the more i play poker, the more i understand how deep of a game it is. i haven't matched a game yet that is as intense, as unpredictable, and requires as much skills as poker. the level that you have to read your opponents, the guts you gotta have to stick out against odds, the way you have to calculate both your outs (e.g. probability of getting the card that lets you win) as well as the pot odds (the raise vs. the total pot, compare it against your cards)...

then again, you can always throw out all these rules and play as the big bluffer.

amazing.

no limit texas hold 'em ... best game in the world.

(i played poker last night and won some, can you tell?)