Why Do You Play Poker?

srissofredi · Sep 20, 2014

Because it's fun...

dantheman91 · Sep 20, 2014

Because it's fun to try to outplay or read people. Trying to figure out how people play and then playing around their strategies. Makes it fun. ^_^

07keith · Sep 20, 2014

Lets play Poker

this is a good question. to be honest pal i play poker to try to improve my game and be the best i can at it! and in the long run hope to make some (yes) cash, but i absolutely love the game and all its different situations on the mental, mathmatical, and deceptive side and i do believe it helps you concentrate on other things outside poker in your life from all the constant thinking and focusing, so its a bit of a mixture at times. i was just thinking tonight of the fulfillment and joy of winning an mtt when your playing your A+ game but can you keep that consistancy every time you sit down to play?? the secret to poker is to play your A+ always or dont play atall any thoughts ??? gl on the felt.:trytofly:

Eminescu99 · Sep 20, 2014

i play poker for fun,for money money.for socializing

Raven5150 · Sep 20, 2014

I play because I like money, and its funnnn.

RaizeR1205 · Sep 20, 2014

Fun of course! Adrenaline when you win big hands! Socializing, and just for the love of the game. Poker has just always intrigued me, I may lay off a while here and there but I always come back for more, and everytime I come back I want to learn more and more. Maybe that just came with age?

vincent1978 · Sep 21, 2014

Poker has giving me the ability to travel around the country and meet alot of people

Andreyshundr · Sep 21, 2014

To take a break from reality

Timbigol · Sep 22, 2014

I like to play poker because I love to play poker.. <3 so for your answer should be ABCD

JOHN_EVR_PT · Sep 22, 2014

i play poker for fun and earned money off corse

basse · Sep 26, 2014

For the entertainment. I wanted to pick a past-favorite game of mine, Magic: The Gathering (MTG). But then I thought, that game is rather expensive, maybe I should pick up poker instead, since there's at least the potential to earn money, and I can always play in a way where I can't lose too much. I love the strategic depth of MTG, reasoning about optimal play under uncertainty about outcomes. Poker has a lot of the same elements. In fact, a lot of the top MTG pros earn money on the side playing poker.

Second, I study game theory in real life, so I feel like I am almost obliged to become good at poker. Card games for money have been the focus of my field since its advent. The book credited with starting game theory, "The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior" by the brilliant John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, has a whole section devoted to poker and bluffing. The famous John Nash studied a simplified poker game in his thesis. And Harold Kuhn introduced the famous game Kuhn poker as one of the earliest fully analyzed games.

I'm sure everyone was dying for a little history lesson in game theory

Actually I'm curious, how known are these historical game theory facts to the poker community at large? I know that people are at least aware of Nash equilibria, but does it extend much beyond that?

Edit: To put it in terms of your letters: A. And hopefully C some day in the future. I'm just starting out, after all.

horizon12 · Sep 26, 2014

The whole purpose is to become a millionaire...

123andyp123 · Sep 26, 2014

Yes i play for money.But the love of the game has consumed me I eat ,drink ,and sleep poker.It has replaced drugs in my life so it really has helped me.And my dream is to be a pro.Have along way to go i know but i am getting better. I wish i woulda started younger . Im 37 so thats a little old to still be a rookie but i think its gonna happen. See yall at the tables.

CSINSC · Sep 26, 2014

joe777 said:
I have one question for all the the dudes and the dudettes out there today. Why do you guys actually play poker:-

A.For fun.

B.To socialize.

C.For the money.

D.I just dont freaking know why.

Please post your answer below.

Definitely for the $$$$$, but if I could add an option I would say for the challenge/competition.

xRedhood · Oct 9, 2014

To make Donks look like Donks

Mrjamesbond1977 · Oct 10, 2014

I play poker for the challenge,the fun,for a living and for the love the game.

torllyalex · Oct 15, 2014

i enjoy the mental challenge,good game

jayace66 · Oct 15, 2014

Hobby

I have no other hobbies, to play games on facebook or elsewhere does'nt interest me, you have to pay in some of those other games anyway, I like poker and am not bad at it so why not try to make a dollar here and there and have fun at it.

jervi1 · Oct 15, 2014

For fun n of course gd to qin aswell

carloskmargo · Oct 15, 2014

poker game because it is my main source of income, but primarily because I love poker is my profession, I try to better every day personally and clear in poker brings me great satisfaction, the only problem that eventually and seen that it is changing the perspective on the social aspect since it is not widely accepted at present and less in my country, but always tried and it does not affect me.

johnsonmad · Oct 15, 2014

Why I play poker?

I poker because I get a thrill when I win a good pot and I am in good position in a tourney. Poker is like a rollercoaster a tourney could be up and down for you. It is also fun and you can also win money.

V6mitg6rewh6re · Oct 16, 2014

I play poker . Because I love the game and everything about it . Plus it's fun and you can make lots of money doing it .
I would be a idiot to pass up a opportunity to make money doing something I love . People ask me sometimes how I can grind so much because I love
THe game . We wouldn't play if we didn't like it and fun with it sometimes poker ain't fun tho lol

KALUGAJ · Oct 18, 2014

I am a competitive type

VYtautasLu · Oct 19, 2014

Just to have some fun and at the same time to earn some extra money.

Chood · Oct 19, 2014

Many reasons

The main reason for me our A and C but also because I need to pass time at home while trying to make something extra.

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