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No. Trust me I'm not.

First off I don't believe in psychological addiction. It is complete BS made to excuse people from bad decisions.

Second I only play the bare minimum required to make by daily goal. After that I have zero interest in the game. I don't ever feel an urge to play poker. In fact I usually dislike playing poker. I find it boring.

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So every day of your life you play a card game you dislike, but you're not addicted? No different to any drug or gambling addict who needs a daily fix. They hate the control the addiction has over their life too.

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I don't hate it. I'm mostly ambivalent towards it. I play poker because I have a very high burn rate and need to make money. If I had an unlimited supply of money I would never play poker.

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Henry did you like poker at some point then? Or did you stop liking it after playing for a couple years.

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Hard to say. I know I use to get excited about certain games but that was because I knew certain people would be at them and that I'd have a good shot at making more than average money. But I think it was the prospect of making money rather than poker that got me excited.

I have friends who play poker for fun or for $10-20 home game tournaments because they just enjoy poker. They watch poker on TV. They talk about poker etc. I was never like that. Poker was just something that was always there. I'd go out for the night. If I didn't pick up by 1-2am then I'd head over to the the club and play some poker. The clandestine aspect of playing underground games was a plus that I miss a little.

Online poker I have never enjoyed. I play at a much lower level online than I do B&M and I have no desire to play any higher so it is just very mechanical.

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Henry, you are the opposite of me. If someone gave me all the money in the world in order to stop playing poker, I wouldn't take it. I love poker so much. And I am serious about that.

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I don't hate it. I'm mostly ambivalent towards it. I play poker because I have a very high burn rate and need to make money. If I had an unlimited supply of money I would never play poker.

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You said you usually dislike playing poker. I'd hate to not have any alternative options for making money and have to stick with doing something I dislike everyday for 15 years. That must be horrible.

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Well no. I dislike work more than I dislike poker.

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There's plenty of easy money to be made in this world. You just need imagination and some balls. Maaaan, I couldn't spend 15 years of my life doing something I usually dislike because my imagination doesn't extend past the decision to gamble or take a dreary 9-5 job.

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I think you are misunderstanding dislike. I don't hate gambling. I just don't like it. That being said unless clubs start paying me $25-50k to just show up I'm pretty much going to dislike doing anything.

I'm also fairly sure we have different burn rates so while it might be possible for you to come up with something to match your lifestyle there are no income sources that can fulfil the requirements I'm looking for (except for some illegal ventures which I object to on moral grounds).