Poker is not gambling anymore than the stock market is. You pay your stock broker in the form of fees and you pay the casino some fees. Specifically you pay St

Poker is not gambling anymore than the stock market is. You pay your stock broker in the form of fees and you pay the casino some fees. Specifically you pay Steve Wynn or the Bellagio for the fact that they are hosting the game and providing fair and impartial personnel. So you avoid getting scammed at a table where people collaborate to screw you over. Professional poker players are great at smelling newbies and inject themselves in games where their skill level is way above others at the table. They manage to do so because if you think about it poker is the best environment to do this. You would not start a fight against a 6ft5 bodybuilder but Phil Helmuth you would never pick him from the crowd. Most importantly the rich guy from Russia or the Gulf will never be able to pick him and avoid the table he is sitting at. Once they sit they already lost