8 year old poker player...

[abwil2]

so having an activity which her and her friends can play (just for fun) or with the family is automatically a bad thing, get out of the stone age will ya

It doesnt say anywhere she is playing poker with her friends does it? I have no problem with playin cards with your kids. that is not what i meant.. But going to a "charity event" is where i draw the line. In alot of states it has to be a "charity event" in order to hold a game, where the vfw or where ever its played takes around 50% of the pool just cause they can. But and i have played in many of these events, it is a game of buyins and payouts which make it gambling and no child should be at any of these events playing poker...... I also do believe that NL holdem is a game of skill along with some other variants but most of them 50 games are luckfest mechanical games kind of like your dealer choice games at home. Regardless of whether its a game of skill or not when you put a buyin in, it becomes gambling and no 8 year old can understand any of these games fully to be gambilng. why not teach your kid the skill of begging on the side of the road? Cause its not appropriate. Im not saying dont teach the kid card games but to put them in a live event is going a little far, especially for a kid who has many other interest and with them many other interest theres just no way she can understand what its all about. Even pros still learn daily so to say a 8 yr old has mastered 50 games of poker is a unreal analogy.Kudos to her if she is still playing in 10 years but i highly doubt she will be..

[marlydog1812]

I've worked with kids and dont think this is a problem. She is well balanced by taking part in other activities. Poker is just another hobby like baseball or basketball kids do at that age. She has learned 50 games and is learning a game of patience, skill and deep thought. Take you typical American 8 year old and you will find a bumbling idiot.

or I could be wrong and she will be a degen by 12.

[CoolJakeB]

Cool story, poker players are getting younger and younger.

[Nidhogg26]

I started around this age

[ProBlackbird]

Never underestiment your opponents, now we know that

[StephyMarieC]

When you're a good poker player it's not really gambling. I think it's a great idea to learn poker at any age it's a game of skill.

[RogerZzz8979]

When you're a good poker player it's not really gambling. I think it's a great idea to learn poker at any age it's a game of skill.

I agree! If I had a kid and he wanted to play with play money or a free roll I wouldn't mind it at all. Ever heard of Aashish Nanak btw? 8 yo Indian kid who 'gambles' his family out of poverty.

[bbno3]

good for her

[poowoo12]

thats top i think she is talented and should enter PO freeroll and take MIT out with his big donk mouth

[steveg78]

I can believe it. Poker is a pretty simple game to learn from a fundamental point of view.