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07-18-06, 11:45 PM
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Interesting comments (at best)
So I was playing on pokerstars in a 5$ heads up match, and some donk comes along. I had gotten him down to about 750 or so when i have AQ. Flop comes AK3 rainbow. I check, he bets about 1 4th of his stack. I raise allin, he calls with 9h7h. He proceeds to hit runners for a flush, and I make a comment along the line of WTF? He tells me this exact quote
part of poker is gut feeling, that's why it's called gambling WOW where do I start? We start on a whole arguement about how poker is not gambling becuase a lot of skill is involved. The main question is, is poker gambling? Oh, and the other question is will people like this ever win? ever?
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07-19-06, 12:19 AM
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Yes it is gambling to some extent, but is it the same gambling as playing the lotto, or playing the slots?
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07-19-06, 12:36 AM
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Yes, poker is gambling, but no, of course it's not the same as the lotto, etc. There IS some amount of skill involved.
And no, that guy, who felt his runner runner flush coming, will never be a winning player. Not in the long run anyway. |
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07-19-06, 12:39 AM
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Poker is gambling, as you can not control the cards you are dealt or the cards that come out.
If you are drawing you can not control whether or not your draw completes, or if your opponent is drawing you can not control whether or no this draw completes and beats your made hand The skill comes, in betting, where you can make players make mistakes by gambling, while you can gamble with the odds tilted in your favor. and of course taking down pots uncontested As far as the 'feel' goes, obviously in this instance it's stupid... but I have heard many top level players, and even some pros talk about 'feel'...Not in a retarded sense like this...but generally in race situations whether or not to gamble etc...eh its hard to explain, TPs gunna go apeshit on this comment anyway 
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