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Message: [QUOTE="pogreshilly, post: 722146, member: 34427"] I understand poker in terms of positive and negative expectations. Blackjack is negative expectation because the game is designed so that the house wins. Poker is neutral expectation because you don't play against the house, you play against other players, and you all theoretically have an equal chance of winning. If I'm wrong about this I'm happy to stop playing poker because I only feel disgust for people who waste all their disposable income on lottery tickets. But this business of matched betting is new to me. Please explain it to me. I should add that the people in my life don't have the time of day for the explanation I just gave. To them it's either "poker bada boom bada boom doo doo doo do waa waa" or "poker eww yuck." It hardly ever gets beyond that. [/QUOTE]