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Online Poker for Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the texas-hold-'em-anyone dept.

Burianski11 wonders: "For a while now, I have been playing online poker at sites such as Poker Stars and Party Poker. In the past, this hasn't bothered me much, since I was primarily a Windows user. However, now that I am trying to make the switch to Linux I am realizing that this is one thing that will be sorely missed (and may cause me to keep a Windows box around). Do any of you know of any online gambling sites that support Linux?"

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  1. Poker is not gambling by T-Ranger · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Gambling is the wagering (or betting) of money on games of chance. The odds are rigged in the houses favor, and you have a (long term) expectation of loosing. There are relativlty good bets to make, and relativly poor bets to make, and a knowladgeable player can/will last longer then a newbie. But it is ultimatly luck, and you ultimatly loose.

    Poker (at least the kind that you mean) is game of skill. Your win/loss expectation is based on your relative skill vs the other players. If you are a skilled player you can overcome the ~2-3% the house takes from the pot.

    The house makes money regardless of who wins - they arn't playing. This could be through an ante, a rake (a % of the pot) and the requirement for 'blind bets' that force the pot to be non-zero, possibly through players 'renting' a seat. Or potentially through bar sales (but most/all places where poker is played, the bar is cheep to bring the players in)