Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

Just quit when you're ahead.

-J

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

Yeah, I've often wondered how poker pros can continue doing that stuff like the table games.

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

good point and that does explain a lot.

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

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Just quit when you're ahead.

-J

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If it's an -EV game, you never are truly ahead. You're losing on each bet made. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

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LOL.

Everyone stays in, more people suck out.

Here's one example:

I have AA, the one other guy that can play has KK. We are re-raising the crap out of each other. PF, Flop, and Turn are capped.

Along the way are 2 calling stations. One of whom has 52o. He flops bottom pair, and rivers another deuce for trip deuces. Calling station bets. Other player and I say "WTF" and here just call, and look at the CS in disgust.

WTF?!?

I dunno - IO can never tell if I'm second best or crushing people in these games.

Raising causes a fenzy of re-raising, but not folding.

Calling just donates more to whoever is going to suck out.

Folding is frequently wrong because of pot odds. These guys are check raising the river with friggin jack high.


Everyone wins about the same, $5 rake makes it -EV.

AHHHHHH!


Maybe I should stick to chess...

AB

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Wow.

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

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the activity would more accurately be described as "you go to a casino and place X/Y money in play over N iterations and engage in a series of actions knowing that it is slightly more likely that you will lose than win, given that you refrain from wagering in a suicidal manner."

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

yes.

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

You wouldn't be asking this question if you'd ever been on a sick blackjack run

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

You like action...what's there not to understand about that? You can "irrationally enjoy" things that don't yield gains other than simple short-term enjoyment/happiness. (However, Poker does have the interesting feature of allowing both short-term action enjoyment and long-term monetary gain.)

Just don't let it become a nasty vice.

Re: Can -EV gambling be fun even if you understand EV?
 

people are stupid
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