Well, to shorten up all the questions, the limitations that I have financially and time-wise contributes as to why I rarely gamble in poker right now. When I was doing full time poker many years ago, my limitations are always based on what I carry and what my initial gambling amount on that night would be. If I managed to win then I stop, and yes I am somewhat lucky that the setup of the poker house sometimes requires us to change tables. That way I am able to prevent myself from getting carried away from too much gambling. If I lose the money limit that I have, I simply stop and then go home and gamble again once I have the money from the poker house - I would call it a salary, that's why I am very careful in gambling with the money. Good thing I was introduced to cryptocurrency and my life changed because of that.
I used to play poker too way back then and based on my experience I really have a lot of time spent playing or gambling than staying on our home and using my time in a productive way. Sometimes I do spend much money than the amount that I used to set as my limitations, i lost more than I win. Now I used all of my losing experience to put a limitations on myself while gambling. I need to change my gambling habits to save myself from huge losses again.
This is very true - just like many games, it can be very easy to fall into a trap and lose track of time but you must control it. You only have to look at physical world casinos that understand this psychological trap and want you to keep playing for as long as possible. In real world casinos they use all kinds of tricks - removing clocks, making it difficult to navigate out and keeping it as bright as possible so you are unaware of the time of day. Another very dangerous downside to playing for too long is your concentration will naturally wain after a while - it might be at hour one, it might be at hour four, but when it goes your decision making will be much poorer.
Just joking, it is just better to watch the games with people or play poker with people you know. And I guess it involves some learning and evolution which may not happen when alone or when playing and wagering with strangers. I think most people bet in group as least in sports and mostly to make these more interesting. Soccer and others sometimes are boring if not.
