Poker is boring

I'm up $150 from live poker this week. I'm kinda not all that interested in poker anymore. Any time I look at a good poker player, I just see a pathetic degenerate. Thinking about the lives that are wasted by being a break-even/losing player just makes me sick. And the minuscule number of players that are able to make 10%+ ROI or +5ptbb/100 are basically idiot-savants, people who can't function properly in the real world, so they sit back and wait for idiots to throw away pay-checks, and for the elusive time when they "run good" and make enough money to continue the cycle of gambling. The whole poker industry is pretty depressing and retarded.

I hear you.



Fewer than 10% of people who play Poker are long-term winners. Not counting any other bad habits.

Fewer than 5% of Poker players make enough to cover time (ie, they would do much better working a real job).

Fewer than 0.1% of all Poker players, pros included, can parley it into a lifetime investment with financial security.



Wouldn't think so from watching TV, but I've spent enough time in cardrooms and tracking the lives of real professionals to know the truth. Some are legitimate successes. Some are aimless outside of cardrooms. Many are, as you say, simply degenerates.



It's important to realize why you play Poker. For me it used to be about building a roll to try to "make it." Ever since I gave that up, I haven't played consistently well, maybe because I'm still clinging to a fantasy.



But I really believe if you just want to make it about fun, and a way to earn a little extra, it can still be a great game. But doesn't change the fact that Poker is a predatory game, and the real winners are the ones taking rake.

Alot of truth in your post exit, bit to add - theres some player's who can take the bad runs/streaks and consistently win and enjoy the game too. As small a group of people as this is , it does exist. Not all doom and gloom.