Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

He'll agree that there is a wrong way to play a hand. Folding AA preflop, shoving every time you get 72o, correct? So, if there is a wrong way to play, there's a right ways to play. If everyone played 'perfectly,' the game would be completely luck based. However, as some people may tend to make moves analogous to folding AA/pushing 72 (though not as clearly cut and dry terrible), those that make fewer bad moves will have an edge. Thus, one player could expect to win more money than his opponents at the same table on an infinite timeline.

Try that argument and tell me how it goes.