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How Often Do You Play?

View Poll Results: About how many hours a week do you play poker, on average?

10 or fewer hours

35 51.47%

11 to 20 hours

14 20.59%

21 to 30 hours

7 10.29%

31 to 40 hours

9 13.24%

over 40 hours

3 4.41%

I don't play, but I work full-time in a cardroom.

0 0%

I don't play, but I work part-time in a cardroom.

0 0%

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06-13-2016 , 06:22 PM

Jimulacrum

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,670

One thing I've always been curious about in this forum is how much people actually play poker. This question seems to come up in small pieces in various threads, but I've never seen a thread dedicated to it.

So here's a poll. Include any play—casinos, home games, charity games, online, etc., as long as it's poker. Also feel free to share how many years you've been playing or other details you may find interesting.

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06-13-2016 , 06:28 PM

Jimulacrum

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,670

I've been playing for about 18 years—12 years if you only count play since I turned "legal," and 10 years since I started taking it seriously.

Sadly, I only get to play about 5 to 10 hours a week due to a "real" job cramping my style.

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06-13-2016 , 06:31 PM

Koko the munkey

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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,412

I picked 11-20 hours a week on average. It's been more this past year since I've been single, and it's been even more lately because of the WSOP. I play in casinos now, but I played in a home game on the east coast quite a bit in the last year. I usually play cash but like to dabble in the occasional tournament if the structure isn't a total crapshoot.

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06-13-2016 , 06:39 PM

Jimulacrum

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,670

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Originally Posted by Koko the munkey

I usually play cash but like to dabble in the occasional tournament if the structure isn't a total crapshoot.

Same here. When it comes to cash, I prefer a nice deep-stacked big-bet game, or fixed-limit depending on the variant and the crowd. I typically find short-stacked play mind-numbingly boring, not to mention frustrating. Obviously, this makes most tournaments a huge turn-off, but I've found some exceptions.

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06-13-2016 , 06:48 PM

callipygian

slowrolled by tpiranha!

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,880

Not gonna vote because 1. I'm on the app and 2. my hours have greatly varied, but I'm just going to chime in that online should be measured by hands while live by hours. The person who's played 100 hours online is a lot more experienced than yhe person who's played 100 hours live.

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06-13-2016 , 09:03 PM

TS2

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,509

i play 30-40 hours a week online multitabling and i work in a cardroom about 30 hours a week

Last edited by TS2; 06-13-2016 at 09:04 PM. Reason: added online differentiation

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06-13-2016 , 09:42 PM

WaKtickets

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 679

Just reminds me I can't play online anymore. So stupid.

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06-13-2016 , 11:26 PM

Rush17

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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,973

Live: Three days a week, 11-20 hours per day.

Online: Whenever I want to pass some time, nothing serious.

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06-14-2016 , 12:55 AM

TS2

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,509

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Originally Posted by WaKtickets

Just reminds me I can't play online anymore. So stupid.

why cant u play online anymore?
i thought only washington has no online poker.

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06-14-2016 , 01:27 AM

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Jimulacrum

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,670

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Originally Posted by TS2

why cant u play online anymore?
i thought only washington has no online poker.

Basically the whole U.S., aside from a few jurisdictions, has no legal online poker.

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06-14-2016 , 04:22 AM

#11

TreadLightly

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Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 3,722

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Originally Posted by Jimulacrum

Basically the whole U.S., aside from a few jurisdictions, has no legal online poker.

can still play on bovoda / Americas cardroom / some states you can play on WSOP or pokerstars NJ

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06-14-2016 , 01:58 PM

#12

TS2

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,509

i think there is online poker is something like 47 US states. like previous poster said bovada and acr are allowed is something like 45 states. Im stuck with wsop.com cos im in nevada (shared player pool with delaware), I wish i could play on bovada.

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06-14-2016 , 02:38 PM

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Jimulacrum

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,670

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Originally Posted by TreadLightly

can still play on bovoda / Americas cardroom / some states you can play on WSOP or pokerstars NJ

You can reasonably get money onto Bovada and America's Cardroom? Last I checked, U.S. banks are basically prohibited from processing money transfers to gambling businesses, and e-wallets like PayPal generally don't allow it either. Even if the sites technically allow U.S. players, that's a de facto ban.

I know some sites you can get onto with bitcoin, but I wouldn't really count that as being "legal in the U.S."

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06-15-2016 , 03:19 AM

#14

chillrob

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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 23,102

It is not that difficult to get money onto Bovada; I did it with cash at Western Union.
I think a lot of credit cards work as well, but I didn't want to pay the fee.

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06-15-2016 , 03:41 AM

#15

rtd353

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Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 3,895

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Originally Posted by chillrob

It is not that difficult to get money onto Bovada; I did it with cash at Western Union.
I think a lot of credit cards work as well, but I didn't want to pay the fee.

a few months ago i put $ on there through netspend it was awful. it ended up costing me $190 to play in the $162 sunday tournament between the netspend fees and the bs fees on bovadas end. i would assume if they have bitcoin now that would be a better option but i havent been back since. i also hear they have been delaying cashouts recently.

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06-15-2016 , 04:44 PM

#16

Rapini

ragging

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,092

If anyone has any further questions regarding internet poker, please use the Internet Poker forum for them. Thanks!

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06-15-2016 , 06:48 PM

#17

Jimulacrum

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,670

Back on topic, gotta say I'm a little surprised at the lack of responses in the last two options. Either no one out of the 44 respondents so far works in a cardroom (don't think that's the case), or all of the respondents who work in a cardroom also play poker.

Figured there would be at least a couple people who work in a cardroom but don't play (or at least don't play anymore).

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06-18-2016 , 07:39 AM

#18

moxiepilot

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 364

I'm in a unique spot. I work overseas in 3 month shifts, so when I'm stateside I have R&R for 3 months. I play 3-5 days a week live for 6-14 hour sessions.

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06-18-2016 , 07:51 AM

#19

plaaynde

Poker Historian

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 20,267

I'm afraid it's below 10 hours a week these days, spells of 11-20 may occur. Online is the bulk but trying to step up my live game. Mostly switching back to Holdem from O8 will help, only Omaha High is available live for me, and it has never intrigued me very much.

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