What Is Real?

World Series of Poker

I have been watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN a lot lately and it has gotten me in the mood to play. The only problem is I can not find anyone interested in playing with me. I went to pokerstars.com and downloaded the software to play for free online, but it just isn’t the same as having the chips in front of me. It is always better when you are playing for a little bit of real money. Not much, just enough so that you actually care if you loose and everyone does not go “all in” every hand.

I have been wondering lately how much skill is actually involved in poker. Some of these guys actually make a living playing poker on TV. Of course they could only win one tournament and live the rest of their lives on $5 million like Greg Raymer did. It is hard to imagine going to a casino and playing poker as an occupation. Sounds like a pretty cool job if you ask me.