Quote Originally Posted by jackvance
Quote Originally Posted by samsonite2100
I respect where you're coming from, Jack, but I'm definitely of the "I'll play a retarded child for money" school of table selection
Ugh I honestly mean it when I say I wish I was like that. Like today there was a big stack at the table who I "knew" I could outplay (but he kept folding, waiting for the nuts) and taking money from the idiots around was kinda like "meh whatever" b/c I wanted *his* money. I fear that's a major problem (leak) in my game though.

Couple days ago I taught some friends about poker, and they were really enthousiastic about it and immediately wanted to play for money. It totally felt like taking candy from a baby so I simply said no.

I probably need a mentality overhaul on this though.
Playing people better than you is good practice, but the money from this game comes from people who are worse than you. You have to get used to it.