Poker players play poker and expect to win over the long run. If they didn't expect to succeed at poker they wouldn't play. A good poker player would not consid

Poker players play poker and expect to win over the long run. If they didn't expect to succeed at poker they wouldn't play. A good poker player would not consider losing a single hand or even tournament a failure. They would consider making a mistake a failure. Because they know if they do everything correctly they will win over the long run. Really good players will even consider hands they win but made mistakes in failures.