How do you know when you've become a real "Cardplayer"

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phil posts on 2+2?

[Runner Runner]

You know you have become a real "cardplayer" when you understand, notice and adapt to the "struggle for the antes" nature of poker.

You also have become a real "cardplayer" when you understand and embrace the variance and inherent gamble in the different forms of poker.

Lastly, you have become a real "cardplayer" when you look at the way others play and the way you used to play and notice that they are and you were in fact "too solid".

[TxRedMan]

When a novice brings up poker, and you wish you were in another room because of the relevant ignorance they have on the subject, and the fact that you're much too tired of explaining something to other 2p2'ers to reitterate it to someone who will crash and burn in poker before they ever even get to a 2/4 game.

[dinopoker]

You all should read Mike Caro's article on Cardplayer.com where he talks about how a gorgeous girl got involved with a bunch of guys in a game of strip poker (they were all semi-players) and finally one of them made some kind of stupid bet on her, that she would win a hand against a particular guy or something. It got everyone's dander up and before you know it the half-dressed girl had been banished to the sidelines because they were playing real poker for real money.

Mike ends the article, "I guess if you are at a game that turns from strip poker into real poker and you find yourself happy about that, then you deserve to be called a card player."

[nvrmndtbolcks]

Mike is all about the trim.

[Iron Tigran]

It's when you've got the glory and have won all the mobney.