My Poker Universe

In my own personal universe, when it comes to poker, bluffing and poker faces do not exist. Before I expound on anything though, let it be known that I am not a professional gambler, and nor will I ever be. I play simply for fun using poker chips or coins, if poker chips aren't lying around. Here's what I realize about my strategy. I do not psychoanalyze other players' actions, facial expressions, and whatnot. I fold about one percent of the time, even if my cards are absolute shit. In addition, I always call or bet. Most of all, I know not know when to quit. But still, I won a crap load of chips. Just for tonight, I rejected poker reality and substituted by own, ignored all other cards except for mine, and played like I was gonna win every single hand. Of course, I did not. So what's my point? Although the cards dealt in poker are based on pure luck and the only real strategy involved is knowing when to play on and when to fold, I like to reject the folding part of the game. I mean, with respect to probability, each person has the exact same chance of winning each game, and if other players fold, then your own chances of winning increase. After all, statistically, it's very probable to get at least a pair each time. I obeyed statistics and statistics came out. I'll admit though, this is because there was no real money involved. Bottom line: in poker, statistics is greater than psychoanalysis.