On Wednesday, Frankie Julius Parker attempted to rob a Medford bar to regain money he had lost playing video poker earlier that day. Parker, 34, returned to Rumors Karaoke Lounge just before it closed at 2:30 am and told one of the owners that he forgot his wallet inside. The women, who owns the bar together with her husband, left him waiting at the front door to search for the wallet. When she re[...] Read more » Man Attempted Robbery After Losing His Cash Playing Video Poker
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Posted by Macubaas: I kind of dislike this kind of news, i mean they bring a bad influence over the poker world in general...
I mean this guy could have lost his money playing another gambling game and the result probably would have been the same.
In this case he wasn't even playing poker, he was playing video poker which is just a slot machine that looks like a poker game.. Instead of different pictures on reels lining up, you have to up you get dealt poker hands.. but you don't actually "play poker".
I'd rather in a news story like this, they just called it "slots" instead of "video poker" because it's a pretty negative and invalid association.
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Posted by jessthehuman: I'd rather in a news story like this, they just called it "slots" instead of "video poker" because it's a pretty negative and invalid association.
yeaaah, otherwise we can see a story like this popping up quickly: "man was arrested for raping his inflatable doll"
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He's a master btw why people still continue to play against the house? they must know you just CAN'T WIN :| the electronic games were created for house win...
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Loosing at a game with money involved can turn people desperate. I have a friend that already broke 3 laptops because of losing when playing poker. But i also watched him winning 3 times in a row at $300 HU (it didn't took more than 10 min to play the three games!!!).
btw why people still continue to play against the house? they must know you just CAN'T WIN :| the electronic games were created for house win...
