Report: Biggest Parenting Fear Remains Losing Child In High-Stakes Poker Tournament

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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Saying the terrifying scenario plays out in a typical mother or father’s mind several times per day, a report released Monday by researchers at Rutgers University revealed that losing a child in a high-stakes underground poker tournament remains Americans’ biggest parenting fear. “According to our survey data, every mom and dad’s greatest nightmare is looking into the innocent young eyes of their beloved firstborn and having to say goodbye to them forever after folding on a pair of nines in a dimly lit back room in Chinatown or while aboard a 30-foot luxury yacht anchored off the Cayman Islands,” said lead researcher Emily Gibson, who added that, despite their best efforts to focus on positive thoughts, many parents found themselves unable to shake the worry that they might one day have no choice but to hand over their 7-year-old son or daughter to an eccentric billionaire, shadowy Ukrainian business mogul, or South Asian arms dealer after being called out on a weak bluff. “For a significant number of mothers and fathers, the fear that they’ll add their little Caitlin or Joshua to the pot because they think they’re sitting on a sure thing with a queens-over-tens full house only to see their opponent hit quads on the river can be completely debilitating, often keeping them awake night after night.” The study further revealed that the most common phobia among singles was that they might never get married and have a child who could be offered up to cover the house’s buy-in.

 

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If you win you gain their kid

This is why you have multiples. Do you have any idea how set you'll be with three kids on the table?

Post Edit: Correction: biggest fear is actually winning another child in high-stakes poker tournament... childrenarefear

I hate this trend. By the end of the night the table is piled high with crying babies, at least four of which need their diapers changed.

Wow.

next to winning

The Stakes are high on the Barbequeue.. Never let children play with poker or fire !

Follow-up Report: Second Biggest Fear Remains Winning Adolescent Twins in High-Stakes Poker Tournament

Staying in with only a pair of deuces. Hoping for a big bluff.

I can attest to this. my parents were devastated when they lost me. But then someone staked them a puppy and a couple of kittens, and they were fine after that.

This fear has kept me from having children.

This is exactly why I am not a parent ... anymore.

But the payoff if you win, man. You'll be set for life.

Or is it the law of surprise?

Somehow, I lost my child in a game of solitaire.

My parents would definitely use me as a bet

well sure that and trying to explain to Grandma 'how the hell do you lose with a flush'.... ;)

The kid will be much better off with someone who's smart enough not to try to draw to an inside straight.

My eldest daughter's nickname isn't 'flush' because of her toilet skills.

They do get pretty dicey

That’s when the stakes start getting fun

I lost my boy to the river

And when it actually DOES happen...ruined my whole weekend.

Isn't that the plot of curly sue

Nah, who cares about their children lol

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