poker ethics: do you wonder about who you're taking money from?

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Are we not, as habitually winning poker players, bigger leaches on society than people that abuse the unemployment/welfare program? We are taking money straight from the pockets of other people, granted a smaller population than that of the taxpayers of your given country.



Nope. We're more like entertainers and athletes.

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Really? You don't seem all that entertaining.

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I wasn't answering for your entertainment.

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The entertainment analogy isn't a very good one as people seek out entertainers for specifically what they are good at doing. While most casual gamblers don't care who they are playing with, and if given the option would chose to play with lesser skilled players.

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Then they should play with their children for jellybeans.

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If you're having doubts about the usefulness of your profession you are probably correct, and many people in other professions should feel the same way.

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I have no doubts of the usefulness of my profession. Poker is not my profession, it's a profitable hobby.

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So perhaps the solution is to not hoard all the money you can, and give some amount back in a useful way.

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Like Tsunami Relief, United Way and United Cerebral Palsy?