CBS columnist bashes gambling, WSOP

[davebwell]

It's partly a level and partly true. Let's face it, without a rake, poker is a zero sum game. With a rake, the only guaranteed winner is the house. How do you win at poker, you make fewer mistakes than your opponents and/or you exploit their mistakes for more money than they exploit from your mistakes over the long-run.

As for deluding yourself about your greatness, that is a case by case basis. As has been pointed out earlier in this thread, there are some truely remarkable minds that devote a great deal of time to this game. I myself have a PhD and feel dumb quite often at the tables or reading this forum.

Peterchi,

sorry if the Asian reference offended you. I play basketball for about an hour every Saturday night and usually play against a few Asian people. (I was thinking of myself in the fat group if it makes you feel any better). The Asians (that I see on Saturday nights) are usually fast and can run all over the place but can't handle the ball and play defense poorly. They are also short and aggressive which pisses me off because I am 6'5 and weigh 355. When I get the ball I get double or triple teamed by them and they are enough shorter that swipes at the ball usually end up with me getting hit in the mouth or nose. When I go out later in the evening I am either drinking with a fat lip, a partial nose bleed or both.