Reading the article below makes me wonder if giftedness at gambling be recognized or encouraged by parents. Or does one think of gambling as a zero sum that children should be discouraged from, even if they may be good at it. Games with an element of chance are a natural way to teach concepts of probability. Poker has substantial elements of chance and skill. The same could be said about investing.
Thanks for the article. I taught my son to play Texas Hold 'Em some time ago, and he plays a credible game now. I am sure he'd beat many adult dilettantes, over enough hands for skill to be the main factor. I agree with you about it being a natural way to teach probability (I have also gotten him started on calculating chances of making hands in Yahtzee). I'd probably discourage my son from being a professional gambler, unless he used winnings to free up time to do something more worthwhile with his life.
