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Originally Posted by dribzy
Was at the casino with a few mates just hitting the piss and running a muck my mates are gambling on house games
Girl: Wow you are not gambling?
Me: Yeah would rather get drunk and run a muck.
Girl: Must be hard?
Me: Well I don't play house games because you will lose most of the time and if i play poker "drunk" i'll probably lose.
Girl: huh, wouldn't it be the same when you play poker sober?
Me: Nah
So then like 50 million times in the past going on the same old storey to explain poker and that you can win showing sharkscope ect. ( ****ing hate these convos )
Girl: You are pretty lucky.
Me: No not lucky, I can just play alot better than others.
Girl: I think you have a problem.
Me: SHUT UP SLUT YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR ****ING TALKING ABOUT! ( not really)
But ****, I wanted to pimp slap that bitch.
So she asks why you aren't gambling, you explain, and she still doesn't get it. No point in explaining then.
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Originally Posted by GrimeRat420
Yeh i know people are stupid thats why u really have to boil it down to the simplest examples possible sometimes. For one, ask them if they would gamble on a coinflip if they win $2 for being right and lose $1 for being wrong. I feel like most people can understand that its a +ev decision unless theyre literally retarted. The same u could apply to a dice game where ur chance of rolling a 1 is 1/6 but if u lose $1 and win $10 its +ev. Even though its gambling and luckbased the risk/reward ratio makes it +ev in the longrun. if they still dont get it, theyre hopeless lol
I use the coinflip scenario only I usually say $1 for loss and $1.50 for win, but same principle. Everyone says they would take that deal. I explain I look for spots like that where, although I don't win them all the time, when I do I will win more money than I will lose long term. If they don't get it, screw them.
I tried explaining it to my mother, she didn't get it. Until I showed her my graphs and excel programs and whatnot. She doesn't understand the odds, but she now understands that I don't 'win' money playing, I 'make' money playing.