How many play for real money?

[winningedge]

Playing for play money can teach you some of the finer points of your own game perhaps.. it can teach you different things about the mechanics of a game (like how often it is that when you're on a draw you will miss. knowing the percentages is different from having the expierence behind it).. but i certainly agree with pinnie, that you should certainly not go into a real money game and try to play it like you would a play money game..

keep in mind that where play money is concerned, you have essentially changed poker from a game of Betting into a game of Cards.. big, big difference..

[kelkat]

You're right, winningedge. The less you have staked, the more bold you tend to be. It's like being fronted in a tournament or home game by a friend. It's not your money, so what difference does it make.

[blf2much]

I like to play both ways, no money when i have none. and real money ofcourse when I have the funds. I notice you win more when playing with fake money, that seems rather deceiving to me.

[tshugo]

I play both ways aswell, but its most fun playing with the lads around a table

[hoosierhunter]

I play for money sometimes, but most of the time, I'm just playing for fun.

[CHIZELD]

I play if i'm unable to co to the casinos here in southern cali

[treephish]

i used to play a sick amount of online poker for cash....and i mean sick...i was getting avg. of 10-12 hours of sleep a week..the rest i was playing ....after i cashed out my first big amounts of monies , i slowed down.

[emoneypitt]

I play for real money also. If I want to play with fake money there's plenty of non poker sites that have poker games on them now. There's also freerolls where you can win real money on almost every major site for those of you who don't play much for cash. I don't play for long periods at a time unless I make it deep into a tournament. As far as making money, I'm pretty much a tread water person but now with getting rakeback every month, that just might give me the edge I need to start really getting ahead

[slowpoke]

Play major live games for real money with min. buyins of $500...Highest I deposited on any site is $100 and then I cashed more than I lost, but I prefer reading my opponents which is difficult to do on the web...Highest cashout on net was $300 and live $29k

[popswife]

What do you mean do we play for real money? What other kind of money is there?

[philjj]

I play a combination of freerolls and cash games (small stakes). No I haven't won loads but then again, where else can you spend 10c for 2 1/2 hours entertainment. The challenge for me is in the playing, whether for cash or play chips and I don't like to lose either gl all at the tables

[vsparky]

I play for real money. I am proud to say I have Never taken money from the real world and lost it online playing poker.

I started playing freerolls, and then moved on to smaller forum freerolls and buyins. I used to withdrawal about $100 a month from AP just from free roll winnings but that was back when every forum and their lost brother Mike had a freeroll- Now a days I make about $150 as a poker affiliate and take about $50 and have fun with it and $100 I send the the real world.-my checking account. My hard and fast rule that has kept me out of trouble is NEVER take money from the real world and put it into a poker game.and once I withdraw into the real world that money can't go back to being poker funds.

[jimbo51]

yo r u rich r somwthing and if u are can u spend samthpro15555 at fulltilt poker some money i will give u your money back if i win

[jimbo51]

that is a smart idea but i guess how will u play at the casios with that rule in mind

[emk4976]

i play real money on ftp or ps looke me maybe we can play atourney together been playing online since 2002 good luck all

[jimbo51]

ya i am listen to this hand on full tilt

$1/$2 heap up
i get dealt QQ on the button so i resaise to $6 he reraise to $18 i reraise to $54 and he goes all in and i call $46 more and he flips over ace 7 of and the flop is 8,2,4and the turn was a 3 and the river was a 5 and he wins a $200 pot

what do u think about this hand. did i play good or is that just full tilt for you.

[furlano62]

i play for real money. but i dont play for alot of money i usually will play the 1-5 dollar games. but every once in a while when i am having a good day and got nothing to do i might play in a 20-50 dollar game. i am up about 2k so far.

[SilentJay]

I play only freerolls and small/micro stakes cash games. And those only with the money I've won in the freerolls. I've never paid for poker out of my own pocket, and never will. And since I'm up to just over $200 already (after playing for about 2 months now), it looks like I'll never need to.

[jimbo51]

Originally Posted by SilentJay I play only freerolls and small/micro stakes cash games. And those only with the money I've won in the freerolls. I've never paid for poker out of my own pocket, and never will. And since I'm up to just over $200 already (after playing for about 2 months now), it looks like I'll never need to.

that is pretty nice winnings do u get rackback to becuase it is great

[IFixlexus]

second that comment ^^^