Poker players are the worst problem gamblers?

[outragous76]

Pmsl @ the smoking section of dtd comment. Its defo the fastest I ever smoke to avoid the utterly stupid conversations

lol, I remember once walking through the bar at EPT Dortmund, crowded bar it was. I swear to god that there were so many bad beat stories going round that I actually managed to hear one combined, completely linear bad beat story from 200 different players as I went from one end of the bar to the other.

My favourite bad beat story:

Years ago, I was walking past Ram talking to one of his mates at the bar at the Vic.

I only caught a few words:

".. and the flop came deuce, blank, blank...!"

very good

[NoflopsHomer]

I wonder what % of the 1000+ runners at the UKIPT last week would have honestly thought they were +ev in that field

Almost all of them, I would say 99% of players think they are better than they are. My mum has been playing poker for about 6 or 7 months ($1 sit and gos) and its been fascinating to watch her, someone I never thought of as being anything close to a poker player, coming up with some terrible arguments claiming why she thinks she is really good and unlucky when she loses, sometimes talking to her is like ease-dropping on the smoking section of DTD.

This so much.

[Cottonbud]

Does anyone think this sort of thing could encourage the Government to tax poker winnings?

[DaveShoelace]

Does anyone think this sort of thing could encourage the Government to tax poker winnings?

nah, the Tories are going to tax it or they wont, reports like this come out all the time, very doubtful they will directly influence whatever is going to happen.

[GreekStein]

Does anyone think this sort of thing could encourage the Government to tax poker winnings?

Hello James.

[AlunB]

Does anyone think this sort of thing could encourage the Government to tax poker winnings?

nah, the Tories are going to tax it or they wont, reports like this come out all the time, very doubtful they will directly influence whatever is going to happen.

This. Also as I pointed out before, this info was pretty much buried in the report and we all know most politicians only read the headlines.

[Cottonbud]

Does anyone think this sort of thing could encourage the Government to tax poker winnings?

Hello James.

Hey Constant

[JK]

I got 3x the upper limit LOL. Im a degen

[skolsuper]

I scored 1, and that was because of the ignorance of other people. To say that a poker player has to score >8 to be any good is wrong imo, there's a difference between knowing about risk/reward and taking advantage when the reward outweighs the risk, and having a disregard for risk.

edit: guess question 3 I need to answer more than zero, although anyone who knows me knows that I hardly ever play 2 days in a row, especially when I lose

[smashedagain]

I scored 1, and that was because of the ignorance of other people. To say that a poker player has to score >8 to be any good is wrong imo, there's a difference between knowing about risk/reward and taking advantage when the reward outweighs the risk, and having a disregard for risk.

edit: guess question 3 I need to answer more than zero, although anyone who knows me knows that I hardly ever play 2 days in a row, especially when I lose

but have you actually ever done any good at poker?

[ScottMGee]

Flawed quiz for winning poker players if you ask me.

3. When you gambled, did you go back another day to try to win back the money you lost?

Never=0    Sometimes=1    Most of the time=2     Almost always=3                           

All winning poker players would be 3 on this alone!

8. Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?

Never=0    Sometimes=1    Most of the time=2     Almost always=3

Alternative answer - Not at all it pays for treats, etc = -3!

[redarmi]

Flawed quiz for winning poker players if you ask me.

3. When you gambled, did you go back another day to try to win back the money you lost?

Never=0    Sometimes=1    Most of the time=2     Almost always=3                           

All winning poker players would be 3 on this alone!

I don't see why this would be the case.  Just because you are playing the day after doesn't mean you are chasing the losses from the day before.  In fact I would argue that if you are a winning player then you consider poker to be one long session and don't really worry about losing sessions beyond analysis.

[Jon MW]

Flawed quiz for winning poker players if you ask me.

3. When you gambled, did you go back another day to try to win back the money you lost?

Never=0    Sometimes=1    Most of the time=2     Almost always=3                           

All winning poker players would be 3 on this alone!

I don't see why this would be the case.  Just because you are playing the day after doesn't mean you are chasing the losses from the day before.  In fact I would argue that if you are a winning player then you consider poker to be one long session and don't really worry about losing sessions beyond analysis.

The way the question is worded isn't about 'chasing losses', if you're a good player you're probably playing everyday - if you lose one day you're playing the next day, you're not playing the next day with the intention of losing again - therefore you must be playing to try and win - which covers your previous losses. It's slightly ambiguous but I'm inclined to agree with Scott on both points.

[SuuPRlim]

I genuinely prefer gambling on stuff more than I like playing poker, in fact I think I like it more than anything else :p

I just love the sweat, my favourite part of gambing is that moment at roulette where you have an absolute chunk on and the dealer says "no more bets" and you get that churny feeling in your stomach cos you're like "fuck that's quite a lot of money pls win "

you can't get that anywhere else :p

[AlexMartin]

I scored 1, and that was because of the ignorance of other people. To say that a poker player has to score >8 to be any good is wrong imo, there's a difference between knowing about risk/reward and taking advantage when the reward outweighs the risk, and having a disregard for risk.

edit: guess question 3 I need to answer more than zero, although anyone who knows me knows that I hardly ever play 2 days in a row, especially when I lose

oh zipit nit. giq