play on my PC all my free time.
Good luck :)
 
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I would have been the saddest man in the world
 
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