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[QUOTE="rifflemao, post: 2328709, member: 98323"]
I thought you would enjoy Doyle's quote. :p

Actually, the people [I]most[/I] concerned with proving that poker isn't gambling are those facing legal action, but I take it you mean those of us in this thread. I don't let other's opinions deter me from playing poker, but it's annoying to hear things like "it's just luck" or "you're just gambling", as if it's a mindless game. But yeah, winning money tends to make it a non-issue on both sides. Funny how that works. :D

In the big picture, there are good reasons for wanting to wrestle poker away from gambling. From the threadstarter:

I generally agree, and suspect it's why those in the political fight for [I]online[/I] poker tend to disassociate poker from purely chance games, even though that alone is not enough. No doubt it's partly because Sheldon Adelson lumps poker into his war against online gambling, with propaganda like this:

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It's fine to be a proud gambler and all, but the fact is [I]online gambling[/I] is getting an increasingly bad rep in US politics right now, so it only makes sense to emphasize how poker is different, and exceptional to chance games.
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