To all cash game grinders.....

Sykes · #1 08-01-2006, 09:12 PM

If you won this year's WSOP, would you quit non-tournament poker? I mean, you just won $12M and the point of playing cash games is to make $, but if you have a ton of it, what's the point? I doubt anyone would quit tournament poker even if they are rich since it's mostly about winning and not the money.

r3vbr · #2 08-01-2006, 09:15 PM

i would train myself to play tournaments better because currently i suck...
and play only live, high limit, cash games
id spend at least a million to try and break even against the top pros

Yeti · #3 08-01-2006, 09:16 PM

er i think a lot of people would quit poker entirely.

TyFuji · #4 08-01-2006, 09:21 PM

A lot of people would just play every main event and never touch chips otherwise.

I myself would play the 10k circuit and travel.

daryn · #5 08-01-2006, 09:22 PM

yeah i probably would quit cash game poker for the most part. i would go back to playing it strictly as a hobby, for fun.

i would continue to play tournament poker, also for fun, and prestige.

Sykes · #6 08-01-2006, 09:22 PM

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er i think a lot of people would quit poker entirely.

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why? Raymer didn't quit, Hachem didn't quit, Dannenman didn't quit.

I think people enjoy the game of poker where money doesn't matter to them.

nsj · #7 08-01-2006, 09:40 PM

I think I would play the odd mid-stakes tournaments and cash games live ($500 tournies, 2-5NL) as a hobby, and pretty much quit online poker entirely.

Worth 12 million, I'd have too much to do to bother sitting in a card room or in front of a computer.

TomHimself · #8 08-01-2006, 09:48 PM

straight to the big game [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Pudge714 · #9 08-01-2006, 09:51 PM

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er i think a lot of people would quit poker entirely.

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why? Raymer didn't quit, Hachem didn't quit, Dannenman didn't quit.

I think people enjoy the game of poker where money doesn't matter to them.

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Well Raymer and Hachem get Stars to front them a ton of buyins for the big multis.

Whitewash · #10 08-01-2006, 09:53 PM

In relation to the question posed, it's pretty interesting - Hachem said he enjoys playing cash games more. In spite of wanting to prove himself at this year's World Series, he's been found at a lot of the high stakes NL side games.