do you discourage them from playing online? I do. I worked with a guy who wanted to try online poker, then 2 weeks later he complained about losing $100 in the first day. The first thing I told him was to uninstall and to not play anymore.

A few days ago I was playing in a home game, and heard a guy say he dumped $10,000 online, then hid it from his wife.

Poker is gambling, and anyone who says otherwise is a fool. Particularly in hold'em, the turn and river can be slot machines for many big hands.

Anyway, kind of a rambling post, but just think twice about letting people know you play poker online for money.