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&lt;div&gt;If you play poker frequently, and you understand the game exactly as it is, you probably realize that you'll find misconceptions among people who no direct experience. You've probably heard many of these erroneous points of view. If you're like me, you spend a fair quantity of time explaining to uninformed people precisely just what the game is and what it really is not. For the benefit of all, the following article shall clear up several of the more common misconceptions.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;On the contrary, if you never play poker, as well as your entire experience of the game is exactly what you read in print and find out in movies, you probably have many wrong ideas. That is to be expected. Please, allow me to enlighten you on a few points.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Poker isn't casual. Lots of people think of the game as a mellow social pastime, where friends sit around drinking, laughing and whooping it up. In fact, there is nothing friendly about poker. You may be cordial with others at your table (and you should be), but the game itself is vicious. Played properly, it's a type of warfare. It is an aggressive battle for domination. I think of poker as &amp;quot;violence, without the violence.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;A poker face isn't the main requirement to play. I can not tell you how often I hear this misconception. Virtually every time I mention poker to someone whose only exposure to the game will be the media, I hear some lame comment like, &amp;quot;Oh, you need to have a great poker face.&amp;quot; No, a poker face, a steely-eyed gaze, isn't the essence of skillful play. True, you don't want to be sending tells to your opponents, however the so-called poker face is widely misunderstood. The capability to create a poker face won't make you an excellent player. Consider this: When you play on the net, everybody has a poker face.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Winning at poker isn't easy. Blame television due to this one. You generally see only the winners on tv. Men and women who win get the most exposure and also are most often featured. The final table in a tournament, as an example, is comprised solely of players who are winners. Very little attention will be paid to individuals who lose, say nothing of the majority who bust out of tournaments without fanfare. Playing well takes a large quantity of study, discipline and practice. Succeeding at the game is far from automatic.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Women can play. The idea that poker is exclusively a man's game is another falsehood. Years ago, many well recognized authors wrote that women do not possess the killer instinct necessary to play well. Time has proven that theory wrong. At present, women compete at every level, and an abundance of skilled women win in cash games and tournaments. The concept that poker is a man's game is laughable currently, and I wouldn't have included it among common misconceptions were it not for the truth that many still believe it.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Poker is not a game of mathematics. In blackjack, for example, you always have one best move at any moment. Your task is to determine what that move is. If you have 13 and the dealer is showing an ace, in which case you should hit. That's always true, no matter who is seated at the table or what they're doing. Poker is different. You must take other players into account, and the mathematically preferable move might not be wise. Top caliber players often debate what is the greatest move in a particular situation. Poker can't be reduced to mathematics because you can find too many human factors.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Poker is a not game of luck. This really is probably the most usual misconception, which is dead wrong. Luck averages out. Over-time, all players receive the exact same percentage of good hands and bad hands. The main difference is what players do with those hands. The best player will maximize the total amount won with good hands and minimize the amount lost with bad hands. The key element that separates winners from losers, over time, is just not the cards dealt, but the decisions made. Stu Unger, three-time World Series of Poker champion, put it this way: &amp;quot;In cards, the luck always balances out. The excellent players are going to win. Any player that thinks card playing is a game of luck, I'll show you a fool. That's just what the losers always say. The winners do not worry about the short-run; we play for the long-term.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Cheating is not rampant. The prevalence of cheating is yet another incorrect impression held by many. In private backroom games, cheating does happen occasionally. But in modern casino cardrooms and high-profile tournaments, where most of today's professionals play, cheating is virtually nonexistent. (Online, conversely, is another story. It really is possible to cheat when playing over the internet, because of the nature of the technology.) Although cheating is technically possible in certain situations, and it does happen, it is not nearly the factor that lots of individuals suppose. In case you are hesitant to play poker out of anxiety about being cheated, you are overreacting.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Poker just isn't an addiction. No matter what the media might have you believe, a large proportion of poker enthusiasts play while they benefit from the game, not while they are hooked in some way. Sure, a tiny number of players do struggle with addiction, nevertheless they are people who an addictive personality, whether they play poker. We must not blame poker for someone's compulsive behavior anymore than we should blame sex for somebody being a rapist.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Poker isn't sleazy. Nothing is even remotely &amp;quot;underbelly&amp;quot; concerning this beautiful game. A great many good and decent folks play for a wide range of reasons, for example fun, challenge and personal betterment. Poker highlights the [http://hirrc.gov.do/index.php/foro/user/1234-frankchiang best online gamble] of human interaction and calls into play the most honorable of human qualities, such as courage, sound reasoning and self-control. The game is an excellent way to build character.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Poker is not illegal. Many people with a functioning brain do not actually believe this, although the forces of misguided morality want you to believe that the game is against the law. It is not. Poker just isn't related to crime in any way. Nor is it controlled through the mob. Not is it dangerous. You do not need to be on the lookout for gangsters. Or gunplay. No, you don't need to carry a sidearm and shoot your way out of the casino to protect your loot. You've been watching too many movies.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They are several common misconceptions held by many within the public. If you encounter people with these ideas, please set them straight. But be understanding; it isn't their fault that they hold these incorrect viewpoints, which are passed off as fact everywhere in today's media. It rests with us, intelligent members of the poker-playing community, to spread the truth concerning the magnificent game of poker.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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