Re: Home Game Guilt
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Am I alone in these feelings
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Not at all.
I took up poker during my freshman year at Cornell, and we had a regular game on our hall in my dorm.
A few of the players were decent -- (one, in fact, set up the game to try to take all of our money [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) -- but I quickly joined the ranks of the one or two people who had most of the chips at the end.
I never felt bad winning against the decent/good players, but there were a few regulars at the game who would donate, rebuy, and donate again. I'd probably walk away with $30-$60 profit on any given night of this $5 or $10 buy-in game with 30BB stacks.
Sure, it got me into poker, and I had some more spending money to play with... but something didn't sit right about going and knocking on everyone's door (with a group), getting them to come to the study lounge and play poker, and then quickly putting their $10+ in my pocket every day.
Yes, yes, I know it's their money and it's their decision to play, but it doesn't mean you can't think about it.
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