Poker. The journey from amateur to professional!

Poker has been around for a long time. However, it was only a decade ago that poker became popular as a sports game. With the popularisation of poker on television many players became interested in the game. Everyone from school children to professors tried to learn the rules of the game, to identify patterns, probabilities, and develop a successful strategy for the game. When poker competitions started to be televised where successful players made large sums of money with their play, amateurs began to think of the need to raise their level of play and gradually reach the professional level.

One question to ask in order to get to the professional level is: why do you play poker? There are different answers to this simple question. Some people claim they play for fun; it’s their hobby to come to a club or get together with acquaintances to play poker. Others state that winning at poker depends solely on how Lady Fortune favors players today; therefore they play for the sheer adrenaline rush in their bloodstream, to feel the thrill and be constantly on the edge of their game. All these answers suggest that people just think of poker as entertainment. Professionals, on the other hand, claim that poker is a job for them, just like any other job they have an hourly wage. Sure, there are times when these players win a lot of money or lose too much, but according to the professionals these are just temporary events that do not affect much over the long run of the game.

Once an amateur player decides that poker is more than a hobby, they realize that they need to study the literature, improve their knowledge, and spend more time at the gaming tables. That’s where the internet comes in: it’s the place where you can find all the variations of your favorite game and a lot of tournaments and promotions to develop your skills and knowledge so that you can turn poker into a profession. And it has become a sport rather than a gambling discipline for players.