2006-09-16 20:50:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Card Games
Some players call other player "gamblers" to get on their nerves a little. So most of the time it's just a tactic.
It's all in the context, and on the person it is being directed to.
If another player called me a gambler after I had just won a hand, I would just smile back.
If another player called me a gambler after I had just lost half of my chip stack, then I would probably scowl at the other player. Perhaps make him the target of my next "gamble". =]
2006-09-16 21:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by Prince V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for someone to be a gambler, he/she must put something on the line as a form of wager.
More often than not, it is in the form of something tangible, like money (as opposed to chores) While it varies, that is seemingly a fact in most societies we claim as "civilised"
Therefore it shouldnt be an insult to a poker player who lays down chips because in actual fact, they are gamblers
2006-09-17 04:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband is a poker player and it wouldn't insult him. I think that in general poker players view themselves as gamblers...they are not ashamed of it. That is the name of the game.
2006-09-17 03:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by April M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a calculated risk and in some situations you are forced to gamble. The house has an advantage in every other game besides poker, but i don't mind people saying its gambling.
2006-09-17 04:04:58 · answer #4 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought poker was gambleing
2006-09-17 03:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, no. when you play poker, you gamble. if you gamble, then your a gambler. big deal. a gambler is someone who gambles.... so then why is it offensive to call a fat person fat? there fat, so that makes them fat.
2006-09-17 03:53:53 · answer #6 · answered by Cole 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are playing for money, you are gambling!
2006-09-17 10:30:40 · answer #7 · answered by GirlsRGamers2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋