Hi.
Poker is more like a card game and it has nothing to do with golfing with bowling or tennis.
Good luck.
Poker is more or less exactly like a cards game, yes, yes... Oh wait... IT IS a cards game!
Anyway, i believe he who opened the topic, didn't actually make a comparison, but rather an analogy. And a good one for that matter...
You do play against yourself many times in poker, when your brain and every bone
tells you to fold... then comes "a red horned little guy on your shoulder" telling you "shove... go, go, go", and against your better judgement, you keep making the same mistake over and over again. Funny it has to take us so long to actually learn when to follow our instincts.