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Message: [QUOTE="PoKeRFoRNiA, post: 2327304, member: 51710"] For the last time, I'm not debating here whether poker is a skill game or not. I've mentioned this in EVERY post that Poker is a skill game. However, it is also gambling. Just because something requires skills does not mean it's not gambling. Gambling has two genres, which are games that require skills and games that require no skills. Gambling Games that require skills are games such as poker and blackjack. Gambling Games that do not require skills are games such as slots, lottery, roulette. Anyways, what's wrong with gambling? Most of you view gambling like it's a bad thing. Gambling is an entertainment. Most people tend to only relate gambling with games that don't require skills such as slots, lottery, bingo, and roulette. I love gambling. I gamble and bet against my friend for NFL Super Bowl this year and lost my $100 bet because I bet on Broncos when SeaHawks crushed them. Is it bad to gamble? Gambling is simply where you wager on something where you have no guarnateed outcome. People view gambling negatively because some people ruin their lives through gambling. But that's as ridiculous as viewing alcohol negatively because it has caused high number of violent accidents and made someone alcoholic. If I flop a nut straight and skillfully get my villain to move all-in with a flush draw while I'm holding a nut straight, you think I'm not gambling? I am gambling because I am wagering my money into the pot, hoping for my 65% equity to hold up. Over the large volume of hands of running this scenario, I'll come out ahead with a profit over the long term if I run this scenario hundreds of times but during that one hand, IT IS GAMBLING because I do not know if I will win that hand. However, I am gambling towards my favor, which I would really much appreciate and take this gamble anytime, anyday. When I am bluffing, I am skillfully trying to play my opponent's tendency to fold, hence the fold equity. But I have no guarantee that my villain will fold, hence being a gamble. I am gambling on his tendency to fold because I wagered my money into the pot. I love the insecurity people have against gambling that they try to justify poker as not gambling as if gambling is an evil thing to do or that it only applies to games where everyone has equal chance of winning. Gambling is fun. But it's even more fun when you are able to tweak things towards your favor rather than playing against a house under same odds as everyone else. [/QUOTE]

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