Why Casino Games Are Better than Poker

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Why Casino Games Are Better than Poker

Poker players often look with contempt at those sitting hunchbacked over slot machines, shouting for sevens in craps, or praying to the gambling gods for the ball to land on their number in roulette. They walk through the casino on their way to the poker room shaking their heads. "Look at the fish. You can't beat casino games. Don't they know that," you hear these people mumbling.
Let us freeze the picture there for just a moment and try to analyze the situation. We have a bunch of self-proclaimed poker players looking down on people playing games that can't be beaten in the long haul. And they are right. You can't win at roulette, which most of the people playing the game are well aware of. But the odd thing is that at least 90 percent of those playing poker also are going to lose - something they habitually tend to forget.
When you play poker money constantly leave the table in form of rake. To become a winning player it's not enough just being an above-average player. Far from it. Since a large portion of the cash on the table is destined to end up in the casino bank vault there isn't much left for the superior players to share - and that is exactly what you have to be to win - a superior player.
Poker players often mix up "it's possible to win" with "I'm a winning player". Let us call it the poker player's fallacy. They overestimate their skills which often have disastrous effects on their economy.
Naturally there are casino players who don't gamble responsibly, well, quite a few to be honest. But I think most casino gamblers know that they probably not are going to win. Just as someone who buys a lottery ticket realizes that the chance of winning is extraordinary slim, a slot play

[NathanJSharon]

Poker players often look with contempt at those sitting hunchbacked over slot machines, shouting for sevens in craps, or praying to the gambling gods for the ball to land on their number in roulette. They walk through the casino on their way to the poker room shaking their heads. "Look at the fish. You can't beat casino games. Don't they know that," you hear these people mumbling.