Quote: (04-22-2014 09:27 AM)whoishe Wrote:
Interesting stories, but thing is - I am totally not interested into gambling. I was maybe a few times inside the casino with my friends and personally never put any money on roulette or other stuff there, was just drinking with my buddies, who lose maybe like 50 usd max that night.
I'm kinda confused you seemed to say you want to gamble to increase your bankroll 10x but then you say you aren't really into gambling, don't want to bet and aren't planning on betting.
I would say this 99.999999999% of people who get into gambling to make a profit or make a living fail and probably wind up worse than when they started. There are some people who make decent money playing poker, heck I've seen shows and true life episodes and stuff with young kids who make hundreds of thousands playing online poker. That said pretty much every show I've seen every kid does well for a while but once they turn it into a career/job/lifestyle and start traveling to tournaments and stuff they wind up inevidibly losing money cuz not only are you gambling which is risking your money but you have to fund these trips to the caribean, france, italy, etc all to play in these big tournaemtns which isn't cheap in itself.
For 99.99999999% of people gambling should be a fun leisure activity risking a small amount of your regular income to have some fun, most people shouldnot and will not be successful doing it as a living. Also I think many people quickly learn alot of gambling is control of your bankroll making smart bets when need be and being risky when need be. I think the mentality of a gambler is different when your out with your buddies blowing a couple hundred bucks vs when your counting on making rent by winning a bet. I think thats probably teh biggest and most challenging learninig curve for even a talented gambler taking up gambling as a career. The whole mental aspect of risk changes when its from fun to making a living.