Playing poker is one of the most competitive games on the face of the earth. The amount of money won and lost at the poker table on any given day totals millions. In a year, billions of dollars are exchanged playing this game of cards. You will often hear older people telling the youth to do what you love and the money will follow. I believe poker is no different than any other thing in life. In order to be truly successful at poker, you have to be intrinsically interested in poker. If you simply care about making money, poker is not going to be kind. Everyone naturally wants to be rich, but most people get caught up trying to make an easy buck. Learning the game of poker requires you to put aside the monetary value of money. It sounds so stupid, but to make money in poker, you have to actually love the game of poker. If you are playing for the money, sooner or later your skill level will plateau. If you are always learning, always getting better, the game of poker will remain interesting to you.

Playing poker simply to make an easy buck is a terrible way to think about the game. On any given day, you are going to measure your success by the amount of money in your account. What happens when you go on a bad run and have no money? Have you lost your success in poker? Your skill in poker can only get better with time. If you focus on continually adding to your poker ability, you can never lose. Everyday you will be increasing your knowledge of the game. Eventually the money will soon follow. Play poker because you enjoy learning the game, not for the money. Most people play for the money and are miserable trying to grind out a living. There are much easier ways to make money doing something you love. I hate to say it, but there is more to life than just making money. Find something you love and stick with it. Forget about making easy money, becoming a great poker player requires a lot of hard work and sacrifice.

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