Poker is different than most other games in that you are not competing against the house. You can never ever beat the house (in the long run). Which is okay in

Poker is different than most other games in that you are not competing against the house. You can never ever beat the house (in the long run). Which is okay in poker because you win your money from other players. You don’t have to be “good”. You just have to be better than the next person at the table (and sufficiently better to outrun the house take).