Playing poker is a gambling activity?

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Quote from: hua_hui on November 08, 2016, 04:45:27 AM

Playing poker is a gaming cause you are still leaving a large chance of result to luck. However, poker also relay on the skill of the players to have an edge over the others. So in this case, unless you are very capable of using your skills to increase the winning chances by a lot, otherwise it will be a gamble.

i agree with this because as long as we don't use money then its only a game and we play poker to increase our skill and we need to practice more and more so that can be useful when we are playing with other opponent and we can use our skill if we want to playing poker gambling with others player.

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Playing poker is a gaming cause you are still leaving a large chance of result to luck. However, poker also relay on the skill of the players to have an edge over the others. So in this case, unless you are very capable of using your skills to increase the winning chances by a lot, otherwise it will be a gamble.

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Quote from: diegz on November 08, 2016, 01:06:26 AM

Quote from: same21 on November 07, 2016, 11:40:51 PM

Yes playing is a party of gambling activity. Everything about life is gambling, even Poker. It is all matters with anticipating outcome of winning that you do by chance. Pokers require a skill, a very serious one. Poker is a form of gambling and a game of skill as well. Actually almost every competition is gambling.

Not everything in life is gambling, you can't call picking a banana a gambling, you can't call harvesting as gambling, they are all part of survival, but, if you are putting a bet in it, or there is risking involved... For example, you want to pick banana, but you want to compete with others or you dare them that you could pick certain number of banana in an hour with the bet of $1, then that's gambling. But anyway, poker, if you are playing against yourself in real life, that's not gambling, and in online you are playing with bot and no money involve, that's not gambling.

To simplify your statement, anything that's competition and there's money involve is considered as a gambling activity and most gamblers do it because it will give more value of the things you will do. Poker is not gambling is no money involved as we can still play it without a bet. Besides, it's just a game.

Remember that even the elections can be a gambling as we are betting between Hillary and Trump now.

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Quote from: same21 on November 07, 2016, 11:40:51 PM

Yes playing is a party of gambling activity. Everything about life is gambling, even Poker. It is all matters with anticipating outcome of winning that you do by chance. Pokers require a skill, a very serious one. Poker is a form of gambling and a game of skill as well. Actually almost every competition is gambling.

Not everything in life is gambling, you can't call picking a banana a gambling, you can't call harvesting as gambling, they are all part of survival, but, if you are putting a bet in it, or there is risking involved... For example, you want to pick banana, but you want to compete with others or you dare them that you could pick certain number of banana in an hour with the bet of $1, then that's gambling. But anyway, poker, if you are playing against yourself in real life, that's not gambling, and in online you are playing with bot and no money involve, that's not gambling.

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Quote from: same21 on November 07, 2016, 11:40:51 PM

Yes playing is a party of gambling activity. Everything about life is gambling, even Poker. It is all matters with anticipating outcome of winning that you do by chance. Pokers require a skill, a very serious one. Poker is a form of gambling and a game of skill as well. Actually almost every competition is gambling.

Just playing poker game is not a gambling activity, while playing poker if you put your money in a risk then it is gambling activity. Yes, Poker game requires more knowledge to win this game. But many people play this game without money just to learn this game for them this game is not gambling activity.

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Yes playing is a party of gambling activity. Everything about life is gambling, even Poker. It is all matters with anticipating outcome of winning that you do by chance. Pokers require a skill, a very serious one. Poker is a form of gambling and a game of skill as well. Actually almost every competition is gambling.

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Quote from: bitjoin on October 28, 2016, 09:37:16 AM

Quote from: danherbias07 on October 28, 2016, 09:34:29 AM

Yes it is gambling. Putting a bet in a game is already gambling. There is much money that is taking place on that game so it is considered a high grade of a gamble. Millions are in the pot at the last rounds of the game.

It not the amount of money that makes it gambling, you can gamble for penny stakes at many sites.

The answer to the question is always it depend. People like tom dwan aren't "gambling" really, just seems like it. People like guy laliberte are always "gambling".

What?!!!! When you put money in a game it is gambling. Hell, even those who just shoots the last ball in a gameplay is just a gamble. Try just playing a game without money example is dice. Will it still be fun for you just rolling that dice?

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Quote from: Viyamore on October 29, 2016, 11:22:37 PM

Not at all times .,as long as there is no money involved it will not be gambling at all .when you or i put a bet it is gambling ,but playing professionally on gambling needs a good skills a veteran skills and that will depends on how a professional poker player will play a game in a tournament.

Well that could be right but in my life I have not played poker without bet, even with fake money that is just considered as you are betting. And with money at stake that is a good think to exercise your skills and to improve it because you are surely gonna take it seriously.

Actually playing poker is not necessarily gambling. Because if we play poker without betting it can not be called gambling. I often play cards with my friends, but there was no betting, it can not be called gambling. If we play poker with bets that include gambling, because I bet with money belonging to the gambling.

You're both right.i also played some card games and not betting at all with my friends just to kill some time on boring thats not gambling .putting a bet like Chief Positid said is a good then for you to be serious in playing so you will think more than like a pro to win on a bet .but it isn't conncted with playing a professional .

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Quote from: Positid on October 30, 2016, 12:05:39 AM

Quote from: Viyamore on October 29, 2016, 11:22:37 PM

Not at all times .,as long as there is no money involved it will not be gambling at all .when you or i put a bet it is gambling ,but playing professionally on gambling needs a good skills a veteran skills and that will depends on how a professional poker player will play a game in a tournament.

Well that could be right but in my life I have not played poker without bet, even with fake money that is just considered as you are betting. And with money at stake that is a good think to exercise your skills and to improve it because you are surely gonna take it seriously.

Actually playing poker is not necessarily gambling. Because if we play poker without betting it can not be called gambling. I often play cards with my friends, but there was no betting, it can not be called gambling. If we play poker with bets that include gambling, because I bet with money belonging to the gambling.

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Quote from: Viyamore on October 29, 2016, 11:22:37 PM

Not at all times .,as long as there is no money involved it will not be gambling at all .when you or i put a bet it is gambling ,but playing professionally on gambling needs a good skills a veteran skills and that will depends on how a professional poker player will play a game in a tournament.

Well that could be right but in my life I have not played poker without bet, even with fake money that is just considered as you are betting. And with money at stake that is a good think to exercise your skills and to improve it because you are surely gonna take it seriously.

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Not at all times .,as long as there is no money involved it will not be gambling at all .when you or i put a bet it is gambling ,but playing professionally on gambling needs a good skills a veteran skills and that will depends on how a professional poker player will play a game in a tournament.

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Quote from: hermanhs09 on July 10, 2016, 10:27:02 AM

I actually mean playing poker professionally,like taking part in tournament's,etc.
Do you think that it is considered all across the world as gambling?

No Bro Playing Poker is Only Considered as Gambling when Someone Start Betting Money In It Otherwise It can Not Be Considered as Gambling......
Its Just a Game Which Can't Be Play For Money......

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Quote from: SilverPunk on October 28, 2016, 11:44:54 PM

Playing poker is not to be called gambling it is gabling games , but playing with a bet will be gambling now .
If you played proffesionally it depends on how you will play if you will play to represent a country it is not a gambling.
if you played in a company it is called a job .
I think this 3 is the differences .

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Very well said , these things i could also to think off about playing poker. I want to add its just really a card game which does people would really to put up money on it to increase the thrill and entertainment thats why its already called a gambling game hence it already involves money and as we all know in gambling youare risking your money to earn money .

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Quote from: hermanhs09 on July 10, 2016, 10:27:02 AM

I actually mean playing poker professionally,like taking part in tournament's,etc.
Do you think that it is considered all across the world as gambling?

Even if you are not giving in any input of bitcoin but you are giving your time to play the tournaments, so i think it will be considered as gambling. As their the winning the bitcoins or the prize money is matters.

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Playing poker is not to be called gambling it is gabling games , but playing with a bet will be gambling now .
If you played proffesionally it depends on how you will play if you will play to represent a country it is not a gambling.
if you played in a company it is called a job .
I think this 3 is the differences .

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Quote from: TraderETH on October 28, 2016, 09:42:11 AM

Some people said poker is game of skill and the other people said it is gambling, but in my opinion poker is play gambling because it can not be predicted and depend on my lucky.

Those people are right about that but it is combination of both things, skill and luck. That is poker, and when there is luck associated with monetary value involved for it then surely that is gambling. I don't know if there is a poker game that is not gambling at all.

Quote from: maku on October 28, 2016, 06:25:13 PM

Actually being professional poker player is the only serious job I consider serious when someone is taking about gambling.
You can't be professional Dice, Roulette or Slots player - with Poker it is different because - it is probably the only card game where your sill actually matters.

It is not called a job either because you are not assured and compensated as you play poker.

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Poker is a gambling activity if you are playing with money, and it was created to become gambling games, but poker can become games if you are playing without the real money, so it depends on how you play and in my opinion joining poker tournament is consider as gambling activity

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Actually being professional poker player is the only serious job I consider serious when someone is taking about gambling.
You can't be professional Dice, Roulette or Slots player - with Poker it is different because - it is probably the only card game where your sill actually matters.

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Quote from: hermanhs09 on July 10, 2016, 10:27:02 AM

I actually mean playing poker professionally,like taking part in tournament's,etc.
Do you think that it is considered all across the world as gambling?

Yes playing poker is a gambling activity, being part of a poker tournament is a gambling also because you are competing to win the tournament prize. Just remember any game that has a risk of gaining money or losing money is gambling. Even investing is a gambling also.

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I don't know if there is a poker game that doesn't have bet because all gambling activities requires money and bet with it. Playing poker is just not going to be a gambling activity if you are just going to play with your friends and no stake at all. But with stake, then for sure playing poker is a gambling activity and will remain as it is.

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