CBS columnist bashes gambling, WSOP

[dozer]

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Thought you guys would enjoy tearing this one to shreds. I found a bunch of stuff that was unfair/inaccurate. Perhaps he's a moralist, or he's just a loser at poker. Or both.

[True North]

I don't even know where to start.

[ImOnWheels]

megadooosh

[dozer]

FYI ... there's a message board under his column. Just noticed it myself. Flames ON!

[Foucault]

The guy's clearly an idiot and too quick to conflate poker with slots, but his central point about the drawbacks of gambling (including poker) is an important one that doesn't get enough attention among the professional poker community, in my opinion.

[Matt Flynn]

He has a point.

[Bullrun]

message board time....

[KneeCo]

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Perhaps he got rivered on day 1

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In all honesty, it's not a horrible article, of course poker != slots for everyone, but for most people playing the ME it does, that's why it's such a profitable tournament.

[skiller3]

WSOP = celebration of unmitigated degeneracy
Poker Economy = preying on impoverished, gambling addicts
$10,000 buy-in = way over the heads of most people at the WSOP

I don't disagree with this article in a lot of ways. Of course, this guy gives no credit to poker as being a game of skill and experience, and seems generally misinformed as to the fundamental nature of the game.

[sethypooh21]

Oh noes! People have gambling problems!

Of course oh noes, people have alcohol problems or driving fast problems or...