What is Racing's Biggest Current Hurdle?

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Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

Yes, lower the take out needs to be done.

Horse racing is a skill game much like poker.

The new players that get involved with poker have a chance to practice and polish thier game before they risk thier money and horse racing doesn't offer a way to gain experiance in a quick informal setting like poker.

We all know that to win at horse racing you have to spend time with a race, i.e. ThroGraph, Sheets, Form and watching past performances and today the little Gobbers dont want to wait or work for anything so they pull the handle on a slot machine and some find poker a challenge. Few are willing to work at handicapping and most don't want be a fool and risk thier money when they don't have a clue for 5/2 or 4/1.

I'm having my doubts about poker being skill. I just got KO'd in a SitNGo final 2. I had a huge lead and these were my last 2 hands.

Me AJs small raise preflop He goes all in and shows 5-7o and catches a 5 to put him a little ahead.

Me AKs put in a small raise and he goes all in and shows 27o (NO ****) and hits a 2 on the river...

Sheesh.