Learn poker as early a you want but when it comes to playing with
real money responsibility and maturity are needed.
Addiction is easier to impact a child life than an adults. It would be irresponsible to expose them to something that can be extremely detrimental to their life in the long term.
Definitely would not let my son play with my money, if he wants to risk his own thats up to him but thats only because his money is not subject to other commitments and priorities. He has a limited supply of it and he cant get into debt over it.
As for the game being like chess, it is nothing like chess. Chess is 100% strategy,skill and 0% luck, not a game intended for
gambling. Luck can beat skill in poker as easily as water dissolves paper.
A chess player can accurately predict the next 10 moves or so. A poker player can't accurately determine next card, it is what it is. He has to cross his fingers and hope it comes his way.
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