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[steroidmaximus]

So do you gamble? If so, where and how often?

2 years ago I lost a becker at Walker Hill, and promised the S.O. to never set foot in the place again. I've kept my promise, although technically I could go to another bricks and mortar place I've kept my addiction to playing with friends and online gambling; unfortunately, my international MC from Samsung no longer will deal with gambling sites after one $100 dollar deposit and that whole mess that appeared in the news recently (THX RR, please post that link again here )

So how's 'bout the rest of you. All holier than thous are welcome to contribute.

[Gopher]

Gambling as recreation is great, esp. poker and the other "live" games: blackjack, bac and minibac, roulette, dice, even pai gow tiles.

If you invest the time in learning basic strategy, money management, and cardcounting (the basic plus-minus system works fine), then it is no foolish endeavor...

Online gaming strikes me as pretty ridiculous, though. Nothing "James Bond" about that at all. Just a simple addiction being satisfied. Kind of like video poker addiction: you see these zombie-like people feeding coin after coin in the video poker machines, playing very rapidly, with dead expressions on their faces. That's not fun, man. It's something else.

[steroidmaximus]

It's true that you can't get the same sense of a player or use the same strategies online, but a good Texes Holdem game online can still yield some great results

[Gopher]

Maybe I'll try it then...got a link to a trustworthy site?

I seem to recall a lot of talk at MGM while I was there in getting into online gaming...they either got burned somehow or were forbidden by Gaming Control, I believe...

[steroidmaximus]

Party poker based in the US is considered one of the best sites on the web, although I had trouble with them over payment options seeing as I was using a Korean credit card.

Paradise poker has a better layout and better game options, but fewer players and it is based in Costa Rica.

[just because]

Recreational gambling for me..

I do it every week but would only spend about 50 000 won max on it...this is money considered spent so if i win, then fantastic

[pegpig]

[Badmojo]

I like to play blackjack at the casino. And I'm definitely up in that endeavour. I paid my student loans off faster when I hit a real streak back in 2001.

I'm down at the race track though the last three or four times I went. But that's real excitement. I love the race track.

Fast women and slow horses... the story of my life.

[just because]