Gambling or Poker?
 

Let's pretend.....let's pretend you have $200 to live with. When I say live with I mean this is the last money you will ever get in your entire life. The catch? The only way you can possibly make more money is to use that $200 playing online poker. You can make as much money as possible but only playing poker online. What would you do?

The reason I bring this up is to talk about the fine line between gambling and playing poker.

I strongly feel that many more players would be winning players if they practiced proper bankroll management, and avoided playing while tilting.

The trend seems to be to move up too fast.

Let's say they have tripled their bankroll from $100 to $300. They move up thinking if they lose the winnings, they will stop and move back down to start over and build again.

This is the crucial moment that defines you as a poker player, or simply another gambler.

Once most players have moved up, they have a hard time moving down.

If you treat your bankroll like it's life and death, there is no way to avoid proper bankroll management.

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I'm sorry man but I don't get it.

First you create an impossible hypothetical situation then generalize that even though it's a pretend world all good gamblers have to pretend that their bankroll money is life or death?

(IN THE REAL WORLD)

A good gambler would gamble with only money he is willing to lose whether it is lost while one learns the nuances of the game or whether it's lost by an unavoidable yet brutally long bad run of cards and suckouts. A smart professional player can support himself outside of poker but chooses to gamble because he can afford it, he or she realizes that poker is gambling and nothing besides.

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^^^^^^ sounds about right to me.

nh.

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I'm sorry man but I don't get it.

First you create an impossible hypothetical situation then generalize that even though it's a pretend world all good gamblers have to pretend that their bankroll money is life or death?

(IN THE REAL WORLD)

A good gambler would gamble with only money he is willing to lose whether it is lost while one learns the nuances of the game or whether it's lost by an unavoidable yet brutally long bad run of cards and suckouts. A smart professional player can support himself outside of poker but chooses to gamble because he can afford it, he or she realizes that poker is gambling and nothing besides.

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A good gambler you say??? WTF are you talking about dude? For a professional poker player, it's only gambling if they are playing outside of their bankroll. So you're trying to say that all professionals realize that poker is gambling but nothing more? Jeez with all those posts you have I would have expected better...

Re: Gambling or Poker?
 

let me chime in with a little tidbit of useless knowledge.

poker = gambling.

this is true for pro's as well. the gamble aspect lies in the fact that even a pro can get taken by a donk over a short period of time, hence the idea of gambling.

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Okay..obviously this is over the head of most of you who CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE SHORT TERM. If you don't understand, don't reply.

Re: Gambling or Poker?
 

To quote the famous Mike McD: "If you're too careful, your whole life can become a [censored]' grind."

Re: Gambling or Poker?
 

I like tacos.

Re: Gambling or Poker?
 

to quote joey knish: "from time to time, everyone goes bust."

to the op, one of the reasons you may be getting douchebaggy responses is because the oringinal post is foolish. just an idea.

Re: Gambling or Poker?
 

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I like tacos.

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you too?

i just had some kfc, it was pretty damn good.