01-26-2006, 09:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-26-2006, 09:08 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Doc,Jan 26 2006, 02:32 PM Wrote:The only thing not acceptable in the business is getting sloppy or getting caught.
This is a career built on lies and deception. Trust me, justification is the least of their concerns. It is an openly dishonest profession.
When you watch a magic show on stage, that man is lying to you. And you choose to buy it. You believe in the magic. Because you want to. You are entertained. You pay to watch.
Same thing as sitting down at the table with a card sharp.
I disagree with you, as you sit down to play to win, not to be entertained.
Quote:You are paying to see an act. It's all an elaborate sham. [right][snapback]100250[/snapback][/right]I am not as sure as you are that people who play poker for money are there for a show.
Your line of argument suggests that the World Series of Poker is rigged. Played only by con men.
Plasuible, not sure of its likelihood. TV is entertainment. The folks who get to the finals all profit from "the big con" that their poker playing skill and luck is not a result of cheating at cards. Rake in the TV dough, sell their books, the whole thing is a con.
Could be. :whistling:
I have played poker without cheating and walked away from the table a few hundred dollars richer, I have done the same and walked away some dollars poorer.
On this same topic, since you assert that cheating is fundamental to poker, please explain internet poker's success. Without a belief that the game is not rigged, few will play for money.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete