would you or would you not gamble against a close friend.

richiebalto said:
Notice i changed good to close,in my mind i would not gamble with a close friend,i just couldnt bear down and try to crush my close friend for any money,now i heard billy i say in this matter and i understand fully and respect his view,he would gamble with his friends and does but as long as they both are asured that whom ever the loser may be will be to continue to go on as normal as before they gamble,as is no one is hurting in anyway,money wise or friendship wise,and i think a lot of people will feel find with that,just not my style!so lets hear what side of the fence all azers are with this topic.THANK YOU FOR READING,RICHIE ADAMS.
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It's one thing if you're just nitting around, or playing small stakes poker, but otherwise I don't gamble with close friends. When I gamble, I make myself hate my opponent and want to crush him. Can't get up for that against friends, but that's just me. I know lot's of people who do and they get along fine.
 
mikeyfrost said:
Not to come at you but if your "friend" has to ask you not rob his FAMILY member then that tells the story in and of itself. You were supposed to be on the side of making sure that the cousin didn't play if he had no chance to win, not taking pennies out of the wishing well. People will go off and just because they will lose the money anyway doesn't mean they should lose it to you.

Maybe I just haven't needed the money enough or I just don't care about enough people that this comes into play for me.
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The cousin was a drug dealer blowing 2 grand a night on keno, losing 5 or 6 grand to road players, but its not ok for me to play him.
 
Cheap sets ($5, $10, $20 MAX) not a problem but after the $20 mark it gets akward and uncomfortable. My friends are just that.. FRIENDS but if we get bored and one of us loses $40 or so the winner usually picks up the tab... Some people have a different view on this but to me if yoru my frined than we are just that... Friends. If we gamble for entertainment than the stakes are low and we both understand the venom of loss if you are the loser....

Overall i dont gamble with my mates.
 
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Only cheap with close friends

There's just too many other people that like to gamble too...the few I have in my inner cirlce know that I'm in there corner no matter what like they are in mine...$100 dollars would be max & that's stretching it....If a inner circle friend would all of a sudden start to want to bet it up high under any circumstance I'd have a red flag...We always offer each other a piece of any action we do get into & never bet the other side & will tell each other what we think about said action...sometimes I or they will still win but they or I had the option to be in...just like sometimes I or they loss but no hard feelings cuz we always knew where we stood...Alot of trust gets built staking players & If they will jump up there in a new york minute to bet against you as quick as they'll play for you then it better be a soft game...The guys I will stake today will feel just as bad if they loss my money as they would if it would have been their own..It just keeps it simpler to have the mindset of who's on what side the fence in my book...even tho I respect anybody else's desicion to bet with their friends...we all aren't made from the same cloth.
 
houmatroy said:
There's just too many other people that like to gamble too...the few I have in my inner cirlce know that I'm in there corner no matter what like they are in mine...$100 dollars would be max & that's stretching it....If a inner circle friend would all of a sudden start to want to bet it up high under any circumstance I'd have a red flag...We always offer each other a piece of any action we do get into & never bet the other side & will tell each other what we think about said action...sometimes I or they will still win but they or I had the option to be in...just like sometimes I or they loss but no hard feelings cuz we always knew where we stood...Alot of trust gets built staking players & If they will jump up there in a new york minute to bet against you as quick as they'll play for you then it better be a soft game...The guys I will stake today will feel just as bad if they loss my money as they would if it would have been their own..It just keeps it simpler to have the mindset of who's on what side the fence in my book...even tho I respect anybody else's desicion to bet with their friends...we all aren't made from the same cloth.
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Troy i think you and billy have both sides of the question answer to the tee,iam on you side with,no real gambling amongest close friends,but as you do i compleatly understand billy side,that will gamble with close friends.
 
Gamble absolutley not,play cheap sets to keep score is fine as long as it doesnt hurt anyone. I used to play $50 sets with a good friend once a week and after a year we were 2 sets apart and 100 bucks wasnt doing any damage to either of us.If your consitantly beating your friend while making a friendly wager than you should reconsider the friend status becuz your hustling them at that point.Some of the toughest action Ive ever had was another buddy we played races to 9 for 2 bucks and braggin rights and it used to get very intense.Wouldnt have mattered if we were betting 1000 or the time just didnt want to lose.LOL Usually though somebody gets there feelings hurt.
 
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NO...not on pool period. But none of my close friends are pool players either. We will gamble on something we are evenly matched at though...like poker, or golf. We all suck at golf so its fun..but more like bragging rights, than hurting each other.
 
I can't bear down and try to win a friend's money.....I just can't do it. To me if a player wants to take my money then he's not a close friend he's just someone in a pool room looking to make a score. 5 or 10 a game to keep the interest up is one thing, but I still think it puts a little friction between good friends. I'm not a happy loser and most of my pool playing friends don't like to lose either so why should we bet with each other and cause the loser to get upset. I don't have a problem playing someone for money, but i'll pass on playing one of my good friends.

James
 
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