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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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ya i love to play too, when that stops and i get bored i will probably quit poker too. But since its such a complex game and i can learn new games i prolly wont anytime soon.

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I never said that you said you hate poker. I am well aware you said you dislike it. It must be horrible having to do something you don't like for a mere 25k-50k a year. Sounds an awful lot like a crappy job to me.

I don't judge though. I don't know your situation, or what makes you unable to improve your life and lifestyle. I'm just thankful I don't have to spend each day doing something I dislike until the day I die/retire.

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mere 25k-50k a year

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lol ... yes this is exactly what I make.

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It's what you make from spending part of everyday playing a game you dislike. Not everyone has the opportunities or intellect to create a better life for themselves.

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ok

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I really find it hard to believe that any winning player is addicted. I'd put the number at 20% tops.

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An addiction is almost always something that involves negative consequences. The 'user' continues to 'use' despite these negative consequences.

A winning player I would define as someone making a comfortable living. Someone winning at $2 an hour and playing 120 hours a week I would define as having a problem.

Someone who is disciplined enough to make a living or a nice side income doesn't (usually) have these negative consequences. The only problem would be I'm making too much money and I can't stop. Hmmmm....

I would put the number of winning players as described above as truly addicted at close to zero.

It's like saying how many professional wine tasters are alcoholics? Possible, but unlikely, as they would quickly get weeded out.

Anyone truly addicted is unlikely to:

A) Believe it enough to get treatment (denial is the key word here).

B) Admit it here.