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<blockquote data-quote="Sebastian Francis" data-source="post: 1871152" data-attributes="member: 25370">My dad used to say, &quot;There are card games, and then there is poker.&quot; What he meant by this I do not know, except perhaps that poker is somehow in a league of its own.&nbsp; My dad was a long-time recreational gambler, and never played cards for fun.Lately I've been curious about a number of games that I've never played; among them, poker, bridge, go, and cribbage.&nbsp; These are huge games, loved around the world (or at least in large parts of the world). There must be a reason for this, I figure.&nbsp; Perhaps, like chess and checkers (both of which I am very fond of) they are famous and timeless because they are incredibly fun.Poker, however, has always seemed to be more of a &quot;gambling&quot; game than a &quot;fun&quot; game.&nbsp; My impression (based on nothing, I must add&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) is that people don't play poker for the same reason they play bridge or chess or, for that matter, D&amp;D.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; They don't play it to have fun.&nbsp; They play it to gamble.My dad says this of blackjack, his casino game of choice.&nbsp; He once told me that blackjack is dreadfully boring, unless you have money wagered.&nbsp; Then it becomes fascinating.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Is this true of poker as well? Do people ever play poker for fun, with no money on the line? Or is it just a game for gambling?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sebastian Francis, post: 1871152, member: 25370"] My dad used to say, "There are card games, and then there is poker." What he meant by this I do not know, except perhaps that poker is somehow in a league of its own. My dad was a long-time recreational gambler, and never played cards for fun. Lately I've been curious about a number of games that I've never played; among them, poker, bridge, go, and cribbage. These are huge games, loved around the world (or at least in large parts of the world). There must be a reason for this, I figure. Perhaps, like chess and checkers (both of which I am very fond of) they are famous and timeless because they are incredibly fun. Poker, however, has always seemed to be more of a "gambling" game than a "fun" game. My impression (based on nothing, I must add :) ) is that people don't play poker for the same reason they play bridge or chess or, for that matter, D&D. :) They don't play it to have fun. They play it to gamble. My dad says this of blackjack, his casino game of choice. He once told me that blackjack is dreadfully boring, unless you have money wagered. Then it becomes fascinating. :) Is this true of poker as well? Do people ever play poker for fun, with no money on the line? Or is it just a game for gambling? [/QUOTE]

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