Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
That guy was gambling. I do that as little as possible when playing poker, since it's a rather large risk.You sound like a buddy of mine.
"Hey come with me to the casino. I always walk away with 2500!"
"Uh... I'll pass."
One day he started loosing and was using his government credit card to recover. He's was a 40 year old and had to go to his mom for help. lol. She had to remortgage her house to save his ass or he was going to jail. Personally, I would have let the idiot spend time in the sin bin.
Huge difference between "playing in the black" and "gambling." Since the invention of computers, the odds for poker hands have been discovered through analyzing hundreds of millions of hands. There are no surprises, the odds are very consistent. When you bet and play according to these numbers, your win rate stays at 52% or higher. That's playing in the black. Even when figuring in variance, you will end up with a profit over the long run.
When you are unable to control yourself, do not know your opponents well enough, or do not know the hand odds well enough, you are gambling and are at risk.
Two completely different worlds.