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The point here is that all of the articles that I have read seem to state that it is easier if you are single.

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I believe you missed the part of the story where they were married before they began playing poker for a living, then became single.

Jimbo

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Poker has never come close to causing marital problems for me. My guess would be that the wife really did not have a clear understanding of what the life change would mean before agreeing to it or the wife was not consulted at all.

This looks like a communication problem to me. I would venture to guess that business owners that did not properly communicate the investment in time that it takes to run a business suffer similarly at this issue is not specific to poker players.

Had my wife not enthusiastically agreed to my time investment or if she were to communicate at any time that it was putting a strain on our marriage then I would make another career change.

My personal opinion (I am not a doctor but been married for 15 years and gone through my share of issues) is that communication is the root of the problem and poker or job the scape goat.