Zvezda kz
Legend
Bronze Level
Of course it is possible. But it all depends on you and your second half. You must love each other to respect the choice of your partner. Also of no small importance is the game with a plus at high limits.
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
I think the best way to check if you have a serious approach to poker or whether it is addiction is to check your game chart or balance sheet for the last year. You can also check if we can not play for 2 weeks. Analysis of the game also gives many benefits when we lose - it allows to distinguish between downswing and weak skills.
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
I agree - only the place to play / work should be outside the apartment, because the crying of a small child or humor of the wife during the menstrual period can ruin the mindset. As for spending on a family, after paying out, you pay all the bills and transfer my wife money for food and other things. If anything is left, then only then I allow myself to make a deposit. And if not, I play freerolls. I do not bankroll becasue my won money I spent to holiday trips with family. Actually poker is my hobby.
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
It's not that easy for me. The best hours to play it in Europe is between 8 pm -12 pm (then the most weak players). My daughter goes to bed at 10 pm and my wife at 11 pm. When they do not sleep, I do not have the silence to play.
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
It is up to the individual to allocate time to play poker and spend time with the family.If the family are against the time spent playing poker then find another hobby or another family.
Very logical advice - hehe
. The family change is gone - because my family is the most important for me. I will just play less often - mainly when my wife and daughter are asleep. This is my golden mean
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
Wife understands that this is a kind of job if he sees wins / earnings in the long run but a small child will not understand why dad does not want to play with him because if family and professional poker is just a game outside the home / house .
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
I fully agree with you. It is difficult to reconcile these two family and professional careers. Both require a lot of time.
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
I agree with you . If you go to the poker tournament live, it's only with the family as part of the holiday. If you quickly fall out of the tournament, you can spend time with your family. However, if you are deeply run, it will be money. The pluses are that you do not miss the family and the minuses that they can get lost in our concentration. Additionally, if you plan such a trip, you only win the travel package in the satellite.
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
I've just looked at his videos on twitch - I've seen him play a $ 2,600 buy-in tournament. There was music, wife and baby crying. I admire his concentration. However, I need silence to play.
Thanks for an example
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
Thanks for the response. I have similar. When I win a little more, it is more nice to me. On the next day she asks me "money is already won on the bank account?". I give her half of the winnings and I have peace and permission for the next game
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alvinw
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Before my wife passed she and I had to have this talk about me playing Professional poker. I had to be able to do a couple things. Win/Lose and the family does not feel the losses. So I have two and they came and still come first. I would have to travel to games and tournaments. But when its family time, it was all them. You have to look at it as a sales position. You own your own business and it's a sales and investment company. you only play when you have an edge and you will go weeks without any sales but you can't get mad you have to keep grinding the next door (Table). This is how we did it. I played live promotions whenever possible and if I had a downswing I took extra work to make sure the bills got paid. But the bankroll we understood was not to be touched unless the house was on fire. This is a partnership with your other. me and my wife fought about it and loved it and it was hard at times and it was awesome at times. But we did it together. You can't do it alone. We had a plan and we worked it. Don't do it alone show her your serious and get a study group, network with other and work it like a business, Cause that's what it is your own Investment company. Best of luck to you.
gon4iypes
Legend
Bronze Level
I don't think time is the biggest issue....don't you agree that our attitude is more important? Even if you're deeply involved and your wife says something distracting be kind and respectful. The games are there 24/7/365, but she may not be !!!
jasonshowman
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Yes. Joao Simão is an example of this. It takes wife and two children in most of the trips he makes to play live. I think that with the family around is even better. A tournament is very tense, so having the family close to be able to give a kiss and a hug when each session ends should give an interesting relief to the player.
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Pkr_wife
Rising Star
Bronze Level
My husband has been playing poker professionally for 3 years and I'm fine with it. It's just a job. However our friends and family are not very happy about him playing. My dad hates it especially. I feel that people tend to be very prejudiced when I tell them about my husbands work. It's very hard to convince them not to worry when they've already jumped to the conclusion that my husband has a gambling problem. They just don't understand the strategy of playing professionally.
But yeah, combining poker and family is possible. We have two small children and my husband spends time with them during the day. In the evening he starts working and then it's my job to put the kids to bed and wake up with them in the morning.
But yeah, combining poker and family is possible. We have two small children and my husband spends time with them during the day. In the evening he starts working and then it's my job to put the kids to bed and wake up with them in the morning.
LJG23
Rock Star
Silver Level
I thought I had it perfect, I had an apartment across the street from my casino, I played cards everyday paid my bills and had ways of "making it work" if things went down for a week or so, but being with the ones I love was more important to me so I made one of the hardest decisions in life to give up what I had and try try and make something new.
She new about cards and I knew about her family, but neither of us knew how hard it would be, not for ever, but in the being for sure. I had been living as a bachelor during the week and her a single mom. We have been living together for sixth months and I am just now coming back to playing after a couple of months off, because of just how hard it was to adjust.
Now that the dust has cleared a bit and she is still as supportive as ever I have found that sitting down to a game of cards after successfully "adulting" for the day, makes for a much better experience at the card tables.
You have to take care of them, then you, and the first time you have to touch family expenses to play a game its time to head back to the freerolls.
She new about cards and I knew about her family, but neither of us knew how hard it would be, not for ever, but in the being for sure. I had been living as a bachelor during the week and her a single mom. We have been living together for sixth months and I am just now coming back to playing after a couple of months off, because of just how hard it was to adjust.
Now that the dust has cleared a bit and she is still as supportive as ever I have found that sitting down to a game of cards after successfully "adulting" for the day, makes for a much better experience at the card tables.
You have to take care of them, then you, and the first time you have to touch family expenses to play a game its time to head back to the freerolls.
Dailon Arroyo Blandon
Legend
Bronze Level
I think that if possible ... as long as you have a balanced schedule and game schedule that allows you to devote the necessary time to the family ... and as long as you do not play with the finances of the family ... and I'm convinced that every poker professional ... has a great discipline ... otherwise they would not be professionals ...!
ANATOLII1981
Rock Star
Silver Level
it is not clear what you mean. Is it really impossible to combine a poker game, even professionally, with a family. A poker can be just a hobby, just like your wife is raising or caring for flowers. But it can be like a job when you earn money for the same family. and there are families where poker is fond of playing with their wives.