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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.