Are you addictted to poker?

September 10, 2009 3:02pm CST
I say this as i have recently put my selfon a month long gambling ban after spendinng 20 hours straight on betfair poker. now don't get me wrong i am not a weak gambler and i dont get stupid with my money but i know i need stop playin so much before i do. so do any other mylotters share this problem?
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@Eisenherz (2908)
• Portugal
11 Sep 09
I have ups and downs with poker, you know. I can't say I spend a lot of time with it anymore, but I do spend quite some money and sometimes stupidly, as you say there. I wish that collusion would just go mainstream and that we all ripped off each other's pockets...at least poker would become more fun.
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• United States
30 Dec 09
I personally am not addicted to poker, but I enjoy it quite a bit. Its my boyfriend who is addicted. Is it normal to sit down and play 9 tables at a time online? Is that how its done? Playing poker is one of the hobbies that we enjoyed playing together, but I have started to resent his online habits. I would love it if just once he would sit down and play a game with me, with real cards, instead of a bunch of tables with strangers.
@DawGwath (1042)
• Romania
8 Oct 09
Yep, you're addicted all right, but I'm not far from addicted either. I don't let a day pass without playing at least 2 hours, I never miss any major small entry online tournament and I also don't miss any SnG's that my friends or other acquaintances organize at their homes or maybe at a casino. So I guess I've joined the club, eh? But if sometimes I feel that my "luck" is going pretty bad, I quit even for weeks and wait for an opportune time. After all there's plenty of stuff to do with my money, rather than losing it.
• Romania
25 Nov 09
I can say I am addicted to poker , I play every day online poker and live poker in weekend with my friends on someone home or in a caffe bar . I had up and downs on internet even lost 300$ in a couple of minutes . To win is harder then is to lose . Play poker and u will get your reading good you will find your game . I can say i won more then i lost so i can say im proud of me. My suggestion is to keep playing poker sooner or later you will win. The most important in winning on poker is your banckroll , you must manage it wisely and buy in just what u can afford to lose
@AniruS (256)
• United States
11 Sep 09
If I sit to play poker than I can play for straight 5 hours but the issue is that I do not get time even to start my first game. It is only in the weekends that I can actually play poker. Also I do not get any withdrawal symptons if I do not play during the week. Therefore, I can say that I am not addicted to poker, but I love the game.