Re: Struggling with Moral Issues in Poker from a Christian Standpoint
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I like this. Assuming that I decide to follow this poker model, I guess the most pertinent question is how do I tell the difference? It may be easy to spot the degenerate, addicted, on his last bill gambler in B&M, but a lot of my money comes from playing online. How do I spot the difference between a rich fish and a poor fish in this setting?
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Thing is, if they are playing online, you know that they have some sort of home. They have a computer. They have an email address. They have internet access.
While those are not hardly oonsidered luxuries any longer, they can definitely be lived without (except for the first of those).
When I'm playing 100-200 on party, and the railbirds starts asking for $50 from whoever has the most chips (happens every day, many times a day), I always just say "sell your computer". Yeah, I'm trying (and likely failing) to be funny, but it's true. Players online aren't at the end of their rope. They may not be as comfortable as they'd like to be, and they may be losing money that they shouldn't, and the line is certainly not black and white. But it isn't like the degenerate in the casino who has no place to go home to.
Josh
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