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I hope you and the OP realize that it's possible to have both the libertarian outlook (that I feel is necessary) to be successful at poker and at the same time, have a conscience.

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FWIW -- just to express a point of view, not to moralize or preach to anyone -- I think I would have an ethical problem with knowingly playing routinely against people who are problem gamblers and playing with the rent money. Of course the fact that this does NOT appear to be the typical case in most public cardrooms is what keeps me relatively untroubled by it. It is a reason why I feel more comfortable, say, in the Borgata than in the Taj (even though I'm sure most people at the Taj are very much gambling under control); it just feels like people there can afford to give you their money at the table.

The "table drunk" is a little dubious case, but even then if there's not evidence the person is a problem drinker/gambler I don't have a huge problem with it. If I had such evidence, I'd expect (possibly unrealistically?) the casino to lead the campaign for responsible drinking/gambling, since ruining lives does them little long-term good. If they didn't lead, I'd request a table change at least, possibly stop playing there. But maybe I'm naive.

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This post comes across a little naive. You'd have to stop playing in any room you went to. I think it's safe to say, all rooms have people with gambling problems. Just not all the people playing have gambling problems. This seems like another case of out of site, out of mind.

Casinos leading a campaign? Yes, that's why they put the GA pamphlets by the cage rather than by the ATM. (think about that for a moment)

That's like a bar leading a campaign against problem drinking.

b