I compete in Poker tournaments, I don’t play sit down cash games, just tournaments where you pay a portion of the prize pool and compete to place.
I’m good at poker, I make money, and would like to take it further, and attempt to go pro.
Even though my poker isn’t a problem (being in the hole, nor gambling money I shouldn’t to get out of it like those with gambling problems do) I still sometimes worry my passion for poker is wrong.

I love God, and want to do right, but I’m good at Poker and can definitely see a future as a professional tournament player. I have a condensed version of the Catechism, and in that version there is 1 paragraph about chance games and just talked about people who devastate their families by blowing money from gambling.

If you have an expanded portion of the topic from the full catechism would you mind posting it? Or if you have an opinion on whether gambling (chance games) is a sin or not, please post your thoughts.

Thanks.

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