[SNOWBALL138]

Thats a great idea.

Adjustments have to be made for people who derive most of their total income from poker. For these people, poker is more than a hobby.

Think about this question: Would it be healthy for someone to lose sleep over doing poorly in a casual video game versus a friend?

Now think about this question: Would it be normal for someone to, as a result of a bad decision by the tournament director, lose sleep after coming in second place to a weak opponent in a large prize video game tournament?

Surely you realize that their is a significant difference here.

Now think about this question: Would it be normal for a lawyer to hardly sleep at all the morning before trial?

Or

Would it be normal for a small business owner to cut back on normal personal expenditures to keep their business operations robust?

There is a very good reason why GA does not make these kinds of distinctions: They deny that poker is a skill game and ignore the fact that there are many people in the world that make lifelong incomes from making correct wagers.

Does this mean that the GA 20 questions should be ignored? No way. Does this post mean that you don't have a gambling problem? No. Does it mean that the 20 questions are very very far from perfect? Yes.