How to Be a Great Poker Player

I didn't really have money at all and it's an all consuming lifestyle. Just to be a great poker player you've got to just not be bothered by the money. There is no skill involved unless you're cheating. And poker there is skill involved and over the long run the best players win. But there is variance. So in the short term you could lose lose lose and think that the cards are against you. But it's just probability basically. I mean it sounds quite glamorous but it's an emotional roller coaster. It was just going up and down and in some nights you'd really lose it all pretty much. The game had been quite easy to beat in like the early 2000

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