How much money would it take...

[bigballz]

...to get you to never play a single hand of poker again in your life? That is, if someone came up to you and said I will write you a check if you stop playing poker, what would the minimum amount have to be?
edit: taxfree check

a written explaination is cool too

[shaundeeb]

5mil I love poker too much and if I did it for 10+ years I'd expect to have that much by then.

[JSchnett]

200k-400k, I'm not a pro and I'm not too confident in the future of online poker.

[JSchnett]

anybody saying 5m+ is a retard there are so many ways to make money with 5m than you could playing poker.

[shaundeeb]

there are but I also enjoy poker as a hobby prior to it being a source of good income.

[JSchnett]

find a new hobby and make 500k/year doing nothing

[bigballz]

I agree w/ ogre pretty much on everything. I said 400k-1mill as I'm not confident in the future of poker, I'm not a "pro" as I'm still in school, I don't play on playing for the rest of my life, and 500k cash right now could set me up pretty damn well for the future while doing more productive things with my time. I think the people voting 5mill+ need to think about it a little more. No way should the majority be voting that

[shaundeeb]

the future of online poker is irrelevant for this question as big live events is what I care about most. I love the fact I can take a vacation to some area play a 10k buyin tourney and have a great week, losing that is something money can not replace.

[JSchnett]

do you realize you could make 250k/year in interest alone with 5m? I'm pretty sure very few people can make that much a year on average on the live circuit. You could vacation every week and do nothing.

[Bond18]

Thing is, even with 5 million without poker my life has zero direction. I mean really being good at this is my only legitimate aspiration in life.

Take that away, and whats the point in getting out of bed?