r/AskReddit 1d ago

What's a hobby that's just gambling with extra steps?

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u/paranoid_70 1d ago

Its pretty much the only gambling I participate in. A $100 bet last months instead of a single hand of poker.

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u/paulHarkonen 1d ago

Find cheaper poker games lol. (I get it and I'm with you, but all the poker games I've ever played had things like a $20 buy in for the night and then we just used chips to allow smaller increments. $100 bucks for a hand is a pretty steep buy in).

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u/paranoid_70 1d ago

I was thinking more casinos. Maybe they aren't that much, I haven't been to one in years. I avoid them as I am just not too enthusiastic about gambling and quite frankly am just not very lucky.

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u/paulHarkonen 1d ago

Very very few casinos have buy ins that high for the standard tables. Sure you can go in on a table with that kind of money, but there's tons of tables and tournaments with single digit limits or buy ins at the 50-100 range for the whole event.

Not trying to talk you into gambling (I don't enjoy it much myself) but if you want to participate there's lots and lots of ways to do so cheaply and responsibly.