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Message: [QUOTE="puzzlefish, post: 6867834, member: 307275"] A lot of people talking about how poker can ruin your finances. Yes, that happens when someone has a gambling problem. It's not unique to poker though. And also poker can act very similarly to a drug. Anything that triggers or affects brain neurotransmitters can have that effect. Playing poker, like with other gambling activities, affects multiple neurotransmitters with dopamine being the most well-known. It can get addictive easily. The activity can change the way the brain works and how a person behaves. So don't distance poker players too much from drug users. They can be very similar, from best case to worse case. [/QUOTE]