How much would it take to make you quit gambling forever?

[nhsir]

I think this is a very interesting question. Everyone plays for different reasons and this helps reveal those reasons. I find it hard to believe it would take so much money to get people to give up the game. I enjoy playing quite a bit and I've dedicated a lot of time to learning the game, but I also enjoy it because I make money doing it. For $100,000 tax free, I would give up the game in a heartbeat. I'm sure I could find other hobbies to fill my time. I think I'm still improving and moving up in levels though, so a year from now my answer could be a lot higher.

[AlanBostick]

I enjoy poker a lot, but the money I win is a factor.

I think three to five million dollars is about the right ballpark for me ... returining an investment income of rather more than I could reasonably hope to win by playing.

With a luxurous independent income, I'm sure I'd be able to find some other ways of amusing myself.

[Allinlife]

3M for me

[galahad_187]

2.5mil and i'd quit never to look back and be /very/ happy with it. then again atm i'm stuck playing online poker which i don't really enjoy/do that well with ask me in 5 years when i'm in a casino i may change my mind.

[Coffee]

Some people in my life have been worried that I may have a gambling addiction. I disagree with them. I have a winning addiction...I am 100% addicted to victory.

For that reason, I don't play any losing expectation games for very much money...the only reason I do it is to break up the monotony of a long poker session. So...in terms of table games, my answer would be cheap...I'd do it for 25k and not look back.

Poker's a different animal, though. I answer this in two ways: 1)I refuse to be put in dire financial straits from poker, so I would quit forever if I was irreparably in debt, or had declared bankruptcy, or something else catastrophic. That said, I have quit for several months in the past when things got too tight for comfort(not necessarily due to poker). So, I don't think I'd ever quit permanently if I was losing, because I never put so much money at risk that I HAVE to win. OTOH, if I was playing well, then someone would have to offer me a TON of money to quit forever...because I simply enjoy playing too much. It's my hobby, and as long as it's not a problem, I would want to play. Poker itself is not worth very much. My freedom to choose, however, is.

[GottaMuckIt]

No there isn't a dollar amount that would make someone with desire like Daniel N's. He would have to be so battered from playing and losing; a losing streak that would break his competive sprint. It's not a dollar amount that makes anyone quit, it's a feeling of constant frustation that comes with losing that constantly. When all the angst leaks into your personal life, and starts to prevent you from enjoying the part of you that isn't a poker player; that's when people start to think about quiting for good. No one likes to feel like all they do is wrong. It's a mind set, not an amount of money.

[KaneKungFu123]

I would stop for about 1.5 million given to me now.

[Apathy]

If I quit could I still do poker related things as a means of generating income?

Like coaching, writing etc.?

If so I would quit for 1 million.

if not, 2 million.

[nhsir]

I'm curious. For all the people saying it would take at least a million dollars for them to quit. Is that because you love the game so much, or because that's how much income you believe you would be giving up?

[Dave H.]

If you ask me this question during an extended downswing...about $100 would do it for me.