Technically your parents are not wrong. I think people just fail to realize the difference in gambling when the casino sets a line to give themselves a slight edge and making bets in poker where we can control our own edge. It is very rare that we make a bet with our opponents drawing dead so technically we are still gambling. If we are good players we are getting our money in with a significant edge is the difference that non poker players do not understand.Parents relate this game is a gambling game and I hate that
I agree. Although some people seem to somehow make a living betting on sports too. Finding bad lines or in-game mistakes and exploiting them. Poker is definitely very different though.Yes I know this is gambling too, but, I think this "gambling" is different as to gambling in sports for example, in poker we have all the control of our own money, in sports we depend of the players, I think that yes it is gambling but if you know what you're doing this game can turn in a way to life, in a work, that's why poker pros live from this.