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...poker isn’t simply leisure, it’s also quite lucrative. One Facebook group claims, “This group is dedicated to those who love the 5 dolla’ buy in and occasionally like to get pricey with the $10. Pretty much, if you’re a gambler, we’re here to help you get your fix. Whenever, wherever, as long as the money is green and your game isn’t weak.” Forget about chilling out, you friendly card sharks, and start cashing in. Leave...
...talking penny change. Between Texas Hold ‘em in the Dunster dining hall and shootout tournaments on the weekends, poker aficionados can earn several hundred dollars each week. This profit pontential is prompting many players, in school and out, to pursue higher stakes and bigger returns from the newest house around (no, not the Bee): the web. Between empire.com, poker.com, and Mrsupergames.com, any 18-year-old can sign in and ante up, playing up to 60 hands an hour. At $10 a hand, 60 hands an hour, 10 hours a week… well, you?...
Despite the dough involved and the addiction invited, however, this isn’t your grandfather’s gambling; serious student players now consider cards their career. But it’s a questionable vocational field at best—online poker sites are illegal in the U.S., and commonly charge their customers without any reference to gaming...
...addition to approaching illegality, dot-com poker also undermines the social nature of card-playing, the very characteristic that has preserved its popularity over the years. A web gamer may gain familiarity with JaCKA55’s tendency to fold early or might begin to expect HOUSEthis to bluff with a six pair when playing online, but he won’t learn how to bond with the boys while placing bets on the net. (I apologize for assuming a male subject throughout this piece…women and cards deserve another column entirely...
...When poker first gained a following on Mississippi riverboats in the mid 1800s—think adolescent Abe Lincoln—four players divided up a deck of 20 cards between one another, and then bet on who held the most valuable hand. Traditional poker mavens thus depended upon their ability to analyze human expression, a skill made obsolete by keyboards and screen names. A lip twitch there, a cleared-throat here, and a sharp intake of breath from competition to the left—these were the precursors to quick uploads and winning odds. Bluffing was an art; graphic...