Do you ever feel bad about taking someone's money?

Sometimes I do for a brief moment. Then I think about all the suckouts I've dealt with and how the guy was probably his laughing his ass off when he sucked out on my set in a 20BB pot.

I can see feeling guilty about taking someone's money if they have a problem. But if they're gambling I assume they're an adult. And if they're an adult they should be able to deal with their problems as one. If I've got a problem I'm expected to deal with it like an adult, I don't see why I'd expect any less of someone else.

To the OP: I don't get how you can possibly feel guilty about taking someone's money who just won big and is on vacation with his wife. The guy is doing fine. If you take his money now you're probably doing him a favor. He'll realize he isn't capable of beating the game as is a little quicker.

[ZenMusician]

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If he wants to gamble, he should be sticking to the slots or blackjack where his odds aren't so poor.

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Now I KNOW you are retarded...

-ZEN

For someone who has no clue how to play poker other games are a much better bet.

[Jeffage]

This is definitely true. They will never have a 30% (or even 100%) disadvantage betting on a spin of roulette. For people who play well, poker is the better bet. For people who play atrociously, they'd be better off at just about any casino carnival game.

Jeff

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If he wants to gamble, he should be sticking to the slots or blackjack where his odds aren't so poor.

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Now I KNOW you are retarded...

-ZEN

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Is that right? In which game does he have a better shot, at a slot with 98% payout, blackjack where he has less than a 1% disadvantage if he plays correctly, or a poker table full of sharks?

Think before you speak, jackass.

[Poldi]

Surely I would not have checked the river. He sat down to play so I ll play him as good as I can. If there are any concerns, the fact that he won the money by winning a jackpot makes it even so much easier.
He isnt losing money he needs so I wouldnt even think about it.

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This has been discussed before.

I tend to believe that you don't win any money that the other person didn't give to you, and that the converse is true when you lose. No one forced him to be there, and he knew the risks. Sleep well tonight, then.

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That's quite correct, the title is misleading. It should read do you ever feel bad about someone giving you some money!

[bernie]

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I guess in the back of my mind I'm saying to myself "this is too good to be true", almost too easy. I've been playing for a couple years now,

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A great horrendous run of cards where everyone is kicking your ass for a couple months str8 will cure this.

I don't feel bad at all about taking anyones money on a table and I play with addicts and near hopeless players all the time. However, I'm not going to try and make them look like an idiot while I'm doing it. I'll play them like I play everyone else.


Another poster mentioned empathy, not sympathy. I think that's about dead on. I empathize with bad players all the time. I know it sucks to be running bad even if they are bad players. I don't celebrate and rub it in when I pick a huge pot off them and they get drawn out on. But I have no sympathy for them. I'm still going to play them hard.

Playing them hard is a sign of respect I have for them as a participant on the table.

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