![]() |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
[ QUOTE ]
Gambling is simply putting money on an event or series of events where the outcome is not guaranteed. It should be an umbrella term to cover +EV and -EV. [/ QUOTE ] So is "investing". My retirement account is essentially gambled money. I could lose it all (say if a plane hits a building or an electricity company decides to lie to the world a million times.) But it doesn't really fit in the same category as craps. At the same time I would say me if Phil Ivey were to play me heads up for $100K, his money would be about as safe as mine is in my retirement account. So that's not really gambling. We need a new word to describe these +EV situations. |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
[ QUOTE ]
My girlfriend likes to call poker "gambling". I like to think of it as "a skill game played for money". When I use the word "gambling", I think of the house having an edge (like our national lottery in Canada where they only pay out 45% of what they bring in), or betting on completely random events (coin flips, a ball landing on 8 black). Does anyone else differentiate between poker and "gambling"? [/ QUOTE ] Playing within skill level and bankroll is working. Otherwise it's gambling. |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
[ QUOTE ]
nh [/ QUOTE ] |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
Gaming.
It doesn't really matter what you call it though. Once people find out you're playing poker, they equate it with gambling and it becomes bad in their minds. |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
I like "gaming". Get rid of the "gamble" when it comes to poker.
|
#16
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
[ QUOTE ]
I like "gaming". Get rid of the "gamble" when it comes to poker. [/ QUOTE ] Playing casino games is called "gaming". Have you never heard of the Neveda Gaming Commission? |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
gaming is just gambling without the bling [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
|
#18
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
Take a look at pg 19 in SSHE. Miller offers a good explanation as to why poker is gambling.
|
#19
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
Poker is gambling.
Whatever new euphemism you pick for it will eventually pick up the same connotations that "gambling" carries today. Let's not suck the marrow out of our language. |
#20
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
new word for gambling: gamb00l1ng
new word for girlfriend: owner of your soft spherical organs |
![]() |
|
|