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Originally Posted by Gladimeir15
As a woman, I would love to settle to a person who is not gambler at all. I want his free time to be spent with me and to our family instead of letting him play. Besides, there is no guarantee that he will win all the time, that is why it is called gambling.... So my stand is I don't like to engage into a poker.
I wanted to scream when I read this. Playing poker is in no meaningful way gambling. There are no roulette coaches. There are no forums to learn how to be a better craps player. People STUDY poker to get better. By your dictionary definition he is a gambler, but the real issue is that you two can't agree on how he should spend his time.
Consider the following situation:
1. I play a chess tournament. I pay a fee to enter the tournament, I play for several hours, and if I get enough points (1 for a win and 0.5 for a draw) I win more than my entry fee.
2. I play a poker tournament. I pay a buy-in to enter the tournament, I play for several hours, and if I am one of the last players knocked out, I win more than my buy-in.
Please explain to me which tournament is gambling and why.
He doesn't win all the time? Really? What does that have to do with anything? That is so ridiculous I can barely believe that you typed and posted it.
Professional baseball has a 162 game season, and most teams lose at least 62 of those games. LeBron James isn't voted basketball's most valuable player every year. I might win a local chess tournament, but most of the time someone else will win.
I don't win at chess all the time. By your logic, that makes me a chess gambler who is stealing time from my wife. Fortunately for me, you are not my wife.
My wife is supportive and understands that poker provides an irregular income, just as other jobs do, for example, selling cars. Those car salesmen, by your logic, are clearly a bunch of degenerate gamblers because they don't win (make a sale) every time.
When I cash, my wife is excited. She counts the money, lays the bills out and takes a picture of the cash. She is there to encourage me, win or lose, because she understands that because I take poker seriously, study a lot and play a lot, I will make money playing poker this year.
The truth is that you just hate his hobby, which happens to be poker, because it takes him away from you. You would hate it just as much if he was running 10 miles a day to prepare for a marathon.
Thank you for making one of the dumbest 2+2 posts ever. I don't think that I've ever called someone on these forums dumb, but you earned it.
I told me wife recently that I have never tilted when playing poker, and I don't understand how it happens to other people so often. After reading your post, I understand.
Last edited by Poker Clif; 02-11-2016 at 01:57 AM.
Reason: Added the last two sentences. Edited two others for clarity.