Re: We need a new word for \"gambling\"
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Poker is also betting on random events (the outcome of the cards)
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spectacularly wrong
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Spectacularly wrong.
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Poker is both a game of gambling (read: luck) AND a game of skill.
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also wrong
poker is a game of skill
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To deny the existance of luck in poker is absurd.
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gambling used to mean the playing of games of chance which obviously means poker wasnt gambling
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Again, absurd.
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as often happens the meaning of the word has changed over time - by popular definition it now means wagering on the outcome of an event
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It has and always will mean exactly that.
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if your having trouble explaining it to your girlfriend i reccomend buying her something expensive and telling her you won the money to pay for it playing poker
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This, I agree with.
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