Why are we playing poker?

[jon166]

Deep down, why are you playing poker on the most basic level?

[Albert Moulton]

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Deep down, why are you playing poker on the most basic level?

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To win money.

At least you will do best if that is you only goal. Obviously there is more to it.

The book The Psychology of Poker explores this topic in great detail. If you really want to study the topic, then you should read the book. It's pretty good.

But I also suspect that there is some kind of Pavlovian conditioning going on with the winning and losing of pots and the chemical brain reactions to those wins and losses.

[J.Siv]

I enjoy how its never the same scenario everytime I play.. It kills a lot of time when I got nothing else better to do.. There's that chance to maybe hit a big pay day if you take down a big tournament.. You get to meet new people since there's always different people you play with.. Oh and did I mention you can make money doing it?? =D

[lifes3ps]

addicts play to replace the feeling they get when they lose. theyre not looking to win or think they can win, they just dont want to feel like "almost puking"

[JOEL_]

Waiting for death? Is that what you want to hear?Entertainment? Income? Socialise? Distractions? Combo?

[oddsock]

I enjoy it but I'm guessing you want to hear something like life avoidance?

[ViZioN]

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To win money.

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[stickdude]

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To win money.

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[kekedarius]

If money wasn't involved I would never play a single hand of poker in my life. If consistently winning money wasn't involved I wouldn't have played it very long.

So yeah, to win money. tbh I would rather be doing a lot of other things besides play poker every day.

[Jeffmet3]

$, plus maybe cause I get satisfaction out of beating people.

But I would never play poker for fun unless I was with people I'd have a real good time with. Poker sucks