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Old 07-22-2005, 03:55 AM
cobalt cobalt is offline
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Default Re: someone has a gambling problem

Here's the thing. Addicts hate to be told they have an addiction. In fact, they get extremely upset and will hold a grudge with you.

So, if you tell him, then he'll be really mad at you for suggesting he has a problem (unless he has admitted it to himself already), and he probably won't play anywhere near you and he'll still go bust at someone elses hand.

You have two options.
1. Continue playing him and taking his money. And possibly feel guilty about it.

2. Tell him and not win his money even though he'll keep playing. But you won't have the guilt.


How guilty you feel about something is totally up to your personality. It seems that you have some compassion in you already.

If poker is your job, then you have to treat it like a business. A company wouldn't tell it product supplier that they could be charging double, that's just bad business. So if poker is your business; telling your easy money that it shouldn't be there is bad business.
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