How many BB you feel comfortable taking off a drunk at 10/20? - Page 2

Guthrie · #11 04-30-2005, 11:51 PM

How many BBs does he have?

goofball · #12 05-01-2005, 12:07 AM

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How many BBs does he have?

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on the table, in his pockets, in his bank accounts, on his credit cards.

Poker is a predatory game. Prey on the weak.

edge · #13 05-01-2005, 12:21 AM

I like playing online because I don't have to look at the people I'm taking for thousands of dollars. They're just letters on a screen, so it doesn't mean anything to me. If I had to sit at a casino and watch someone siphon away two grand in a few hours, I may feel a bit uncomfortable. Online, they're just a bunch of letters and numbers that let my other numbers grow (bank account). I take him for everything I can.

SmileyEH · #14 05-01-2005, 01:14 AM

The money will leave his hands one way or another.

-SmileyEH

Paluka · #15 05-01-2005, 01:17 AM

If he is really drunk you might be able to just take his wallet and save a lot of rake.

olavfo · #16 05-01-2005, 01:18 AM

When you play winning poker, you take other people's money. How fast it happens does not matter. Break a guy during one session, or take his money slowly over a few weeks, it's all the same.

I don't play such high limits, so the money I have won from drunks is just small change. But I would play my best game against anyone who sits down, drunk or not. And I would add this drunk to my buddy list and search for him next weekend.

olavfo

otnemem · #17 05-01-2005, 01:24 AM

This thread got me to wondering where the line is drawn. IF you feel comfortable relieving drunks (obviously incapacitated) of their money, would you feel comfortable taking money from someone who is clearly mentally unstable/slow?

Then, in turn, this made me wonder - do mentally handicapped people gamble? This sounds like I'm joking around, but I'm not. I've never seen a retarded person in a casino, much less at a poker table. Has anyone else here?

edge · #18 05-01-2005, 01:49 AM

There was a thread about that very subject a while ago. Online, I'd take all I can of a mentally handicapped person, but in a live game, I would feel really uncomfortable. I may go for it anyway, but I wouldn't be too proud of myself.

Harv72b · #19 05-01-2005, 01:54 AM

Do what you think is right. There is no "standard" when it comes to personal ethics.

Me? I'd have stayed at that table as long as he did.

flair1239 · #20 05-01-2005, 02:42 AM

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If you want to play, you're going to have to live with the fact that you'll be winning money from people who probably can't afford to lose it.

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Hmmmmm...... do others agree with this?

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Yes, the fact is that probably most people can afford what they lose. But there will be a certain percentage of people who you will win money from, that should not be putting that money at risk.

I really don't try to justify this in any way. I would have stayed at that table as long as I was playing well.

People are responsible for their own actions. It is really a personal decision for you. IF you feel this is in direct conflict with your religious beliefs, you should either stop playing altogether, or limit your play to the microlimits (.02/.04, .05/.10).