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Who here likes to gamble?

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.j.Scrilla
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It seems like all my friends I ski with are also avid gamblers?

Jul 16 2008 7:05PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451

i dont like losing money haha

Jul 16 2008 7:27PM
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dave44
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Jul 16 2008 7:29PM
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0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
same, but i like playing poker
Jul 16 2008 7:43PM
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ECGove
Posts: 1947 - Karma: 75
I enjoy the occasional scratch ticket
Jul 16 2008 7:58PM
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Schmidnj
Posts: 387 - Karma: 10
Gambling is just another of my many vices....
Jul 16 2008 8:00PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
Jul 16 2008 8:00PM
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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 247
word but im not 18 so i cant legally gamble any ways but im very skilled at poker
Jul 16 2008 8:01PM
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teejayy
Posts: 134 - Karma: 14
but i must admit it gets addicting
Jul 16 2008 8:10PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
heads up is a totally different ball game to having e.g a 5 person table..high cards become valuable, as does a pair of anything
Jul 16 2008 8:54PM
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lloyd_christmas
Posts: 1775 - Karma: 16
claimtastic.

i bet your dead money.
Jul 16 2008 9:18PM
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TerminatorX
Posts: 3087 - Karma: 169
my friend once spent $27 on the stacker video game at walmart trying to win a psp. he ended up buying one for full price the next day.

i once won $15 at my hockey team's poker tournament for 2nd place.





Jul 16 2008 11:08PM
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=Worf=
Posts: 2468 - Karma: 25
why i go to tahoe for a ski trip every year, ski all day gamble all night its liek vallhala to me.
Jul 17 2008 11:12AM
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Bagels
Posts: 1022 - Karma: 1,306

Full Tilt.

Jul 17 2008 11:16AM
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=Worf=
Posts: 2468 - Karma: 25
who wants lines:
MLB tonite

reds/mets  mets -7 ou 8
padres/cards cards -6 ou 7.5
pirates/rockies  rockies -7.5 ou9.5
tigers/o's pickem  ou10

i going 100 pirates, 100 cards  and a 50 whip mets 0ver, pirates, cards and tigers
Jul 17 2008 11:58AM
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finnafuckyobitch
Posts: 1647 - Karma: 864
me to
Jul 17 2008 12:00PM
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bobross
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not a gambler tried and lost haha
Jul 17 2008 12:01PM
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Reed.S
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agreed
Jul 17 2008 12:14PM
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comeatmebro
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that's why you get good at it, so you don't lose money.
Jul 17 2008 12:33PM
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=Worf=
Posts: 2468 - Karma: 25
join the poker players cult hit me up fo an invite.
Jul 17 2008 4:10PM
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tommihq
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I dont play that much anymore after losing all my money and some more in one night. It wasnt that much but it was much for me. I still like to play poker though
Jul 17 2008 6:06PM
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.j.Scrilla
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yep its all about the internet poker for me as well, I thought that it would be a really good way of sustaining my skiing lifestyle, ski all day internet poker at night for the $$$$$ Last summer after the season I was unemployed so instead of finding a job I drove out to wendover once a week to play poker for 2 days straight.  I had some real sucess, I spent most of my time on the 3, 6 limit tables, which i don't like cos im a No Limit guy at heart  but with a great deal of patience I was able to make money consistently. it was a cool 2 months.

Anyway i started this thread cos there seems to be a high correlation between skiing and taking risks in the casino.

THanks for the poker players cult invite, see you there
Jul 17 2008 8:15PM
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TerminatorX
Posts: 3087 - Karma: 169
foxwoods?

by the way, are you allowed in a casino if your 18?
Jul 17 2008 9:58PM
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.j.Scrilla
Posts: 490 - Karma: 2,444
yay combining internet poker with NS.  whenever i have a hand I play it the rest of the itime on Ns
Jul 18 2008 10:01PM
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Dylan_
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i get my dad to buy me scratch off tickets, their addicting. and i play poker with buddies sometimes
Jul 18 2008 10:31PM
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=Worf=
Posts: 2468 - Karma: 25
won the cards, lost the pirates went 3-4 on the whip, +256 for that night, ship it
Jul 21 2008 11:17AM
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natedogg789435
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it is my disease
Jul 21 2008 11:31AM
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Peter.
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im decent at poker, never play for anything serious, like nothing more then 20 buck buy in
Jul 21 2008 11:40AM
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MADmidwest
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keep a roll of ones in your pocket. the day is much more interesting if you make small wagers on random things and shoot dice throughout.
Jul 21 2008 2:43PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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i'm not a very big gambler, my money is way too precious for me to just throw away... i'll only bet on things that i can control, ie. my golf game, plus i do enjoy a good day at the horse track, so fun...
Jul 21 2008 3:09PM
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=Worf=
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golf whats is your handicap? 
Jul 21 2008 3:27PM
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Scolson
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That's for suckers.  Do you enjoy just throwing your money away?
Jul 21 2008 3:36PM
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foxy_brown
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Jib Ninja you are a winner... on the poker front!


Jul 21 2008 8:49PM
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skrilla_MAC
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i like to gamble but no one will take my bets cause i always win.
Jul 21 2008 8:57PM
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.j.Scrilla
Posts: 490 - Karma: 2,444
hahaha yes i am Foxy!
Jul 21 2008 8:58PM
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ECGove
Posts: 1947 - Karma: 75

i'm well aware, hence my use of the word "occasional" as in only once and a while

try to actually read posts before ripping on them

Jul 21 2008 9:02PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92

Once in a while doesn't mean "I'm aware that the odds in this game are heavily stacked against my favor"


I play poker with friends, I'd like to try winning some money at internet poker, but I get the feeling i'd lose control and lose a shit-ton of money. 

Jul 21 2008 11:01PM
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Justin.B
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gambling is awesome. not necessarily in life situations. But i am a huge fan of poker.
Jul 21 2008 11:07PM
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TDunn
Posts: 351 - Karma: 10
my friend has won over $20000 playing poker online..thats what got me into it plus its a shitload of fun
Jul 22 2008 12:58AM
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pRETTyLight5
Posts: 500 - Karma: 85
i live ten minutes away from a huge brand new casino.. you could probably say im slightly addicted but not in a bad way..
Jul 22 2008 1:10AM
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skier_boy26
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i like going to a little casino just about 10 min away every now and then late at night, stir up some shit, and get some big pots playin some poker. the place i usually go to has a bunch of shitty loose aggressive players, so big pots on meager hands can be pretty frequent.
dont do it very often, nor will i, but its pretty fun.
but when i first made the transition from playing just friends/online shit, i lost a bunch of money cause i didnt know shit. now its the other way around.
Jul 22 2008 1:16AM
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=Worf=
Posts: 2468 - Karma: 25

ummm sure.  thats what the old saying is the player always wins.   i beleive it is the house always wins.  any time you want action i thionk i can cover your bets

Jul 22 2008 11:56AM
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rlee
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always make sure i gamble on things i know i have a damn good chance of winning. im skint enough gotta make sure its not going to get worse fast
Jul 22 2008 12:03PM
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the.hoffman
Posts: 1372 - Karma: 283

I use to play pokemon for keeps

Jul 23 2008 3:24AM
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SnowRidgeParks
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4 at the moment... i dont even think of it as gambling anymore, never play for too much anyway seemings how i'm always playing against friends and all but its always a good time, adds a little extra flavor to the match
Jul 23 2008 9:02AM
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=Worf=
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we usually play 5 or 10 dollar skins.  i am a 12 though
Jul 23 2008 10:16AM
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SnowRidgeParks
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nice nice, gotta love a good skins game... we'll usually play a 5 dollar nassau, front, back, and overall with dollar birdies and some other little side bets. I can't wait to get to the course tonight now haha
Jul 23 2008 10:28AM
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huge-go
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There's still the possibility of losing money, which is enough to scare me away.
Jul 23 2008 10:31AM
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K2skipunk
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well, i like winning, but hate loosing, and i suck at gambling, so no
Jul 23 2008 10:32AM
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=Worf=
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yeah well add 5 dollars closet to pin.  birdies are double skins.  a couple holes well add odds of driving the green.  or odds of making trouble shots and things liek that. i gamble on everything so it kind of works out.  my friends and i cant do anything unless it invovles some sort of bet.  i know i know 800-gambler but it is to much fun.  shit even when we go out to eat we play credit card roulette.  everyone orders a meal and when the waitrees comes with the check we all through a card in a hat. and then have the server draw a card whoevers card gets pick gets to pay for the whole meal
Jul 23 2008 10:41AM
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0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
wow fuck cash games
last night in this one hand i had AK clubs, this other kid has k 10 off, and another kid has J10 off, i raise(25 50cent blinds) to 2.50 the kid wiht k10 reraises to 6bucks, so i rereraise him to 12 or so. so theres 3 in the pot for 11-12 bucks, flop comes, k 10 8, so im like nice, i bet 6, k10 kid puts me all in so im like sickkk!!!!! im gettin dubbed or tripped up. the kid with j10 calls, i instacalled . then the fucker flips k10. and he wins an 80$pot. but the kid played k10 like it was the best hand. when he first looked at his cards heis eyes lit up and he was buggin the whole time, when i was all in i thought at best he had like kj or mabye ak also, but he nigged everybody the rest of the night ike that untill the end when he los all his money when his real poker skill kicked in.
Jul 23 2008 11:16AM
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