Neymar being addicted to online poker

[TopTort777]

That would surely instill into that childrens mind on which there's really a particular age on which they are really that highly reactive and highly that memorizing or familiarizing on whats happening around or on the things which their parents had been doing specially into those days on when they were born or simply with those special occasions. Even just simply talks about not attending on recognition day on which if your parents
doesnt really show up some care about attending then it might really be that looking a very simple problem but its not because it would really be giving out that lifetime impact on which ive said that it would really be instilling into their minds forever. This is where most people would really be that giving out that kind of negative impressions with this kind of act for a father to be done into its children specially into their special
days which it do really only happens once a year and its really not that hard on giving out a few hours in regarding into the said occasion.

You are exactly that kind of person who did not bother reading article, nor going deep into details of this situation.

First of all, what is this “special day that happens once a year”? Birthday? Technically “6 month birthday” happens every year, but I am sure you have meant “first or 1 year birthday”. That little girl did not turn 1yo. She is only 6m old. Secondly about “memorizing things”. You think kids at such can remember father playing poker on a mobile? That baby cant even speak right now, and only remember few face details. Mobile for her is a flashy thing only right now.

[angrybirdy]

Doesn't seem addiction to me (maybe not yet) but more distracted, just like me sometimes when playing game or watching sports though the child won't remember and maybe it's just that time that he just play and just caught in the video but the rest of the day he celebrate it with his family, it's just a clip and we don't see him doing it all day. Anyway, no matter if you have money or not everyone is just the same it's our instinct that if we win, we want more and if we lose, we want to win that losses.

The difference is that they have huge bankroll than us.

on point, maybe it's because his gambling was only occasional and it was really just timed that there was a media or paparazzi who took a video of him, of course what evidence was obtained, that's what people will immediately believe without knowing the other side of the story. It's possible that this can lead to addiction if he spends almost every day gambling, but that's him, maybe he's aware of what he's doing and I think he won't destroy himself in front of his daughter, though his daughter is still young, she won't remember much of what is happening now.

[bakasabo]

Even if Neymar is addicted, then why should we bother so much about it? It is his choice. He is spending his own money the way he wants. He is a grown up man after all. Regards that «birthday case». That video is takes out of context. We can say that this even was a birthday party. Maybe they will have a celebration a little bit later, or have already celebrated. But after seeing a person making few taps on a mobile, seeing poker there and call him addicted imo is wrong.

[Sandra_hakeem]

A recently viral video shows football star Neymar playing online poker while celebrating his daughter's birthday with a group of other people present.

Celebrities, bloggers and the Internet itself will only show you what they wanna let you see... Why would you quickly assume that the footballer is an addict, when you barely know nothing about his personal life? I could decide to listen to music and watch whatever videos, anytime and anywhere at all - That doesn't mean I'm addicted to my phone.

In his case, I have no business in adding any correctional value. He has all the money he wants and he could decide to either put it on a joker, or stake it up! Infact, gambling was made for the rich - cus in an actual sense, what does a poor man wagering with, when he barely has what to eat?

[darkangel11]

Neymar is not addicted to poker. We shouldn't jump into conclusion.
I read the article and more information presented in the article makes me believe that he doesn't have an online poker or gambling addiction.

• Neymar loves Poker and he's been playing it since After the 2014 World Cup
• He intends to become a professional poker player and participate in major tournaments after his retirement from football.
• He sees a similarity between poker and football
• He is a brand ambassador with PokerStars

Now judge for yourself with this added information which the OP missed out, do you still think he has an online poker or gambling addiction?

Great points. As the ambassador he needs to play in public from time to time, it's most likely part of the contract. It's completely normal for someone who gets paid to promote coca cola to drink coca cola, even if it's unhealthy
I wouldn't call a guy caught playing poker an addict. Does he support his family - yes. Is he successful in life - yes. Does he have a lot of money - yes. What's the problem then, let the guy enjoy his game.

[erep]

Neymar is not addicted to poker. We shouldn't jump into conclusion.
I read the article and more information presented in the article makes me believe that he doesn't have an online poker or gambling addiction.

• Neymar loves Poker and he's been playing it since After the 2014 World Cup
• He intends to become a professional poker player and participate in major tournaments after his retirement from football.
• He sees a similarity between poker and football
• He is a brand ambassador with PokerStars

Now judge for yourself with this added information which the OP missed out, do you still think he has an online poker or gambling addiction?

Great points. As the ambassador he needs to play in public from time to time, it's most likely part of the contract. It's completely normal for someone who gets paid to promote coca cola to drink coca cola, even if it's unhealthy
I wouldn't call a guy caught playing poker an addict. Does he support his family - yes. Is he successful in life - yes. Does he have a lot of money - yes. What's the problem then, let the guy enjoy his game.

Maybe he deliberately made a video of the act of playing gambling on his child's birthday, the video will make interesting material for discussion in various discussions and he has worked well to improve the casino product which has made him a gambling brand ambassador. The short video has sparked various opinions but if we know he is a gambling brand ambassador then we wouldn't be surprised that he is working on promoting the casino, because I'm sure he will prioritize family time on his son's birthday, nothing more valuable than anything except spending time with family.

[bakasabo]

I wouldn't call a guy caught playing poker an addict. Does he support his family - yes. Is he successful in life - yes. Does he have a lot of money - yes. What's the problem then, let the guy enjoy his game.

I agree on all points. And I also add that he is not forcing anyone to play poker or to gamble. He is just doing what he wants and can do as an adult. And people make him a monster that is addicted and gambles in front of a child during birthday, while each point of that accusation is false or arguable. If he would call others to gamble on a platform he gambles on, and uses his family or special day to add extra spicy in that ad, then it would be a different story.

[Distinctin]

I wouldn't call a guy caught playing poker an addict. Does he support his family - yes. Is he successful in life - yes. Does he have a lot of money - yes. What's the problem then, let the guy enjoy his game.

I agree on all points. And I also add that he is not forcing anyone to play poker or to gamble. He is just doing what he wants and can do as an adult. And people make him a monster that is addicted and gambles in front of a child during birthday, while each point of that accusation is false or arguable. If he would call others to gamble on a platform he gambles on, and uses his family or special day to add extra spicy in that ad, then it would be a different story.

That's his life, we have no right to accuse him, yes he is gambling but concluding that he is an addict is just unreasonable. I mean, he has the financial capability, can even spend millions easily as he have more his bank account which was earned from being a superstar in his sport. So a guy seen playing poker is already an addict? Maybe some thought he should not gambling since there was a special celebration, but like I mentioned, that's their life, they are the only ones who knows how they live, so as long as the family is happy, all this speculations would become baseless.

[passwordnow]

I agree on all points. And I also add that he is not forcing anyone to play poker or to gamble. He is just doing what he wants and can do as an adult. And people make him a monster that is addicted and gambles in front of a child during birthday, while each point of that accusation is false or arguable. If he would call others to gamble on a platform he gambles on, and uses his family or special day to add extra spicy in that ad, then it would be a different story.

It's because he's a public figure and any backlash that he receives comes from his both fans and haters. It's true that he's not endorsing poker or to gamble and only does his own thing as a hobby and just caught during that moment. Nowadays, people are too sensitive whilst for him, this is just nothing but a hobby or some casual pastime that he wanna do. While there are other footballers that have been endorsing casinos and as well as gambling, they don't get that much backlash because they don't actual gamble and only are there to endorse and promote.
Whilst for the ones that are actually doing it, they're there to do what's necessary for them and as a normal thing to be done without having any malicious intention to encourage people in doing so. Him being a public figure is always in scrutiny to whatever he has been doing and he's not alone on this thing. All of the celebrities and athletes that have been raking in millions in salary are always in the eyes of the paparazzi's trying to scoop out of anything that they do so that they'll have content over them and gain themselves exposure on how they're able to got those news.

[KTChampions]

That's his life, we have no right to accuse him, yes he is gambling but concluding that he is an addict is just unreasonable. I mean, he has the financial capability, can even spend millions easily as he have more his bank account which was earned from being a superstar in his sport. So a guy seen playing poker is already an addict? Maybe some thought he should not gambling since there was a special celebration, but like I mentioned, that's their life, they are the only ones who knows how they live, so as long as the family is happy, all this speculations would become baseless.

This also works in the opposite direction: this is our life and we can discuss (and condemn) anyone  
No one is saying that Neymar is so addicted to gambling that it affects his (or his family’s) material well-being. But it’s hard to disagree with the fact that if a person engages in gambling at such moments, it looks strange. And I would say that this is disrespectful towards the rest of the family, but this is really their internal affairs.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Neymar is not addicted to poker. We shouldn't jump into conclusion.
I read the article and more information presented in the article makes me believe that he doesn't have an online poker or gambling addiction.

• Neymar loves Poker and he's been playing it since After the 2014 World Cup
• He intends to become a professional poker player and participate in major tournaments after his retirement from football.
• He sees a similarity between poker and football
• He is a brand ambassador with PokerStars

Now judge for yourself with this added information which the OP missed out, do you still think he has an online poker or gambling addiction?

He sees a connection between Poker and Football, yes, if we approach it from his perspective, we can see that the situation is normal. He is trying to improve his Poker game by playing more and has sufficient resources and sponsorships. Apart from poker and gambling, he also plays different games by doing various streams. I think that if he were an addict, he would not have various hobbies. I think they forget that he is a player.

[milewilda]

That's his life, we have no right to accuse him, yes he is gambling but concluding that he is an addict is just unreasonable. I mean, he has the financial capability, can even spend millions easily as he have more his bank account which was earned from being a superstar in his sport. So a guy seen playing poker is already an addict? Maybe some thought he should not gambling since there was a special celebration, but like I mentioned, that's their life, they are the only ones who knows how they live, so as long as the family is happy, all this speculations would become baseless.

This also works in the opposite direction: this is our life and we can discuss (and condemn) anyone  
No one is saying that Neymar is so addicted to gambling that it affects his (or his family’s) material well-being. But it’s hard to disagree with the fact that if a person engages in gambling at such moments, it looks strange. And I would say that this is disrespectful towards the rest of the family, but this is really their internal affairs.

People do already tell that he's addicted to gambling just because we've seen him doing poker online? This isnt really that enough that we could really be able to tell that he's addicted to it. People do really love on making up some conclusions just because of that first seen situation but we dont know on how he actually handles up his gambling activity. Just like on what others been saying that its none of our business if he would really be doing gambling on her daughters birthday and this is something that no one should really be telling on what he should really be gonna do. We do have our own decisions and as long we arent that compromising
our finances and could still that support then i dont see any issues. There might be something that not looking good into gambling on the special day of her daughter but doesnt mean that he's like
that all the time or we dont really know.  

[bakasabo]

That's his life, we have no right to accuse him, yes he is gambling but concluding that he is an addict is just unreasonable. I mean, he has the financial capability, can even spend millions easily as he have more his bank account which was earned from being a superstar in his sport. So a guy seen playing poker is already an addict? Maybe some thought he should not gambling since there was a special celebration, but like I mentioned, that's their life, they are the only ones who knows how they live, so as long as the family is happy, all this speculations would become baseless.

This also works in the opposite direction: this is our life and we can discuss (and condemn) anyone  
No one is saying that Neymar is so addicted to gambling that it affects his (or his family’s) material well-being. But it’s hard to disagree with the fact that if a person engages in gambling at such moments, it looks strange. And I would say that this is disrespectful towards the rest of the family, but this is really their internal affairs.

There is only a part of a family behind that table. He has a bond with that 6 month girl, as he is a father, but he has split with girls mother. I dont like and want to dig in their life, but I can suppose that he might be feeling uncomfortable at that moment. Since they split, he might have planned to celebrate 6 month birthday with other people, in other place, and with that poker play, he shows that he does not care about his ex anymore. As if you would share hands with your former father-in-law, but would not hug or show love to mother-in-law or your ex wife, if you would met on public

[KTChampions]

This also works in the opposite direction: this is our life and we can discuss (and condemn) anyone  
No one is saying that Neymar is so addicted to gambling that it affects his (or his family’s) material well-being. But it’s hard to disagree with the fact that if a person engages in gambling at such moments, it looks strange. And I would say that this is disrespectful towards the rest of the family, but this is really their internal affairs.

There is only a part of a family behind that table. He has a bond with that 6 month girl, as he is a father, but he has split with girls mother. I dont like and want to dig in their life, but I can suppose that he might be feeling uncomfortable at that moment. Since they split, he might have planned to celebrate 6 month birthday with other people, in other place, and with that poker play, he shows that he does not care about his ex anymore. As if you would share hands with your former father-in-law, but would not hug or show love to mother-in-law or your ex wife, if you would met on public

Wow, you know such details, then maybe this changes things. The last news I saw about Neymar's non-football life was the news that he was hanging out at a club with some girls and his wife was unhappy about it. Apparently since then everything has come to a logical conclusion 
In general, all this is not surprising - Neymar was not a professional on the field and in everyday life he has the same careless behavior.

[OgNasty]

I think people are making a lot of assumptions about this guy's life and what's going on.  It could be something far less serious.  Maybe he's sponsored and had to meet some sort of quota or something.  Would it be as crazy of him to be doing that if you knew it was going to make him six or seven figures?  I doubt the guy is just out there neglecting his family to play poker without any reason.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd bet that he has a good reason to be doing what he's doing and I doubt it's because he has an addiction that he's trying to feed.

[carlfebz2]

I think people are making a lot of assumptions about this guy's life and what's going on.  It could be something far less serious.  Maybe he's sponsored and had to meet some sort of quota or something.  Would it be as crazy of him to be doing that if you knew it was going to make him six or seven figures?  I doubt the guy is just out there neglecting his family to play poker without any reason.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd bet that he has a good reason to be doing what he's doing and I doubt it's because he has an addiction that he's trying to feed.

Having a reason or not, its none of our business on how he would be handling out his time and money. It is really just that people are really that loving on involving someones life and this is why on the time that they've seen something thats odd or not right into their eyes then you would be expect that there would really be those bashes and its not something new.

Doesnt matter if you are a celebrity or a common man gambler.There are really conditions or moments that the urge of playing would be there. There are also some situations
on which its really something urgent or something that you would really be needing to deal with. So making some engagement on times like these like bdays or special
occasions on which it might not be something that could be postponed or some sort. It might not be looking good into someones eyes but there's nothing we can do about it and people would
really be always has something to say on the time that they would be seeing actions which arent that appropriate into their eyes.

[STT]

Im not sure thats addiction exactly, kids parties are kinda boring lol.  But yea its a bad look I guess, not good for his brand but as said he is already successful he can do as he wishes really.

I rule out this mix of activities because you will not likely win the poker game unless you are an experienced player playing vs new players maybe and get lucky in their mistakes like that.

Distraction is conducive to winning basically, sometimes I get away with it but I wouldnt be betting on any size while not able to fully consider my opponents actions and all cards played.  Poker is more involving then it appears.

[alegotardo]

Im not sure thats addiction exactly, kids parties are kinda boring lol.  But yea its a bad look I guess, not good for his brand but as said he is already successful he can do as he wishes really.

I rule out this mix of activities because you will not likely win the poker game unless you are an experienced player playing vs new players maybe and get lucky in their mistakes like that.

Has Neymar never heard of privacy screens?
They have the ability to completely hide the view of a device if the focus of vision is not directly in front of the screen, this would certainly have avoided many problems for Neymar.

In any case, we know that the biggest problem for a gambling addict is free time (idleness) and Neymar has had this since October last year when he was injured in Brazil's defeat to Uruguay in Montevideo in the South Qualifiers. -Americans for the 2026 World Cup. He should only return to playing football in August.

So, Neymar certainly has a lot of free time to promote bets among his friends, in addition to wasting hours and many millions on bets to the point where he can no longer control himself over the appropriate times to play or not.

[tsaroz]

A recently viral video shows football star Neymar playing online poker while celebrating his daughter's birthday with a group of other people present.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13299361/Neymar-online-poker-daughter-Al-Hilal.html

This to me goes to show that no one is immune from addiction. Neymar may have largeley solved his money problems but still he doesn't seem to be able to control his time spend gambling. Therefore he's seen utilizing his time very recklessly, prioritizing playing the right cards over living these once in a lifetime precious moments the best he can. And if a multimillionaire can get addicted in this way, anyone can. Consider this before spending too much of your precious time gambling. Put some limits and enjoy responsibly!

Addiction of anything is not good. You can gamble or drink but you always need to have full control of your body and your will power strong enough to stop when you need to and start when you want to. Except for some examples like Messi, many of the Latin American football stars have ruined their career earlier or taken retirement earlier due to their addictions. Some even thought they had made enough money to live their life lavishly but when you are not good with money management and are in addiction, the money dries up soon and you'll be on spotlight for all the wrong things like Ronaldinho and Robinho.

[Poker Player]

I had not seen this thread and it seems to me that things have been taken out of context. Addiction has to do with not being able to stop doing an activity despite the negative consequences and as far as we know Neymar has not squandered his fortune playing poker. The 6-month-old daughter doesn't even know what's going on, and if instead of playing poker he was giving likes on Instagram we wouldn't be talking about it.

Neymar is not addicted to poker. We shouldn't jump into conclusion.
I read the article and more information presented in the article makes me believe that he doesn't have an online poker or gambling addiction.

• Neymar loves Poker and he's been playing it since After the 2014 World Cup
• He intends to become a professional poker player and participate in major tournaments after his retirement from football.
• He sees a similarity between poker and football
• He is a brand ambassador with PokerStars

Now judge for yourself with this added information which the OP missed out, do you still think he has an online poker or gambling addiction?

He sees a connection between Poker and Football, yes, if we approach it from his perspective, we can see that the situation is normal.

I agree with this, and if he has been playing poker since 2014, having a net worth currently of $250M, poker is no problem for him.