01-26-2006, 11:25 PM
jahcs,Jan 26 2006, 06:08 PM Wrote:"Smart" gambling, hedging your bets, playing the odds, etc, isn't cheating.
Bluffing is not cheating, it is a legal play. A bluff is a bet to win. You bet the other guy will lay down instead of calling. It may be a lie or simply playing on people's perceptions, but it is not cheating. Playing with amateurs is dangerous, they will play anything and they don't know the difference between a bad bet and a bluff.
Watching for tells is not cheating either. You are using all your senses to try and predict what the other gambler is doing.
Marking cards, swapping decks, skimming the pot, those are cheats. Covering the spread, bluffing, and just simply paying attention are not.
Card counting isn't cheating either, but try it in Vegas... :P
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This is like Occhi discussing the death penalty in the other thread.
Sigh. I will come right out and say it, I am scum. I have been trying to tell everybody that. Deep down, I am scum. But I am scum that goes home with his money at the end of the night.
I blame it on my upbringing! :P
Oh, and if by fate, we ever got together to play cards.... I would play honest with you folk. :whistling:
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."