I have a separate "poker roll" that I use for playing poker, and I also use it for paying for "fun stuff" for me that falls outside of our monthly budget.

eg: I've taken 4 vegas trips in the last 3 years, all paid for by the poker roll. I usually buy birthday/mother's day gifts out of the poker roll. If I'm on the golf course and I want to have a few beers with the guys, I pay for it out of the poker roll.

downside is the poker roll doesn't grow like it should, and downswings put me in the danger area occasionally.


edit: not a pro obviously. I have a full time job and Poker is a hobby.

Would've figured they dried up a bit as the oil industry has been in the crapper but *shrug*

Some of the money isn't there anymore, but a below average 1/2 table in Calgary on a Saturday night would still be in the 95-100th percentile of 1/2 or 1/3 games in vegas. A good table there is unlike anything I have seen in any other place I have ever played, to be honest.

Plus most of the casinos have an optional $5 button straddle now so the games usually end up playing like 2/5 with a few aggro tards at every table.

Unfortunately I don't live there anymore, so I only get to play there occasionally now.

I don't understand all the mrs questions.

Get a better job / change lifestyle if you have to budget every single dollar.

If you can't get a better job with the skills you have then get a degree / more skills and or change your lifestyle habits.

In my case we have seperate accounts for this exact same reason- if my so wants to go on a shopping spree well she can its her money. Just like I can use the funds in my seperate account however I like.

Ytd stats

Holdem cash 2/5. Up just over 4K from 80 hours

PLO cash 1/3. Down about 1300 from 15 hours

HE tournaments - down 13k from 6 MTTs and 3 satellites. . Did have a deep ish run in an mtt as well but picked the $330 to run well and not the $2k or $3ks

Congratulations?

If you think separate bank accounts are the norm in most marriages you are wrong.

your post comes off as condescending and you lack awareness of the reality for a lot of families.

Separate bank accounts? That's OUTRAGEOUS! No marriage can survive that.

Some of us have different values. I would like to retire by 40. I don't HAVE to budget every dollar, but every dollar spent is one less dollar towards my ultimate goal of early retirement.

LOL separate accounts...already planning life after divorce?

I'm not married and have never been in a serious relationship, but I can't fathom the idea of a joint account. What if she just cleans you out one day?

Crazy how you've never been in a serious relationship

That's kind of sad...

Not sure if I've seen a lot of people talking about "budgeting every single dollar." Many people are discussing how to manage their bankrolls, and if you're so flush with cash that you don't need to make sound decisions with 5 or 6 figures worth of cash, then holy **** good for you. Or maybe you're just referring to any kind of budgeting, in which case ... lol? I really don't think Quicken users correlate so directly with people who are underemployed and/or spending beyond their means.

Even if the people you're replying to are underemployed, "Get a better job or get a degree so that you can get a better job" is pretty troll-level advice.

You may not be replying to me, but FWIW, our joint account is barely more than an escrow to pay shared bills. Unlike others, I don't think it's absurd to not have a joint account, but there may be very practical reasons to have one (eg: only one income and your SO would rather not operate on an "allowance" type system).

This is why my wife and I sleep in separate rooms and I have a deadbolt and alarm system to my room and sleep with pepper spray under my pillow. What if she wants to kill me one night?

Can you really blame her for wanting to make the world a better place?

I have joint finances with my wife (only single account is my poker account and her eBay account) and it works fine for us but it's not like it's the height of craziness to have separate accounts either.

pepper spray fetishist itt

Sigh. Its like getting in AA versus KK. Yes AA loses 1 every 5 times, but the spot is so profitable we can basically say its variance free.

Same with raising the 50 year old white woman on the turn when she nervously bets $35 into $125 pot and she has $450 behind her. She's never calling your raise without a set. Your raise is "printing" money even though 1 time in 10 she has a set.

Believe it or not. Some people are actually good at poker and make money at this game.

Wait til Garrick gets back.

If all you guys have is a joint account and not a separate bank account in your name then you're seriously doing it wrong. Being with someone who's looking over your shoulder monitoring how you spend your money sounds like hell / not the way to spend life.

You guys really need another mommy to make sure you are budgeting right / spending your money wisely?

You guys have to share one bank account in order to stay on the same page? Have you ever tried communicating with your other half for starters?

Where is the trust? Apparently there is none if you feel the need to monitor / keep tabs on everything that each other
buys.

Irt to having no clue how typical families live- well if you're the typical family that lives pay check to pay check, beating back a mountain of credit card bills, barely being able to afford your mortgage, and incapable of scrounging up $1000 in case of an emergency... Why the **** are you even thinking about gambling?

Trust? Again, you are out of touch bud. It's got nothing to do with trust. I think it's perfectly fine to have seperate accounts, but you are kidding yourself if you Think that's the norm.

It's great if you both make a comparable income and have enough disposable income that you can both just do your own thing, but it's not realistic for a lot of people, and you are once again coming across like an *******.

I make a very comfortable wage, and my wife stays at home with our child, and watches another child 5 days per week for pay, and quite frankly works a hell of a lot harder than me, but her pay is not comparable to mine, should I have her on an allowance oh wise one? I'm happy to say that we have the trust and confidence in our relationship to have joint finances as a FAMILY.

In b4 lecture on why u shouldn't have kids.

u mad sis?