Monday, January 11, 2010

Running out of ideas

I guess it's good to look around while you are asking questions and then research on some things. I was reading up on interesting stuff like playing poker. It's one of those legal jurisdictions on how it really hits the gray area. It is ideally called gambling and a lot of people call different things gambling. In a way, marriage is also gambling too because 50% of all marriages end up in divorce. It really sucks that this one person I was attracted to had parents who separated. That is a really appalling statistic. Even running a small business is considerably a gamble but it really comes down to the skill of the business man.

Some games have losing odds if you gamble on them like roulette. I've even heard about a family that exploited the flaws of a roulette table and then got kicked out of every casino. Some people have even thought about counting cards on a blackjack table, while using their powerful mind to calculate the winning hand at any given moment. It's pretty crazy that people can come up with these things when everything seems to be unbelievably unfair and against you. It does create estranged family members sometimes like Jennifer Harmon (a poker player) had with her dad but slowly some states are even recognizing card playing games like poker as a profession. Furthermore, Jen and her dad eventually reconciled after realizing the success that she has had winning millions and maintaining a lovely marriage. The law is also changing their minds about poker being a pure gambling game. It's due to the practicality of how some gifted card players can read when they have the losing hand while holding strong cards and can also trick others to laying down better hands. It's impressive how the history of this game and some controversy in it are still part of this world.