Comparing FTR Money players to FTR Hobby players isn't like comparing apples and oranges. More like apples and walruses.

Two different viewpoints joined around a common interest, sort of like...
...shiites and sunnis,
...Ohio State and Michigan football fans, or
...Palin and Biden.

Money players are black "Sumatra" coffee, rugged and substantive. Hobby players are low-fat whipped-cream skim-milk frapichinos, the frothy anti-substance.

Hobby players feed on the wild manic-depressive mood swings of poker luck. Money players are emotional flatliners.

Money players are bread and butter. Hobby players are cupcakes and frosting.

Hobby players think of poker as unserious, unimportant fun. For money players, winning at poker is serious and important and (maybe) fun.

Money players work on their game. Hobby players work at their jobs.

Actually, the relationship between money and hobby players is like doctors and viruses, with the one trying to eradicate the other "for the good of mankind," or at least the good of FTR-kind. And the "gaming authority" is all on the side of the money players who win consistently and work hard to improve. They have the knowledge and perspective to win. The hobby players happily acknowledge the adults while enjoying the frivolity of the poker sandbox.

FTR money players think differently. Apples to walruses different. Here's an example.

Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow
I'm not picking on anyone in particular with this because I honestly don't know anyone who specifically fits the description, I'm just throwing this out there: if you've been at any level 10nl or lower for 100k hands you need to find a new fucking hobby, like seriously. The following is why:

You aren't working hard enough at getting better to get more out of this game than you're going to end up putting into it, and I don't mean just money.

So seriously, even if it is just a hobby, get on the fucking ball. Know what I mean?
This statement is ridiculous on its face. If poker is a hobby, concepts like "getting on the ball" and "aren't working hard enough" have no meaning. Spoon's a money player. A good one. He thinks long view, making money, maximizing EV. But he's clueless about what drives a hobby player.

Or maybe not. 'Cuz here's the greatest thing about hobby players. Some of them, especially the FTR kind, grow up into money players. One day, they think, "Hmmm...what if I made ten bucks an hour doing this hobby...I play 10 hours a week, that's...math sucks...math sucks...something like $500 a year. Maybe I could study a bit, work a bit, ya know?"

A quick shout out to all the hobby players - life is good, amiright? I've enjoyed my last year of having a poker hobby. But some day (maybe) you have to grow up, take the gloves off, get serious, and play the chips that "commit" you.

For me, today is that day.