Do You Gamble Online?

Don't gamble, never will.

 

I did... Lost about 70 U$D... But it was just for trying it out with a friend when we got bored... Played roulette. Very much fun but I don't believe in the digital games, as they probably can screw you if you win big... Which is exactly what they did... Never again...

 

Oh how could I forget. I'm a strong backgammon player live, but I got my ass absolutely handed to me when I played online at Partygaming.com.

I don't understand the people that play Blackjack online. It just doesn't make sense to me. I've seen people sit down at Partygaming.com with $20,000 and lose it all in a matter of minutes.

 

Addicts.

 

No I could care less about gambling. I lived in the Rio hotel in Vegas for 2 months and doubled my money working on an art exhibit. I put .25 in a slot machine and got .50 that is all the gambling I did. I figured I would stop since I was ahead of the game. One of my employees lost $10,000 in about 1 hour. The guy only made $40,0000 a year. He claimed he had a card counting system. I told him not to do it but he went and did it anyway.

 

I opened a pokerstars acct last year just to have fun & try to win a seat at WSOP via special tournaments. Lost ~$100, haven't played since. But I was positive in weird gamblers logic. ($250 in entry fee's -$100 real cash)

 

I just broke $15,000. Phenomenal cards, opponents raising and re-raising me at perfect times, the "feel" is flawless, it can't get better than this.

Edit: Down $4,000

 

Wow, I lost the $4,000 after being dealt 2 pocket aces, the flop had an ace for a first card and I started raising! I raised and re-raised all the way to the end, the turn and river were 2's and I lost to 4 2's.

Edit, lost huge with pocket aces again. I didn't think it would happen a second time. This time 3 Kings over 8's.

 

F'n wow! Pocket aces, first card in the flop was an ace and I lost the hand... again... against a flush Ace high. It seems like such a good way to start but flushes are somewhat common and 5 cards in the middle of the table that benefit everyone makes 3 of a kind... moderately strong.

All the way down to a measly $4,200 from a $24,600 high.

"Internet poker, it can make you jump off of buildings".

 

WOW!! Aces full vs Quads. Limit or No limit? I think most people would go broke with that hand. Very gutsy (stupid??) move on the other end catching runner runner.

I've folded AA and other high pairs a few times. They can make you a dog real quick with the flop.

I think you jinxed yourself on earlier message about your 'great feel'. Take a break form the game.

 

No limit and that guy had more than twice as many chips as me. He must be good.

Yeah, I'm going to have to learn how to wait for the flop, I try to increase the pot slowly and can find myself wanting to fold after the flop. Burnt 3 times on nearly the same hand for a total of $13-14k, in the space of an hour. I also need to fold more often and stop trying to win with a Jack and 4. *shakes head*

I don't believe in jinxes etc. But a break would be a good idea, I'm back down to 11,400 from 19,100, I started yesterday afternoon at 2:30PM it's now 10:00AM, both are good reasons to stop. I think this is the longest time I've ever spent sitting down, doing one single thing, collecting and losing this much cash in such a short time. I think I'm hungry but I can't tell.

 

What blinds are you playing, and how many seats are at the table?

 

All sorts, maybe it's just me but I feel that I was getting worse, the longer I stayed at one table even though the players would change. I started off at only small blinds but then I moved to larger ones for some reason, I played against 1-8 others depending on how long I stayed at any particular table.

 

how the heck do you know it's live people on the other end, and not insiders or bots hosted by the site with 'full knowledge'?

forget it - there's a reason casino's and online gaming generates $B's in profits. And it's not by paying it out to us.

 

I guess that could be true, some people were weak all of the time and some were nearly unbeatable. If they were insiders or "bots" I guess I'm pretty good! {Which I'm not, average is where I peg myself}

 

I prefer to lose money in a real casino. At least then I have some "free" drinks, and incentives to return to lose more money...

 

I can't stand gambling (yes, I realize the irony of living where I live). I like business risk but can't bear to throw money away in games.

What was scary to me was during law school, a very high % of the student body was in to online poker, often for money. Usually the 'penny' games, but that is typical start. I would say in every class of 75 students, probably 6-8 of them were gambling online during class (there was constant wireless internet access). Maybe the poker fad is running its course, but it seemed that in 2005 people playing poker where everywhere - TV, online, etc.

Something I observed about lotteries while living in Canada is that it becomes a social opiate and a perverse substitute for education and personal achievement. Sadly, the masses slide back and say, "Oh, I'll get that if I win the lottery." They don't put 2 and 2 together that HARD WORK and a modicum of entrepreneurship, over years of time, can get you the things that the lottery would provide. But the people instead dull down, lower their expectations, buy tickets and dream.

Lastly, I like to quip that Social Security/Social Insurance keeps a large part of the casino industry going. I suspect it's the seniors plinking away their SS checks that are the steady revenue for casinos. Again, they have been conditioned to take unreasonable risks to try and win, instead of getting education, certifications or sales skills.

 

Since when has hard work (without luck) yielded guaranteed success?

 

Totally agree - it's the Las Vegas Retirement Plan; sad to see 100's of retired folks stumbling from casino to casino with their quarter jar seemingly surgically attached to their chest.

 

I don't drink when gambling.

 

Nothing guarantees success.

 

I recall reading a quote on this website that has some relevance to this: Sometimes the dream is better than the reality of it.

 

Ah, I never took it that far to say "guaranteed." But getting qualifications and skills - whether accounting, plumbing, MBA, medicine, etc. - is a fairly sure and steady way to work your way up.

I agree with a marketing professor who noted that in America, if you:

a) get some basic tertiary training in a field (at least 2yr community college);

b) don't have kids out of wedlock; and

c) don't get addicted to anything;

you can almost surely enjoy a good, stable life with a few luxuries that monarchs of a few generations ago would be jealous of.

 

Royal flush 6 hearts high, back on top with 29,000

 

How much did you start with?