Don′t get me wrong; I love playing cards. I compete in everything from Blackjack to Poker to Bridge. You name it and I play it. My issue, though, is that I am not a good online gambler. I can go to Atlantic City or Vegas and close shop in only a matter of hours, but for some reason online gambling and I don’t work out so well. I′ll tell you why:
When I′m playing online, I tend to lose control. I feel that because I′m behind a computer screen, I can bet as much as I want whenever I feel. This is probably because I don’t have the normal gambling, Vegas-like environment that keeps me in check.
One time, I was playing a small number of rounds of Texas on some random gambling site. Four hours into the game I was down 2,000 dollars but I kept going. I was in that poker room for another three hours and I had lost another grand. Usually, if I was in Vegas, I would know when to cap it, but I couldn’t control myself online. My frustration when losing was all contributing heavily to my losses. It was a vicious cycle.
Another problem with online gambling is that if you have a rather slow internet connection, like I do, you have to deal with the constant reconnecting, booting, lagging, etc. Imagine playing a game like “Counterstrike” or “World of Warcraft″ while having a bad connection, it’s nearly impossible. I usually try to go to an Internet Caf or something where the connection is faster.
On top of all this, it sucks not to have all the personal interaction that real life card playing brings. There’s nothing like sippin’ on some brews with your best guys, smoking fatty cigars and blunts and getting super trashed before going home to the Mrs. You just can’t get that with online stuff. Maybe in the future, when virtual reality gets crackin’.
Be careful not to go bankrupt doing online gambling
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