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Originally Posted by callipygian
Make an agreement and stick with it.
This is great spousal advice.
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Originally Posted by TheDarkKnight
A $3k annual bankroll would make a lot more sense, especially if he is spending time away from the table trying to get better.
This only good if his spouse agrees to it. You, as a poker player, feel that someone who is "studying hard" and has the income he talked about should consider $X a reasonable amount. Not knowing his family situation, we don't know what his normal world spouse thinks on the matter.
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As much as we poker players have normalized $1,000 swings and money disappearing into the aether, the truth is that 90% of the population considers this abnormal.
This makes total sense. Play credit card roulette out on a couple's night with non-gamblers in the mix. What are the chances you get freerolled? You'd consider a $100-$300 dinner tab normal gambling. It's 0EV, right? It is pretty likely that random puritan-inspired Americans refuse to pay if they lose because "we wouldn't really gamble for that much money".
$1000 swings? Play 30/60 or 40/80 (like you and DK do, sometimes) and make that $5000 swings.