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Message: [QUOTE="Phoenix Wright, post: 5501073, member: 419963"] Pocket Aces have roughly 85% favor-ability preflop against a random hand. These are great odds for you. However, does this mean I would accept the conditions. No way! Some things are not for sale and this example reminds me of good bankroll management. By the way, to answer the original question: "Is poker gambling?" My favorite response when asked this is: "Maybe the way you play it." :D Seriously though, any time a wager of some kind is placed based on a probabilistic outcome, then it is gambling of some form. By this logic poker is considered gambling: yet I will also note that some players gamble more recklessly than they should. Good poker play is, among other things, about good risk management skills. [/QUOTE]