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RaiZ
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Stopped to read teamliquid for a while (shame on me) for liquidpoker but wanted to share it with you ~ Raiz | ||
Empyrean
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...unless you just accept it as paying for the experience. | ||
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jimminy_kriket
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ForTheSwarm
United States556 Posts
On January 13 2010 09:52 jimminy_kriket wrote: was that your 7000th post? Ha ha, sucks | ||
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Navi
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Slithe
United States985 Posts
On January 13 2010 09:50 Empyrean wrote: Gambling is one of the stupidest things people can do :/ ...unless you just accept it as paying for the experience. Are you including poker in the category of gambling? | ||
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Empyrean
16992 Posts
And yeah, just realized I used my 7000th post. Sigh. | ||
Heyoka
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Lexpar
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Avidkeystamper
United States8552 Posts
On January 13 2010 10:14 Empyrean wrote: No, I actually don't consider poker gambling since you're playing against other players instead of the house. Video poker on the other hand.... And yeah, just realized I used my 7000th post. Sigh. Yay, there's someone else that used his 7000th post for something insignificant. | ||
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Carthac
United States393 Posts
On January 13 2010 10:22 heyoka wrote: Not considering poker gambling is a pretty good sign you don't know what gambling is! Did you misspeak or are you trying to say poker is gambling? If you are, you are completely mistaken sir | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9104 Posts
On January 13 2010 09:50 Empyrean wrote: Gambling is one of the stupidest things people can do :/ ...unless you just accept it as paying for the experience. Getting drunk isn't an intelligent thing to do either. People do things to have fun and enjoy themselves! Gambling isn't so bad as long as it's done within a person's budget. | ||
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Sad[Panda]
United States458 Posts
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huameng
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
On January 13 2010 10:25 Carthac wrote: Did you misspeak or are you trying to say poker is gambling? If you are, you are completely mistaken sir By very definition of the world gamble it certainly is. But I suppose you could call it intelligent gambling, if that's not oxymoronic. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
On January 13 2010 11:28 Divinek wrote: By very definition of the world gamble it certainly is. But I suppose you could call it intelligent gambling, if that's not oxymoronic. Gambling specifically means betting money on games of chance. "Games of chance" is taken to mean games where the player does not effect the outcome of the game. Otherwise you could call basically anything that includes money gambling because there is always an element of risk in life. In poker people can and do consistently win to the point they can even live off of the game. That is not gambling by the definition I've presented, which I think most people agree with. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28678 Posts
it's also a game of skill.. but the fact that you have to play 50000+ hands to get any real indication of skill level should make it pretty fucking obvious that luck plays a huge factor and that it is gambling. it's just "not" gambling when you practice super strong bankroll management and play millions of hands.. | ||
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seppolevne
Canada1681 Posts
On January 13 2010 12:15 Chef wrote: Gambling specifically means betting money on games of chance. "Games of chance" is taken to mean games where the player does not effect the outcome of the game. Otherwise you could call basically anything that includes money gambling because there is always an element of risk in life. In poker people can and do consistently win to the point they can even live off of the game. That is not gambling by the definition I've presented, which I think most people agree with. Gambling: to stake or risk money, or anything of value, on the outcome of something involving chance. Poker be gambling son. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gamble That'd be like calling Pawn Shop owners gamblers because they can't be sure they will get a return on their money. It's up to their skill to know what kind of return they should expect overall, whether some returns are bad or not. Everything involves luck. The only reason something can be considered gambling is if it is ALL luck (ie odds are never in your favour). Maybe it's just semantics, but I think it's pretty stupid to consider any game involving chance and betting to be luck. Might as well call betting in StarCraft gambling. | ||
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