Moral Dilemma

[AndrewT]

Maybe what Compo experienced is akin to a meat eater seeing a pig being slaughtered. Compo likes to think any money he wins is nice and clean, all happily gambled by people who know what they're doing, and can easily withstand the loss with no financial hardship.

Faced with the reality (some people maybe shouldn't gamble for their own good) he can't take it, and has to assuage his guilt somehow, like the meat eater who decides to have a green salad for a couple of days after watching Hugh Fearnley Wittingstall on the TV.

[bolt pp]

Maybe what Compo experienced is akin to a meat eater seeing a pig being slaughtered. Compo likes to think any money he wins is nice and clean, all happily gambled by people who know what they're doing, and can easily withstand the loss with no financial hardship.

Faced with the reality (some people maybe shouldn't gamble for their own good) he can't take it, and has to assuage his guilt somehow, like the meat eater who decides to have a green salad for a couple of days after watching Hugh Fearnley Wittingstall on the TV.

like fuck, i'd be straight down to burger king

[Snatiramas]

You can sit down at Luton with under 20 big blinds?

I've found that a player who sits down with his girlfriend sat behind him watching will always be a bad player - they never seem to know what they're doing.

You should have taken his money and chatted up his girlfriend - 'I'm Compo, from the television, don't you know'.

+1

If his GF was in tears over him wasting the money you should tell her to leave his sorry arse.

I have been in a similar situation once in Holland in a poker game at the bookies (private game after hours) where I did take the guys money and, behind his back when he went to find more money, gave it back to his GF who was clearly upset at him gambling and looked a decent enough person...just told her to keep it for herself as she'll need it to buy new furniture when she moves out.

Before it makes me look too generous, it was a small amount.

she was in tears because he took his degenorate ass to the casino, instead of taking her to the cinema. Id be crying to if i had to spend a night in the G-casino luton.

And why would that be......as regards casino card rooms...environment and regulars it is a fine place to be

[MANTIS01]

Posted by: doubleup

Please don't quote me selectively

I don't know what that means. You said "This is totally irrelevant of course" and I quoted it. I would ask you to appreciate the fact I am incapable of understanding your point and offer my situation some compassion.

Posted by: AndrewT

Compo likes to think any money he wins is nice and clean

It's likely to harbour traces of cocaine.

[Royal Flush]

It's likely to harbour traces of cocaine.

Cocaine FTW!

[bolt pp]

It's likely to harbour traces of cocaine.

Cocaine FTW!

cocaine is an illegal substance, if you are suggesting you partake in the consumption of illegal narcotics you should stop as it is bad for you

furthermore it is a criminal offence to be in possesion of class A drugs and if you know of any person that is you should report them to the authorities

[AndrewT]

It's likely to harbour traces of cocaine.

Cocaine FTW!

I thought cocaine was an appetite suppressant?

[doubleup]

It's likely to harbour traces of cocaine.

Cocaine FTW!

Mantis-speak is an illegal substance, if you are suggesting you partake in the consumption of Mantis's posts you should stop as it is bad for you

furthermore it is a criminal offence to quote Mantis and if you know of any persons that do you should report them to the authorities

fyp

[Claw75]

Maybe what Compo experienced is akin to a meat eater seeing a pig being slaughtered. Compo likes to think any money he wins is nice and clean, all happily gambled by people who know what they're doing, and can easily withstand the loss with no financial hardship.

Faced with the reality (some people maybe shouldn't gamble for their own good) he can't take it, and has to assuage his guilt somehow, like the meat eater who decides to have a green salad for a couple of days after watching Hugh Fearnley Wittingstall on the TV.

this is basically what I was trying to say, but Andrew put it so much better!

[MANTIS01]

Posted by: Royal Flush

Cocaine FTW!

Too much makes you ultra laggy though. So we all need to draw our own boundaries in life to stay on the right road. But these are personal decisions, and not ones for others to make on our behalf for our own good.

[Royal Flush]

It's likely to harbour traces of cocaine.

Cocaine FTW!

cocaine is an illegal substance, if you are suggesting you partake in the consumption of illegal narcotics you should stop as it is bad for you

furthermore it is a criminal offence to be in possesion of class A drugs and if you know of any person that is you should report them to the authorities

Does that mean i should report you to Tikay?

[Ironside]

i have recently started playing in the DC cash games in the international and every now and then newbies ask to sit

we let them now its DC and not NHLE and some sit others dont

of those that sit 90% of them are just NLHE players (if that) and donate to table and move on

we warned them before they sit down and advise them its best not sitting if they dont understand the games

MY MORAL DILEMMA came the other day when after the DC game had finish i saw a couple of friends in a NLHE game

they arent casino regulars and it was the girls birthday so i went to sit with them

it was a max of £30 to sit and there was only one blind so it was a bit of fun to pass some time

after about 15 minutes a regular at casino came over tap the guy dealing (another regular with a nipping problem) on shoulder

asked to see him outside

i knew exactly why and when he said he was dealing and the guy had to wait, i took over dealing duty which is a novelty

and told him to sort it out. after a few minutes they came back towards the table arguing and i over heard "you have 30 minutes"

and "in XXXXXs you would be shot for less"

now i know the guy who owes the money hasnt got hte money on him and he isnt likely to get it at that table

so do i leave the table asking the other players if they want to join me in a game or just leave or stay

the card room doesnt charge for self dealt cash games so we could just set up our own table and not invite him

[gatso]

Its also possible his girlfriend was crying cause, well, she's a woman. 

there are currently 3 more page on this thread that I haven't read. might not bother now as it can't get any better. nh gg wp warbwastard

[Pyso]

An interesting thread this one.

The nature of poker dictates that we are taking other peoples' money. In fact life in general is like that. Everything we do in a capitalist western society is geared towards having a bigger slice of the pie than the next guy.

So we need to let everyone make their own choices. People are responsible for their own actions, it really is as simple as that. Thankfully we live in a free world. Many don't.

People choose to smoke, to drink alcohol, to gamble, to do drugs. It's not necessarily right or wrong, but it is a choice we all have.

The only solution to this dilemma was to get up and leave the table for a while. As someone pointed out, butting in and having a word with the guy would have been fairly pointless and probably counter productive.

Oh, and as an aside, why is it ok to prey on drunk poker players but not skint incompetents? I can't see the distinction.

[Grier78]

Oh, and as an aside, why is it ok to prey on drunk poker players but not skint incompetents? I can't see the distinction.

If you can afford to get plastered then you have too much money and should be relieved of some.