Aw, I totally agree. There are so many perks to being married to a fellow player, especially as an MTTer that plays long sessions. I actually think it would be nearly impossible for me to be with a "normal" person as my biggest workdays are the weekends.

Now, what about the problem of raising kids? That, I think, would be a tough question for dual-player households to answer....

that is, if this dating thread might lead to a longer-term commitment... or, a blending of existing families, after both halves dumped their "normies" from previous relationships

Matt and I have a 17 month old daughter. Matt also is a realtor and has a side business. We are a busy family but our Wed-Fri breaks at Foxwoods are like vacations to us. We take a sitter with us and we play 4-5, 5-8 hour sessions over a 48 hour period. I also go play 1-2 other nights per week.
It is great that Matt does not have a 9-5 job at an office. He can work from the hotel, from home and if he has appointments/showings, I just dont play at those times.
I think that when you both love what you are doing and are on the same page, things run alot more smoothly.

Your first teacher's meeting might be a bit strange:

"Mrs.Psychlady, we're a little concerned about your home life. Your daughter is able to name, and redraw the architertural layouts of, all of the casinos on the East Coast."

Well I don't play full-time, but I play a lot. I've been dating the same guy for over two years who has had no problems with me playing poker or being around predominately males when I play live.
It's actually pretty nice since his main hobby is cars and mine is poker, so we have our separate hobbies to indulge in. I do occasionally feel like a degenerate when he sees my computer screen filled with poker tables and he doesn't have any interest in the game.

Dont underestimate my girl! I will expect her to be able to name all of the ones in Vegas as well. Plus know what limits they spread

+1. Same here, and I love that when I'm not playing I can focus on other things since even if I wanted to talk about poker, he just really doesn't have any interest in it and wouldn't understand a lot of what I'm talking about anyways. It does dampen my ability to play at times but I also think its extremely healthy for both my game and mind to be able to put it down when I'm not playing or studying.

Hmmm, I have often said that I wish my poker people were closer and envied that they live together and can talk poker any time but I never really considered being able to choose to shut it all down and nobody will bring it up randomly.

Yeah, I mean it's not never - once or twice a month he'll ask how it's going & feign interest I do believe having a support system and someone to discuss hands/strat with is really important for your game but I think you also need to be able to get away from it at times as well. My poker time is poker time, and it's amazing how much more efficient and clear my thinking is when I know what I want to accomplish and that I only have a set amount of time in which to do that. Some of my best ideas/realizations/sessions have come after spending a day or two doing non-poker related things w/people who don't play. Not sure I could handle the seemingly 24/7 poker lifestyle that some live.

24/7 poker is miserable. Aimee, you seem to have a good thing going. My results and overall happiness improved dramatically when I started taking a couple days break per week. I OD'd on poker the past 2 weeks while my bf was out of town and it reminded me how unhealthy it used to feel to be constantly grinding. Plus I noticed I was making some dumb mistakes from getting impatient.

some interesting posts ITT I'm learning...

Part of why I am waiting until I'm at least 30. It will certainly be tough to maintain all the super-long grinding sessions, and ofc some time off will be necessary (but very worth it obv).

Also, this thread has made me realize just how much my husband and I talk about poker. Last night we spent about 30 minutes discussing one MTT hand on a dog walk. I really couldn't have it any other way. <3

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Do it! Do it! Do it!

Story time!

I posted in the "Suggest a Guest" thread for the 2+2 Pokercast. I said I would love to hear from Jennifer Harmon, Marco T, or both about how they manage with twins while being full-time live pros.

I know that Grandma watches the kids during the WSOP, but I wonder what happens once the kids are in school and want to be in band, sports etc. That would certainly lead to some some tough decisions as far as playing the WPT, WSOPE, Aussie Millions, etc.

I'll note that Mike Sexton didn't play in the WSOP events for many years because his kids were playing baseball and he'd rather be with them.

That's awesome, he always seems like a good guy.

It's a little scary dating poker players and, tbh, even becoming close friends with them bc poker does seem to to take priority over a lot of important things in life. It's rare to find poker people who prioritize relationships and happiness over constantly grinding, but ironically, my most successful poker friends seem to be the ones with the most balance in their poker/personal lives.

Hope they get Jennifer-- would love to hear that interview. Nice suggestion!

+1 Please

cool story sis

Lmao

Girls,

I have a question for y'all. Did you ever have "a case" meeting/dating a guy who isn't in poker at all and if yes how did he took that information? Did he looked you as a gambler/degen/trash or that was "cool exciting thing" about you?

Also, when you were starting involving in poker - how did you sourrounding react? (ok, maybe this is question for separate thread)

Being poker players is actually very good for raising kids in my opinion. When my babies were born, my husband could be the one who got up in the middle of the night because he made his own schedule. I never got less than 6 hours sleep and am the envy of all the sleep-deprived mothers I know. Neither of us has to be at work during school hours so we can volunteer in the class and make all the silly plays and sing alongs. Having had a full-time job for 15 years I can tell you that it would be MUCH harder to manage all this if we both worked for Microsoft.

Most people's response is "you make money doing that?" which really annoys me. I've started responding "do you make money at your job?" which kind of makes them realize how rude they are being.

FWIW, I think that a man hearing a woman is a pro poker player is generally more likely to think it is cool/exciting than a random girl hearing a guy is a pro.