[Article] Is Playing Poker ReallyGambling?

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The statement that all players will eventually go broke depends on two assumptions:

1.) That each player plays for an infinite amount of time.
2.) There is an infinite stream of money coming into the poker world.

If these are satisfied, every player will eventually bust out at some point. The stakes they wager each hand and their present bankroll are irrelevant.

Say you had $1,000,000 and only played 1/2 limit holdem, you would eventually hit a losing streak so bad that you would lose it all. Since you are playing for an infinite amount of time this is inevitable.

Now obviously our poker playing lifetimes do not satisfy condition #1 and never will, so this is really just an academic discussion.

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