chess or poker

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I used to be an expert in chess some years ago and I think poker is much different, leading many decent chess players to become much worse poker players than they can be.

In chess, you challenge yourself to play against the best while in ring game NL, you try to beat the worst players, mostly. Chess has gamesmanship and planning, etc which is great for poker but in general, I think chess players make better tournament players and often play beneath their potential in ring games.