Comments on: Why won’t desis go All-in?

By: Nirav

Nirav — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:22:29 +0000

Well dont you know the Chinese (Asians) have a big gambling culture. Indians dont apart from playing teen patti in diwali. And another thing is, Teen patti is highly leveraged game, poker has more nuances of probability than bravado. technically slightly different. I think a lot more indians might be playing bridge and rummy for that matter though

By: HEVAD_KHAN

HEVAD_KHAN — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:49:08 +0000

WHAT ABOUT ME?! I CAN MULTI-TABLE 500 TABLES ON FULL TILT ALL AT ONCE!

By: glass houses

glass houses — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:30:43 +0000

Camille: generalities clearly observed form the basis of what can be labeled ‘truth’; otherwise how do we judge anything….I might say ‘everyone in boston loves the red sox’…and you might say ‘glass houses you can’t ASSUME that’…but if you said that you would be losing sight of the truth. Just as I could say that most desis are nerds who never do sports…I played football..that doesn’t mean a thing. I was friendly witha bout 40 Indian kids growing up and out of them only 4 did sports so again I feel free to assume.

In this I confess I am a poker addict…My last trip to vegas I lost 20 grand ….that’s ok the trip before I came out ahead 36 grand …And I gotta say, In the high stakes rooms I’ve maybe 7 desis over the last two years..I just assume that moms and girlfriends of desi gamblers would frown upon it…I mean wouldn’t they??

By: Optional

Optional — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:14:09 +0000

Seriously, is poker that popular? I have briefly glimpsed poker on ESPN and other channels as I was flipping channels and always wondered, ‘why is this on TV and who watches it?’. I am astounded to know that it is considered a career choice like any other by Americans!!! So who sponsors these things?

By: HMF

HMF — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:53:27 +0000

I agree with Camille, most of this plays into the model minority myth.

Not necessarily, asians 'adhere' to the MMM, but are known for disproportiontely gambling (at least vegas style)

By: Camille

Camille — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:47:35 +0000

murali, I actually wasn’t being that insightful What I meant was that amongst the cacophony of agreement (that desis do not gamble and do not play poker) there were a few comments to the contrary. However, most of these examples were presented as atypical or singular. I just didn’t want to commit a similar logical fallacy by generalizing that the whole thread has been unanimous in claiming desis don’t play poker or are culturally averse to gambling.

By: sk

sk — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:49:26 +0000

Am I the only person who is astounded by these SWEEPING generalizations, both of DBDs and ABDs?

Camille, well said.

By: gaddeswarup

gaddeswarup — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:34:54 +0000

I know one case. My son found university boring and used to play basketball and cricket. After a knee problem, he shifted to poker and has dropped out of university for over an year. He seems to be doing ok but seems to find poker boring now.He may go back to university next year with a different choice of subjects.

By: Floridian

Floridian — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:23:22 +0000

64 Amitabh: "It cracks me up that all the Indians in NJ go to the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, and rarely to other casinos...just because it's named Taj Mahal!"

And all Indians in the Chicago area go to "Deewan" Avenue.

By: Amitabh

Amitabh — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:48:27 +0000

It cracks me up that all the Indians in NJ go to the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, and rarely to other casinos…just because it’s named Taj Mahal! How ridiculous it that? It really isn’t reminiscent of Indian aesthetics or architectural motifs at all, no real reflection of Indian culture on any level, and there isn’t even an Indian restaurant there, which to me would have been a no-brainer. But oh no, we must go to the Taj!