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Seasider
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05-24-2006, 10:00 PM
Post subject: Do you have a gambling problem?
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Flush
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Theres quite a hoo-ha in the UK aabout gambling at the moment as they are about to permit 'Vegas - Style' casinos. The news loves this and is full of gambling ruined my life stories. So thanks to the BBC you can see if you have a gambling problem. I scored 4 so can call off the therapy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5010172.stm
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fjuanl
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also got a 4
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Warpe
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"After a big win, do you have a strong urge to return and win more?"
Well, duh...
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EricE
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3 here.
"Have you ever considered suicide as a result of your gambling?"
Once, when I was all in PF with AA and busted by 72o.
j/k
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geoffm33
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Straight
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Does staying up all night gambling constitute having trouble sleeping? If I weren't awake gambling, I'm sure I would get to sleep just fine.
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Xianti
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Only a 2 for me.
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Lukie
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3/20
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andy-akb
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3/20 as well
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givememyleg
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WHO YA GONNA CALL?!??
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Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling?
lol wtf.
I got a 3/20.
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alias2211
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Flush
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my only problem w gambling is that more people don't do it more often.
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a500lbgorilla
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JESUS TAKE THE KEYBOARD
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No, i just have a losing problem.
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Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
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gabe
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i got a 10
i win!
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Lukie
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gabe wins the honesty award
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Xianti
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Originally Posted by gabe
i got a 10
i win!
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ake
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I wish I had a gambling problem, then maybe I could get 2k+ hands in every day
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gabe
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<---awesome!
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WildBobAA
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i got a 7 but i think a lot of the questions were worded poorly.
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Xianti
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Originally Posted by gabe
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im so happy for you
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gabe
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Originally Posted by WildBobAA
i got a 7 but i think a lot of the questions were worded poorly.
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yea, like i 'gamble' to get away from problems because its something i enjoy doing. maybe i dont really see poker playing as gambling anymore and i should have just said 'no' to everything.
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ProZachNation
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3/20 but more like a 2.5
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Originally Posted by mrhappy333
I didn't think its Bold to bang some chick with my bro. but i guess so... thats +EV in my book.
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WildBobAA
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Is gambling affecting your reputation? What if you win a big tournament and increase your reputation?
Have you ever felt remorse after gambling? To some degree whenever I lose a pot.
Does gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency? Yes but so does 90% of the stuff I do.
After a win do you have a strong urge to return and win more? If you answer no to this I think that's a bigger problem.
Are you reluctant to use gambling money for normal expenditures? I call this good bankroll management, not a problem.
Do you gamble longer than you planned? If the deck is hitting me in the face during a winning session yes.
Do you ever gamble to escape worry or trouble? Sometimes but I could say that about a lot of things.
Does gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping? If i didn't stay up late playing poker, I'd be staying up late doing something else.
Do you have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours gambling? Most of my good fortune comes from poker.
Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling? Yes 
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givememyleg
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Just a cheesey little q&a some old time anti gambling non profit organization made. It is silly when you think about it.
Bob you sure over-evaluated this survey, lol.
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bluey
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lol 15 whoops
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BR: $.1k
Goal 2: July 1 $10k
IIbeatsUU: lol u raised with that?
you mini raised, therefore you desereve whatever you get....
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WildBobAA
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omg dude, you need help!!!!!!!!111!!1!112
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Trikflow77
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<----------- 11..........i have a problem, i like to gambool...........
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Pelion
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i got a 4/10 but its really a 4.5/10
It doesnt keep me awake at night...... unless im at a table thats too juicy to leave.
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gabe: Ive dropped almost 100k in the past 35 days.
bigspenda73: But how much did you win?
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Toe
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5, funny the BBC actually posts this tripe.
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gabe
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dammit now i have to take my award off because im not winning
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biondino
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6 - though at least a couple of them I consider GOOD things, so I reckon they should actually be -1 each. So, 2 then.
(specifically - are you unwilling to take your gambling earnings and spend them on everyday things - well yes, it's my bankroll, it lets me win more!; and the reputation question. I really like the fact that friends and acquaintances ask me about poker!)
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bode
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Straight Flush
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4/10 also...
seems to be the standard.
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SuperDave9x19
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I have a gambling problem. I play poorly and I know it and I know how to play right but sometimes i just have no discipline and think "Eh I'll try that"
I just LOVE playing poker and it is more profitable to play a lower percentage of deals.
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Been playing money poker for 34 years and decided in 2002 to try that TX Holdem game on TV. Then found Pokerstars in Summer 2005. Still not an overall winner but i am on a good trend and nearly there.
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Lukie
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Originally Posted by gabe
dammit now i have to take my award off because im not winning
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Your award sucks compared to mine anyway.
If you REALLY wanted to keep it, you could just get a 20/20 and you'd be the first to do it and therefore the best...
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joshuadzl
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5/20
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chardrian
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I rarely,if ever, get pms
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I'm a 4-9 depending on how nitpicky they would get.
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SinkRox
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7.5
But yeh, badly worded, alot of the points I gained weren't negative things.
Eg borrowing money to gamble, who cares if I did if I *KNEW* Ill get it paid back after good BR management (which I did).
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Seasider
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Glad you all liked the survey! It was VERY badly worded tripe but this is the level the media has sunk to. Scare mongering crisis building muck.
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gabe
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Glad you all liked the survey!
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Scare mongering crisis building muck.
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lol!
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DogOnMySide
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I didn't think it was that bad - it's not aimed at people playing poker, it's intended for blackjack, craps, roueltte & slots
If when you have a big win on a slot machine, you have a strong urget to go back and gamble some more then yes, that is a pointer towards compulsive behaviour.
Winning at a fixed-odds game is different to crushing a table.
I'm reading "Ace On The River" at the moment, and it's got a lot of counter-intuitive advice, such as "playing above your bankroll is fine if it's a good game... i.e. there are some live players there.
edit: obviously he's talking about live middle to high limit games, not $50NL on the internet.
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joshuadzl
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Flush
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Ace on the River was one of the best books I've read poker related.
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boost
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dog, its aimed at poker players that treat poker like BJ. Also anti gambling people are just like any other type of jesus freak, they are zealots, they dont necessarilly really think the issue through. Just like anti drug people, they draw silly arbitrary lines, what about caffene, nicotene or alchohol? just because it is accepted on a wide spread level its not a 'drug', they are all full of shit.
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lambchopdc
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Flush
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16/20
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PO$$E$$ED
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Flush
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three
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Zodiac Killer
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14. At least I'm not in first. Thank god! I'll be back in a bit, this test gave me the urge to go gamble.
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spoonitnow
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7
That test was stupid
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jdubs
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5 yeah it was kind of dumb.
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Bailey
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14
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Greedo017
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Full House
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4, but those questions were retarded. if you do anything but hate gambling, you will be answering yes to some of those questions.
i will resist my urge to hijack this responding to boosts drug thing, i am proud.
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i betcha that i got something you ain't got, that's called courage, it don't come from no liquor bottle, it ain't scotch
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