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Originally Posted by Hundrye
What would your rebuttal be to this?
If you care enough about the game and what it brings you you can play the game as if it were practically a sprint for a loooooong time and make more than artificially trying to balance your life. If you do not care enough about the game then by making it a marathon you are doing something you don't really love doing for an extended period of time while not maximizing the profit per time period, while if you play like it's a sprint you at least make the best out of the time you are 'wasting' while being a poker player
I love poker. I also care about having healthy relationships, good health, an active social life. Allotting certain parts of my time to these things doesn't mean that I love the game any less.
The point of making it a marathon is to maximize results over the long term. Pushing yourself and being as efficient as possible in the fewer hours you spend at your computer. I'm sure there are some people who love the game so much (and don't care about stuff like a social life, health, relationships, etc) that they can just devote themselves 100% to poker and be totally happy with that. From what I have seen, most players do not feel this way deep down. Their constant pursuit of the next dollar and their neglect of every other aspect of their lives is what leads to their being so few long term success stories.
I have gotten to know myself very well through the ups and downs I've experienced in this game. I have also gotten to know a lot of other poker players. The common theme is that poker consumes lives and it leads to an unrealistic longterm lifestyle. Of course there will be exceptions, but I think it is the best approach to the game for the average player who wants to be successful for more than a couple years.