Re: players claiming they are winners.
Poker, and gambling in general, works for the "winners" because of the nature of people to willingly enter a state of self-deception. I heard the cashier at the gas station today telling another cashier about a "system" that a customer had for winning playing scratch-off lottery tickets. The poker player in me wanted to point out that such a system is impossible, but I held my tongue. People want to deceive themselves, and who am I to correct them? Nearly every time in the past when I have, I have been argued with, usually irrationally.
Moral: Smile and take their chips.
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