In my opinion, this type of answers and way of thinking, come from a widespread misinformation on the subject, mixed with the fear of the unknown.!!
We have a false sense of believing that everything is under control, considering that we know a lot about football, basketball or tennis, because exactly the same thing can be applied to the poker.!
Many people think that with knowing the rules and win once in a while to their friends in the cafeteria of the university, are prepared to wager money that should not be in the rooms online, and that is where the problems can appear. Especially, if a good streak accompanies them in the beginning and reinforces their belief that they are good players.
That is why I said that even if you think that poker is not a game of chance, if you don't understand the variance are going to give you a blow of reality sooner or later, since if you start winning, you're going to think that it is because you are a better player than the others. But be sure that the variance remembers all…
This is what makes al poker so attractive for the amateur players, the false sense of believing that you are best player of who you really are, by the fact of winning a few items to someone who in principle knows more than you about the game.
While that poker is a game of people against people, mind against mind, skill and understanding of the strategy that one has, against the rest of players.
And it is impossible that, in the long term, the player more prepared and that more has studied does not end up winning. This There are many people who no you think about it nor understand it, hence the fact that so many consider poker a game of chance.
True ignorance is not absent from knowledge, but the fact of refusing to acquire it. written by Karl Popper
