A lot of new poker (not only Texas Holdem) players sometimes ask themselves “why play poker”? People from all world play poker not only to have some fun, they also play to check their skills, to check they can pass some kind of intellectual test, or not. Poker is entertainment also like we all know – oportunity to make some money..... or to loose......
Money
About 90 % answers for “why play poker” is money.... We all agree that this game is fun but let's face the truth - poker is a game which is stirred by money, which draws many people to start playing poker from the beginning. Poker in not a gambling as many people think... Everyone with sufficient practice and some knowledge can make money from poker. When you practice, and practice, you can either devote few hours every week for poker and earn (earn – not win...) few dollars as a half time job. If you will practice more and more you can give poker full time, become a poker pro and make poker as your main income, of course it all depends on your targets and determination. Don’t think that making money from poker is so simple, only few percent of players have enough motivation to reach the top..., , but it's achievable if you decide to learn the rules of poker and strategies, which are the foundations for making money from poker.
Challange
Next reason why we play poker – we like intellectual challenge that poker presents. As I have already mentioned - poker is not a gambling game, though an element of chance is present, it is more an intellectual challenge where one must put his full mental capabilities in order to win. The intellectual challenge in poker varies from player to player: for some bluffing is the hard core of the game, the real challenge, while for others the intellectual challenge lays in reading opponents' hands. Successful poker players are gaining their joy from learning how a system works and breaking it. Another reason to play is that ther is no ceiling of achievement. You will always find better players, bigger tournaments, “faster” tables..... Then you will check your skills on upper level. You can start your path to the top from freerolls, next by online poker challanges, and then start to play live tournaments.
Merid Poker Club is good place to start it all. We don’t have 10000 players in each tournament, so you won’t need to have one right strategy – “all in // fold”. It is realy better to learn basic poker strategy with smaller amount of opponents.
