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Originally Posted by Numbnutlow
For me, there is no excitement in winning a 20 dollar pot. That's boring, and if I'm playing for entertainment, well I could never play micros.
If I need money, I work. Luckily I make an ok wage.
Guess I am lucky. ..5 dollars was something when we played family nights. I was 7 and that was over 30 years ago. A quarter a hand for blackjack was awesome!
But man, poker, blackjack are boring ass games without money on the line. And it better mean something.
I might be able to provide a different perspective here.
I am just getting back into the game post-Black Friday and looking to start playing cash games here in Colorado as a hobby. I work a full-time job where I make a great living as a software engineer and have zero aspirations of playing poker for a living. I'm currently going through a course and some study material, which I enjoy, and playing 2nl / 5nl online to work through some of the stuff I'm learning.
I genuinely could not care about pot sizes or action at the table.
For me, the entertainment value is learning about the game and trying to apply material less so than the excitement of the table. If I want to get a fix, I go mountain bike or ski in the backcountry. I play micro stakes to learn and practice what I'm taking in.