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Originally Posted by driller
Is everything in Welch's article on Poker Caddying ethical?
i think any discussion about the "ethics" of poker is rather interesting, since it's a game where you just try to take other people's money. I would say if your playing fairly against your opponents (as in, you don't know what's in the deck or in other players hands), then it's ethical. The other consideration would be how far you can go in manipulating the other players or the odds (i.e., collusion, using poker software on the internet). I recently saw an old episode of Perry Mason where the card room host and one of the players at the table manipulated the gambling addict into betting his wife's trust money on a losing hand. I acknowledge that Perry Mason has little to do with reality, but that kind of thing and the **** that went on at UB is disgusting to me, along with slot machines in general.
I suppose having a poker caddy gives you an unfair advantage over people who don't have one, but in the high stakes poker environment you're talking about people tend to know what they're doing, so i wouldn't have any qualms with it. I suppose to even the odds, you could be an aid to a random stranger if it appeals to you.