I feel guilty being agressive and winning money

[SenecaJim]

Poker is fun. If they are just dabbling around for something to do with entertainment $, why feel guilty? would you rather them loose it at blackjack or roulette?


Pain is Gain.

If they are in it serious, welcome to the world of poker. Who has played for awhile, worked on their game to improve, and not had that " kicked in the balls " feeling a few times in the early days ?

[JackThree]

i just always worry i'm playing against someone with a gambling problem

[SenecaJim]

Nobody wants to take advantage of a serious problem like that, but this description doesn't sound like it. Problem gamblers don't bust out in 5 minutes and go away.

[pokerjoker]

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i just always worry i'm playing against someone with a gambling problem

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I have no problem taking money from a Doctor that is playing with .001% of his net worth for fun.

a gambling addict that loses his money to me because he is tilting away his last $1000 makes me feel a bit guilty.

I wonder how many of the fish on partypoker are gambling addicts?

I guess the only way to reconsile this is that they would lose their money no matter what. the only thing you could do to prevent this would be outside of an internet pokerroom. (speaking at a Gamblers Annonymous meeting or something).

the only way to make playing poker a moral decision IMO is to say that you are going to do something better with the money than people who lose it to you. Otherwise its either amoral or immoral. (I beleive its amoral)