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You don’t even have to go to a casino. I personally wouldn’t look at a poker night with friends as being much different than getting together to play a board ga

• crazygringo 3y ago
  It's different though. Poker with friends, you can only ever win as much as your friends put in, which usually isn't going to be that much. You're right -- it feels closer to a board game. But at a casino, there's no similar limit to how much you can win. It feels like your dreams could literally come true in Las Vegas, that you could come back home and buy a new house. Poker with buddies doesn't include that possibility.
  • criddell 3y ago
    Poker with buddies is still gambling though and it’s a lot of fun. Maybe more fun than casino gambling (depending on your friend group). I wonder if the GP thinks people who have a Thursday night game with friends are low class as well?
    • crazygringo 3y ago
      Oh for sure -- I'll take poker with buddies over a casino any night of the week. It's funny, for whatever reason I don't mentally put "poker with friends" in the category of "gambling". I mean obviously it technically is -- no argument there -- but when I think of "gambling" I think of "potentially dangerous/addictive", and (hopefully) poker with friends isn't. I'm also curious what GP thinks about whether poker with buddies is "lower class", or if it's only a casino thing. (Or gambling dens? Backroom tables?)
    • zeroonetwothree 3y ago
      I find games for money really unfun, even if it's for small stakes. It just makes it too much about winning rather than having a good time.