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Message: [QUOTE="Aleksei, post: 2123609, member: 94582"] Like I said it's a form of variance. And also keep in mind, poker is a negative-sum game so to survive in it you cannot play clean. You are competing against both your opponents [I]and[/I] the casino (rake/fees), so you must take any and all edges you have and are are given, short of cheating. In a sense poker sort of encourages scummy behaviour because it's necessary to survive. You don't play equally-skilled regs in a sporting manner, because that is a very significantly loss-making proposition -- you will break even so the only winner is the rake. You find bad players against which you have an "unfair" advantage, and you punish them mercilessly for their shitty play. [/QUOTE]