What good are we? As poker players, are we socially responsible?

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Okay, so what about all the people who go to a casino and play unbeatable games? They know they're a favorite to lose, but they do it anyway because it's fun. Pretty much all people who do this explain that when they lose money they are just paying for entertainment. So how is this any different? Winning poker players and regulars at cardrooms are far more instrumental in creating and keeping games going than just your average recreational fish.

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Rocks do a lot more for keeping a game going than TAGs. TAGs take as much money as they can and then if the game goes bad they leave. It's possible that some cardrooms have such a low clientele that the sharks are required for there to be a game at all, but in most cases that's the minority.