I play cash games at a local poker room but I also enjoy poker tournaments, which require everyone to buy in for a set amount of money (often in the hundreds of dollars) and then play until only a few players remain, each of whom receives a payout from the prize pool.
But for a variety of reasons, I’ve recently decided to really try to make a go of getting good at this thing. I found the sheer amount of skill and memorization required to be daunting.
I’ve always loved playing poker but I’ve never been particularly good at it. If you’ve been supporting me and my work on my Patreon page, you may be aware that I’ve recently started taking poker playing seriously (specifically: Texas Hold’em).