Re: [Article] Is Playing Poker ReallyGambling?
Hmm.. not so sure - gambling implies taking a risk.
If I play 10 hands vs Phil Ivey I have a decent (<50% for sure but still decent) chance of coming out ahead. If I was given the amount of Phil's roll (say by Bill Gates) and played at stakes where the BB was 1/10th of that amount, Phil is gambling.
If I sat down at a $200 table and played Phil over 100,000 hands, Philp isn't gambling in any meaningful sense of the word...(he is wasting his valuable time, but that's another issue).
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