Difference Between Poker Player and Compulsive Gambler

[wildwildwes]

player an Glambler

A poker player loves the game an know when to stop when he has been bet that day an a Gambler never gives up.

 

[NWPatriot]

I have experienced addictions in my family, so I understand them well and I am fearful of this happening to me. I have long thought that everyone is addicted to something. It might be called a hobby or a passion or an addiction, but they are all made of the same cloth. The trick is to make whatever it is that drives you, not be something that can harm you or harm others.

Obviously, playing poker can harm you if it is not "in control". I am fortunate enough to have a wife that holds me accountable and ensures that I keep my poker hobby from becoming a horrible poker addiction. We are in total agreement on this. If you have no-one that can help you be accountable, then you must do it yourself. This post has a lot of great tips about bankroll management and not playing with your rent money or your mortgage.

Good luck and keep everything in focus.

 

[Pokersolomdp]

Profesional

Hello how are you? You should go to a doctor is vice is a disease. Good luck !!

 

[valeski 28]

The difference,in my oppinion,a poker player takes it seriouly,that is ,study,try to improve his/her level and ,of course,the number one rule of all poker players,a responsible bankroll management.

 

[This Fish Chums]

There are several different things to consider here when trying to classify someone as being a problem gambler.

A compulsive gambler (including poker players) is someone who gambles without the ability to stop themselves from doing so, even when it harms themselves or their loved ones. Such as spending too much money, spending more because you lose in an attempt to win it back. Lying to loved ones about your playing habits. Etc.

A gambling addict (including poker players) is someone who gambles because it gives them an emotional rush. They continue gambling, not because they win, but because they crave how it makes them feel. They don't care if they lose because they love the rush of playing.

An obsessive gambler (especially poker players) is someone who, well, obsesses about gambling. Everyone knows what obsessing about a game or a hobby is and an obsessive gambler, or poker player is someone who obsesses about this. The difference between an obsessive person and the two categories above is that obsessive people don't do it because they have to and don't do it even though they always lose money, they just do it because it's what they love to do. Now, that doesn't make it a good thing. If you obsess about something it can very easily damage yourself or your relationships with loved ones, but that is true of obsessing about any game or hobby.

Finally a casual gambler is someone who only gambles within reason and only does so a reasonable amount of time. Now, that doesn't mean 1 or 2 hours a day max. A professional poker player could play 40-60 hours a week and it is reasonable because it is their job. It becomes unreasonable when it starts to adversely affect you financially or socially. For instance, gambling more than you can afford, neglecting time with your significant other to gamble, or staying up late to gamble and not being able to work well the next day would probably all be symptoms of one of the above 3 categories and would be considered unhealthy.

 

[MishkaZL]

Obviously, one of the most dangerous addictions is gambling addiction. The main symptom of such a gambling addiction is that the player is constantly losing money. And I am convinced that in such cases you should immediately consult a psychologist.

 

[Dutydog]

A compulsive gambler will always keep betting until they lose everything

 

[25thinfantryman]

poker takes some kinda skill a compulsive gambler is all on luck

 

[neptun1914]

Good poker player plays wisely with the purpose to win money. He plays at stakes dictated by good bankroll management and do not risk time or money which he can't afford to loose. Gamblers on the other side play just for the game and emotion from it without following any bankroll management (much higher stakes than justified by their bankroll) and even without caring if they win or loose. Some players who think that they are good poker players in fact play poker like gambling. As always proof is in the pudding. If your family sees that you play in your free time without compromising your education, job and other hobby activities and do not loose much money in the process i think that they will not call you gambler unless they have some really heavy prejudices regarding gambling. If you constantly play poker as the only activity filling your free time - well they have some point calling you gambler.

 

[dorynel7]

Recreational player or professional poker player that what make the difference between gambler and a serious player

 

[thiagotup197]

difference and the head of the professional player analyzes more

 

[natelearnspoker]

Professionals have strong mental and fundamental game. Pros minimize tilting and make the informed decision each hand even under pressure. Gamblers don’t care about the odds or control their emotions.

 

[diego farfan]

The difference is in the control that one has in relation to the game and a compulsive despair is like an addiction and unfortunately this time of players mostly lose at the tables since their way of playing they go with any hand without knowing the range and strategy

 

[problemgambler]

there isnt one, no i joke but not really i think only a minority of poker players arent compulsive gamblers and take or leave it, think most have or get the itch to gamble not necessarily just in poker lot of poker players do odd tourney after work or weekend to chill then maybe slip into odd cash game then then rest of week there doing some sports bets or spinning roulette wheel on bus home form work or something variety to it i dont know lines thin and think most people sit in the addicted camp either to gambling or even just the game in general (just like you can to video games or any activity you enjoy).

whereas say doug polk that dude enjoyed the game and quit, and dont think he ever gambled per se he was and poker player and that was his mindset coming into and it stayed doubt he doubt he was having a flutter on the roulette or blackjack tables during or after quit poker, and he used bankroll management yh he shot took but im pretty sure he calculated it the risk each time doubt he just went yolo and plopped all his money into one game 2 tables or something.
and i think he loves the game but or did passion love died but dont think can say he was ever addicited to it could be wrong but he came at it specifically with goal to make dosh.

 

[Damnbruce]

I love to gamble and I love to play poker

I rarely ever play anything but poker at the casino cause the house don’t care who wins they just want your rake. But from time to time I like using my points to spin at a slot machine.

 

[problemgambler]

proper bankroll management , that what make the difference between gambler and a serious player

too true the hurts losing it all ha

 

[el_soma77]

There is a lot of difference which, we must know how to analyze and study it, according to our abilities, the compulsive gambler always tends to lose, because of his way of acting, and his movements, inside the table, we must also remember that we must play with good bank management and with a totally healthy and rested mind, without many hours of poker, because there is where mistakes and disappointments come, the professional gambler knows when the compulsive gambler does not.

poker is like a vice, that sometimes it gives you and other times it takes away...

 

[StreetPhd]

Hello everyone, I would like the one who can give me their opinions about the difference between a poker player and a Ludopata.
In my case I do not consider that a poker player has something to do with the gambling that is why I believe addiction to all types of game, my query refers to my family calling me or seeing me as a ludopath already They even say that I only think of poker

My Brother was a Conservative Chartered Accountant and loved to play VLT's and Slot machines, I never could understand, given his profession, how he could be so stupid. He would never council his clients to be so reckless with their money..."Ludopata"
I'd go to Vegas regularly (Pre-Covid) and ONLY play in Poker Tournaments and cash games. At the end of a a few days of playing I'd often be up he'd always be down. I would play in several $40-$100 small tournaments and only spent what I had budgeted for (putting winnings aside)..."Ludopata Not"

 

[albosaltenio]

the poker player has a plan and dedicates a certain time to poker as a job and has a social life.the ludopata lives pending the game and even borrows to be able to play and puts aside even the family and usually requires medical treatment.So if your relatives say that to you, it must be because you are not dedicating quality time and too much time to poker

 

[EmiTou]

Compulsive gambling is a very severe disease, brother, he is the one who hides, lies, sells things to play, who cannot wait or stop, the one who is all gambling. I hope nobody suffers, and every day fewer sites help to promote it because most of them are what they do, push to be compulsive.

 

[deputat]

compulsive player are people who lose controll of money and go ways that not familiar with common sense, but a poker player can every time stop even in difficult situation and say ok I lost 100 bucks, I most hold on bankrollmanagement and avoid tilt, for today is enough

 

[uri73796]

it's all a game, excitement and hobby. the game should be managed by you and not the game by you

 

[frank174]

Was taught as a young boy it's alright to gamble if you can afford to lose,if you can't afford to lose you can't afford to win

 

[ringworm]

The answer to your question is in this definition itself. Poker is not a game of chance, it is in fact a game of skill.

Ludopathy - The pathological addiction to the games of chance and the bets is known as ludopathy This addiction consists of an irrepressible desire to play even though the person is aware of the consequences.