Hello there! Since a long time ago I wanted to write about a fairly recurring topic in the forums/websites, poker schools, which affects a large number of poker players, but there is not too much info about. That theme is none other than: "Poker and Family"

Poker and family It's a problem that, more than one and two poker players (whether amateur or professional), have, and might be a stone in the shoe of a Poker Player. At the tables everything goes great, you win money, you feel  like the king of the world, you mock in the face of your rivals and yet, in your house, they give you questions to know in what you spend a great part of your time. Feeling rejected, especially by your loved ones, can cause, even to the strongest person, to end up in a difficult situation. The easy thing, as in any situation of rejection in society, is to blame others and not take our share of responsibility/lack of tact. As in everything, past actions influence in a bestial way, our present, and future; So the real question is: what image have you gained over the years in front of your family?

                 

Nit

 The highest grades, goes to bed at 10:00 p.m., seriousness, keeps its word, doesn't go out partying, doesn't smoke, doesn't drink... They have made that during all these years, you have created a pre-poker face image to your family. When they find out about your adventures with poker, it is only logical that, at the beginning, that their eyes turn blank and start to worry and think that you have gone totally crazy. You will need more than one meeting to get them see that you have not lost your head, that you are not going to throw your life overboard and that, in any case, you are not willing to lose more money than your only initial income.

Tight

 Admirable Grades, has clear ideas in life, surrounded by good friends, doesn't back down in difficult times and is always projecting an image of seriousness and trust, That gives you a very good reputation among your family. The phrase you've heard the most over the years has been "it's a 10 person." If there is someone who has few problems explaining to their family what they're doing and why they do it, that is you. It will take a couple of hours of explanation and demonstration, so your family will accept poker and familiarize you.

Semi loose

Your grades rarely have passed  6/7 except Religion (in which, of course, you took a 10) although you have approved with relative ease, your family have never finished liking your friends for being  a little "nuts" You started to party at very early ages but healthy enough to run a mile, you have always been a bit lazy but when you need to help, you are there. In your case, for your family, engaging in poker will, according to their point of view, be "another of the things you forget over time" and will not bring you too many problems. As with the Tight image, you will not need too much to get them see that you have not lost entirely your mind.

Loose Aggressive

 You've barely passed through the years, you've always been a subscriber to September with a bag of college topics to study  behind your back, your family relationships have never been too good for "your bad head" as they have repeated until your parents satiated, you decided to experiment with "happy" substances from a very young age, the people with whom you have usually related are usually procrastinators, just like yourself, and you have a reputation of taking the sandwich at the time of recess to the "nerd". Let's say that, in your situation, the image you have earned in front of your family it's not the most desired. Actually, it'll be really complicated for them to accept poker, maybe it's the perfect excuse they are looking for to lock you in a center with the cushioned rooms. Take a good look and be very tactful when it comes to telling them what poker is about.

Fish

For some reasons that only you must know, you Graduated from High School at the age of  20 (in case you had, of course), you throw a party 6 days a week and the missing day is just for the hangover, you even drink the water from the flower vases, your "colleagues" accumulate a few years of parole among all, your family is tilt to the limits due your very lame lifestyle. They have even thought about sending you to Big Brother. If you have the courage to auto-classify yourself in this category of personal image, the last thing that should matter to you is that they accept or not that you play poker. Do yourself a favor and get help.

                   

In addition to the above, there are many more factors that will influence the acceptance such as history of gambling in the family (if there are, forget it), How "open minded" your family can be, you are not 100% clear and falsify some figures, Emotionally you are a bomb and the bad beats make you hold it against your family, you are not a clear winner and you have lost several times money, you have tried some "trick" with your parents' credit cards and the list goes on...

The first thing you should do is to sit down and explain your family like five about what the world of poker is about, and what your aspirations/limits are. Sit in front of the computer and teach them poker schools, forums, information websites, blogs, professional trajectories of other players. The second, in order to give them more confidence, is to teach them what you have been earning so far, Poker Wallets, etc... The third thing would be to let them see for a while some of your sessions while playing. Open fewer tables than usual and explain plain and simple, what you do to earn money. The last thing you should do, without a doubt, is to play hidden in your own home because it will look like you are hiding something and the last thing you want is to make a dark and negative image about what you do.

And, finally, I'll tell you how it was in my case. I have always been a person with a "Tight" profile in life, which a priori made things much easier for me to explain to my family about what all this was about. 

And you, What profile do you feel more identified with? Have you had family problems by playing? Has it taken so long to make them see reality? Have they ended up accepting it, or did you just accepted it as impossible?

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