8 year old poker player...

[azreal1]

I for one dont think its cool that someone is teaching there 8 year old to play poker. Even charity events pay out so how is that not gambling? You must be at a gambling age to gamble. Teaching an addiction at such a young age is very disturbing to me. Now from this story alone i can see alot of degenerates teaching there kids to play poker. DISGUSTING!!!

so having an activity which her and her friends can play (just for fun) or with the family is automatically a bad thing, get out of the stone age will ya

[abwil2]

so having an activity which her and her friends can play (just for fun) or with the family is automatically a bad thing, get out of the stone age will ya

It doesnt say anywhere she is playing poker with her friends does it? I have no problem with playin cards with your kids. that is not what i meant.. But going to a "charity event" is where i draw the line. In alot of states it has to be a "charity event" in order to hold a game, where the vfw or where ever its played takes around 50% of the pool just cause they can. But and i have played in many of these events, it is a game of buyins and payouts which make it gambling and no child should be at any of these events playing poker...... I also do believe that NL holdem is a game of skill along with some other variants but most of them 50 games are luckfest mechanical games kind of like your dealer choice games at home. Regardless of whether its a game of skill or not when you put a buyin in, it becomes gambling and no 8 year old can understand any of these games fully to be gambilng. why not teach your kid the skill of begging on the side of the road? Cause its not appropriate. Im not saying dont teach the kid card games but to put them in a live event is going a little far, especially for a kid who has many other interest and with them many other interest theres just no way she can understand what its all about. Even pros still learn daily so to say a 8 yr old has mastered 50 games of poker is a unreal analogy.Kudos to her if she is still playing in 10 years but i highly doubt she will be..