Every last one of us has a different kind of pick-me-up. It could be a walk in the park. It could be an outing with the family. It could even be the weekly get-together to play poker with your buddies.
In my opinion, a once a week poker game can really refresh the harrowed employee. Sure, if you play badly, you may end up losing a lot of money. But that is only if you play badly. The smart poker player recognizes the role of luck and only puts forward an amount that he can afford to lose.
Every seasoned poker player is aware of what the odds are even before he starts playing. How much is he willing to risk? That is a question that he must ask himself. Plunging headlong into a poker game with a bunch of professionals without having an action plan is not advisable. That would be treading dangerous ground. It is easy to call poker a game of luck, and nothing else. Yes, luck is a factor in this card game. If you are dealt bad cards, you might lose all hopes of winning the game at the very outset. Then again, a poker champ trains himself to play better than the others even with his bad cards.
Poker is a game of strategy. You have to plan ahead. In that sense it...