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Message: [QUOTE="Tygran, post: 1307172, member: 25662"] [B][U][SIZE=3]Section I:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [SIZE=3][B]1[/B]. Do you believe there is more luck or skill involved in poker, why?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]2.[/B] Do you believe there is more luck or skill involved in being a poker professional, why?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]1. & 2. a)[/B] If your answers are different for questions 1 &2, please give a brief explanation as to why.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]3.[/B] Do you believe there are some instances where poker is gambling and some instances where poker is not gambling, or is poker always gambling or always not gambling? Please explain.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][B]4.[/B] Is there a distinction between poker players and gamblers who play poker? Why or why not? [I]All the above can be answered at once. One can force poker to be completely about luck if one plays with no knowledge of the game and of mathematical principals. Similarly, one can acquire and use skill in such a way that luck becomes almost an insignificant factor over the long run. How much luck or skill there is in poker depends entirely on how one chooses to play it. This is however a long term view only. Any players short term results are much more influenced by luck. If one gets their money in as a 70/30 favorite 10 times in one session and loses 8 of these hands, that's just dumb bad luck (aka bad variance). Over time however, this is insignificant as you will average winning 7 and losing 3 of these 10 hands. Your skill is what told you this was a profitable situation to push. Someone with little to no skill will routinely put money in "bad" and not understand why this is so... all that matters to them is the outcome of the current hand... if they win they played it right, if they loose they played it wrong. This attitude will occasionally result in a winning session, but every single player who plays this way [B]will[/B] go broke given that they play poker long enough. I do not expect anyone who is truly a poker professional to have a game that is anything but skill dominated. As for "is it gambling"... this is more of a semantics question than anything. By a literal definition of "gambling involves the wagering of money on an uncertain outcome" then yes absolutely poker is gambling and everyone who plays it is gambling regardless of skill. However, this does not get to the heart of the matter and the [B]real [/B]question being asked is "Is poker an inherently risky and unpredictable endeavor." The answer to this is an emphatic "not if you know what you are doing!" Besides, by a literal definition of "gambling", virtually any form of financial investment is gambling... and one could quite easily argue more risky than poker given sufficient skill. [/I][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][B]5.[/B] Is poker a sport? Why or why not? [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][B]5. a[/B]) If you said no, do you want it to be classified as such, why or why not? [I]Meh... in my opinion this is largely irrelevant and only depends on what you consider a "sport". I guess it comes down to if you consider sports to require physical exertion of some type or not. If poker is a sport than so are things like chess or darts . [/I][/FONT][/SIZE][B][U][SIZE=3]Section II:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [SIZE=3][B]6.[/B] How long have you been playing poker?[/SIZE] Uh... 8 years or so? [SIZE=3][B]7. [/B]Do you play home games, in charity rooms, casinos and/or online?[/SIZE] Almost exclusively online.. occasional home games and less occasional casino trips (I like casinos, just don't live remotely close to one) [SIZE=3][B]7 a)[/B] Which form do you prefer and why?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]8.[/B] How much time do you spend playing poker? (Please break this down per form of poker played and total hours played at each form, such as 5 hrs per month casino, 4 hrs per week home games, 10 hrs per week online, etc; Also please put in a total number of hours you play at all forms, your choice of per day, per week, per month, etc;) [/SIZE] Really, really really varies... I'm rather sporadic and have been known to take long breaks but i've also been known to play 20-25 hours a week or more somewhat regularly. [SIZE=3][B]9.[/B] Do you play poker for fun or profits?[/SIZE] both. [SIZE=3][B]10.[/B] Are you a profitable poker player?[/SIZE] not as much as I'd like, but yes. [SIZE=3][B]10.a)[/B] If no to 10, is your goal to become a profitable player?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]11.[/B].Is poker your main source of income?[/SIZE] No. [SIZE=3][B]11. a)[/B] If no to 11, is your goal for poker to be your main source of income? Why or why not?[/SIZE] Not at this time, but it's something I have considered. [SIZE=3][B]12.[/B] Is poker a partial source of income?[/SIZE] Usually. [SIZE=3][B]13.[/B] Do you study poker?[/SIZE] Yes. [SIZE=3][B]13. a)[/B] If yes to 13, in what way(s)?[/SIZE] Books, training sites (stoxpoker etc), reviewing and studying my own past sessions, sweat sessions with other players, discussing hands on forums. [B][U][SIZE=3]Section III:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [SIZE=3][B]14.[/B] Do you believe poker is a legitimate job/career? Why or why not?[/SIZE] Yes absolutely, but I also think it's much harder to do successfully than many think it is. [SIZE=3][B]15.[/B] How do you believe society as a whole views poker players?[/SIZE] Overall? Poorly, and usually this is motivated by stereotypes that display poker players as degenerate gamblers and generally worthless, shifty individuals. [SIZE=3][B]15. a)[/B] Does this sway your personal viewpoint, why or why not?[/SIZE] Nope. I couldn't care less if others want to judge me on false stereotypes. Their loss. [SIZE=3][B]16. [/B]Is it okay for those under the age of 18 to learn to play poker? Why or why not? [/SIZE] If done in a responsible manner, absolutely and I encourage it. Good money management should be taught along with it. I think poker can be used as a tool to teach many great things to teens and to encourage an interest in math. [SIZE=3][B]16. a)[/B] If yes to 16, at what age is it okay for those under the age of 18 to begin participating playing poker in big home games? (Big meaning, where friends and family members participate, not just those living in the home with the child as a "family fun night".) Please explain your answer.[/SIZE] I do not encourage anything illegal. I also think that everybody is different and there isn't really an "age" at which this suddenly becomes ok.[SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]If it's done responsibly who cares? What business is it of anyone elses? [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][B][U][SIZE=3]Section IV:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [SIZE=3][B]17.[/B] What country do you live in?[/SIZE] US [SIZE=3][B]17. a)[/B] Is live poker legal where you live?[/SIZE] Big organized games with rakes, no (I can still name you 5 different ones within 30 minutes) Home games? Probably. [SIZE=3][B]17. b)[/B] Is online poker legal where you live?[/SIZE] Yes [SIZE=3][B]17. c)[/B] If you answered no to 17a/b, do you want poker to be legal in this form, why or why not?[/SIZE] It's my money and nobody elses damn business what I do with it. So yes, it should be completely legal. Same goes for online poker, the UIGEA was a sad joke and should be repealed. HOWEVER, if they repeal it and start charging taxes that make it impossible to win at a decent rate... well... that would be rather pointless wouldn't it? [SIZE=3][B]17. d)[/B] If you answered yes to 17c, what steps/measures/actions have you taken to assist in making poker legal in this form?[/SIZE] written letters to congress/senate members from my state, joined the PPA. [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][B]18.[/B] Cake, Pie, Brownies or Bastard, why? CAKE! [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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