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Amen. Great article. The restrictions against the game should be eased.

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For the record, Madoff's Ponzi scheme is not a pyramid scheme. Look it up. You can explain the rules to everyone and it's still illegal. As far as I'm aware it doesn't matter if it's a fun pyramid scheme. You're still subscribing people to something they know some of them will lose money on.

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Totally true man, and it's time that people finally start realizing it and stop treating us like some kind of criminals for playing a game which requires, in my opinion, the same strategic and planning process as one will need when playing chess.

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Its gambling to most people... a source of income for some.

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If you find the hardest player to beat is a newbie... then you are the newbie without a doubt. Winning players are able to adapt... they don't have a fix strategy they use for every game. It is pretty funny that you got 17 diggs... most people don't know s**t about poker. Most people agree there is some skill in poker, but 99% of the general population probably still think poker is like blackjack, you need skill to play but heavily reliant on luck.

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If you are a poker coach and don't realise that poker is a statistically disadvantageous game you're pretty doomed. If it's the case that you're so skilled at poker that every game you play gives you a statistical advantage over other players, that's almost worse. How can you live with yourself knowing you're siphoning profit off the naivety of people who think they stand a chance of winning money in the long run? You're a modern-day con artist.

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