The Game of Poker can bare the soul and inner ego of many people. Poker shows the visceral side of a number of players. It also grinds and grins at the vicissitudes of life.


People react to it and become part of the Game of Poker for various reasons. Not all of those reasons side with the better part of human nature - at least for some people. I have personally witnessed the self-destructive and abusive behavior that inflicts some people that play this game. It is an ugly side to poker that most people do not wish to even talk about.


We all know that the Game of Poker as many benefits and rewards and challenges and can make people better human beings. It is just not a given that it is true in all cases.


-Zeno