[ohnonotthat]

If you can't beat the game it must be because the game is rigged.

If you can beat the game but cannot beat it for more than "X" it's obvious that anyone who claims they can beat it for more than "X" is lying about their success(es).

If the "liar" shows you indisputable proof that backs up their claims they are obviously cheating and/or unbelievably lucky.

If you watch them play long enough to see that they are clearly not lucky it's obvious that you are unlucky.



I have finally decided that the only way to deal with the naysayers is to tell them they are "probably right"; I have no skill - well, none to speak of, and neither do any of the 1,000's of people who earn all or most of their income from poker.

It's OK; I don't mind being seen as a "lucky SOB".

The money spends as well as it did when I was doing something more cerebral.