There is a question why people play poker and there are many possible answers for this question. There are millions of players involved in poker game . Poker is originated from card games. Go Fish and War is an earliest memory which then formed into games like Rummy, Pinochle, Spades, Canasta and Hearts poker etc. In past, playing cards was a good solution for fun and entertainment bringing people together. We used to play cards regularly in schools, college and after graduation. After graduation, the priorities of people changed and they got busy in their other activities of marriages, jobs and kids etc. No one had time to play cards together.

Internet Poker

In January 2004, the new phenomenon to play online poker on internet was introduced. People used to download party poker and Eurka is famous ever since. Initially people didn’t wonder why they play poker but there are many solid reasons to play pokers which are given below:

Reasons to Play Poker

There are several reasons that why people play poker. These reasons are:

• People play poker because of its competitive nature and they love compete and win.

• They play poker to win money.

• They play poker because they like to gamble. For them poker is an entertainment and they can afford it.

• They play poker to forget the stress of their lives.

• They play poker because they are inspired from their friends who play and talk about the poker and they want to become a part of it.

• They play it because it doesn’t seem very hard to play.

These are majority of the responses from randomly selected poker players and these are the reasons for them to play poker. Any one of them can be right and many of us experience all of the reasons throughout our lives. For example initially people start poker because they can afford it to play. They don’t win initially but at the same time, they don’t lose much. They play many games like limit cash poker games, multi table tournaments and SNGs and they start winning regularly and steadily. As people move through many stages, they also move to the stage to win the money. For them, their bankroll become important and good number makes them happy and satisfied. The feel of winning regularly and the significant increase in the number of bankroll make them happy and motivated to play poker again and again because the more the play, the more they win. Poker is like and addiction for many players. They make money, buy their desired things and they get to know their reason to play poker. Because there are many things which are not affordable but people buy them by winning the money. That is why poker is defined as an activity that allows people to win money and to do something which is not possible through other means. This is not the right answer for everyone but many of the poker players would be agreed on it.