| You Don’t Need Million-Dollar Hands to Enjoy Poker |
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| From the Editor - From the Editor | |||
| Written by John Wenzel | |||
 When you read this month’s installment of Des Wilson’s History of Poker (page 52), you will get the impression that poker through the years has been defined by its biggest hands, legendary battles where hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars have migrated from one player to another. Des delves into the famous “Big Game” in Vegas, the dapper and fearless Nick the Greek, and the Larry Flynt game, among others. Next month he’ll detail the saga of Andy Beal, the Texas banker who one day decided to fly to Vegas and take on the best players in the world, and tried to play for stakes so high that even the most successful pros would be out of their comfort zones. Competing in these life-changing games and being on the positive side of one of these epic battles is every player’s dream almost from the time they are dealt their first card. But what is great about poker is that you don’t have to play nosebleed stakes to enjoy it. While some of the biggest hands being played today are online (check out the RailHeaven table on Full Tilt Poker sometime) by the likes of David Benyamine, Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan and Phil Galfond, there are more folks playing micro-stakes than there are playing hundred-thousand-dollar hands – and they’re having a lot of fun doing so. It is a safe bet that more people are competing around the kitchen table at any given time than are sitting in public cardrooms, and those home games are some of the most fun you will ever have playing poker – short of winning a million-dollar pot. So if you have a good home game with good people, cherish it. So if you decide to try to make a living from poker, keep the fun in it. Don’t forget the joy and fascination of those early sessions where you fell in love with poker. Without this love of the game, making a living from it is almost impossible. Treating the game as a business is one thing, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy what you do. Too many so-called pros are frustrated and miserable, and take it out on those around them. If you are not enjoying the game, it is time to look for another profession, because it is very hard to win at anything when you do not enjoy what you are doing for eight hours a day. John “Johnny Quads” Wenzel Editor-in-Chief
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| Last Updated on Sunday, 17 May 2009 17:41 |
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