The luck may influence the game in the short run, but in the long run the better player always wins, cause he makes better decissions when he plays and ensures him a higher probability to win. And in the long run, the higher probability wins always ..... or why does the Casino always wins at roulette in the long run? And that's the reason why there exist so many poker professionals! Please read this article.
- Poker is NOT more dangerous than any other online game (for example "World of Warcraft")! The first thing non poker players say is "A Poker addicted player looses all his money". That's absolutely wrong! He rather wins money than looses some! Because, a guy who is poker addicted plays a lot poker. In poker, it's like with everything, the more you play the better you become in the game. If you play very much poker, you just can't loose at it!
The only real danger is an "online addiction", same as you can get at other online games. This means you're to much in the internet and forget about other things beside.
| - In poker you have to think as much as in chess It's not a stupid game. In fact, you have to think as much as in chess! If you didn't know this, we recomend you to buy the book "Every Hand Revealed", written by one of the most famous poker professionals "Gus Hansen", who describes his thoughts in every hand he played in the "Aussi Millions" tournement that he won. Many students play professional poker to pay their tultion fees. Even "Barrac Obama" played in big poker tournements when he was young. |  |
In todays online poker you can buy into nice tournements with just $1 or even get a free entry into a tournement but with money to win. Not only tournements are possible, you can also sit at a low cash game with just $1 at the table.
- In poker you just play with money. Others risk their life for fun.
Many people make "extreme sports" and risk becoming a disabled person or even a dead one.