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I just read the thread,
How much to quit forever and noticed that a lot of people said that they love the game so much that quitting would be very difficult.
My question to those posters is this: If poker was suddenly like bridge would you still play?
Let me explain what I mean. Bridge is card game that like poker is very complex, has elements of skill and luck, and people devote their lives to playing and mastering. The main difference is that the game is mostly not played for money but for points. If you accumulate enough points you can become a "life master" and so on.
So, would you play poker under a similar system? My guess is the games would be tougher because there would not be the lure of gambling.
Paul
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Wow, what an amazing question. I am so surprised to see how many people say they will play, i mean, it's not like there are tens of thousands of players who play with fake money at online poker sites already. And they are by far, the most tough games around as the OP expected.