1. how is poker real? down $800 to up $300 in the night- that's a lot of money both ways for a lot of people and I don't give a [censored].
2. how do people play so many hands? this nearly killed me
3. how can people not beat this game? tonight I made some horrible calls, got totally screwed on a couple 3-5 outers and was drinking. and still won $.
also orange, I wouldn't consider this a downswing but it was almost there. this doesn't happen too often. edited to make my point clearer- I can spend most of the evening having lost a week's worth of work (or more) for a lot of people and then finish up about a week's worth (or less) and not feel satisfied because it isn't anything unusual or special- rather it's the norm.