My initial thought was that you were implying they tried to make money at the table, but then wasted money away from the table.

It seems like you're actually using money as the metric but questioning how they use their time to reach their goal.

@Dean:
You're somewhat right that a lot of people are gambooling and that's why poker need to be legal so we make more money. However, at 100NL most people aren't there to gambol. Most think they're making money, or at least capable of making money.