Poker is like a chess game. Execpt you lose money when you lose and you lose money when you tie with other players .Fo4 there is a rake and that means you have to do better than average just to break even. In a tie in chess they call it a draw neither side can win. I have played chess many times against a player who is better than me. And never did I win against them they always beat me every single time. Once I did beat someone who I passed up as my skill had surpassed his. O ce I beat him he never played against me again to4 every single time I would win, and he knew it. So play your best and do better than playing with distractions at to win and then you can play against ever more better players. And conquer them too. Don't play to have fun. Play to earn your reward. And then go buy a house and pay for it with one payment. and find a cute woman if you are a man, and live life like a free man should. God Bless America!