Poker is actually a pretty interesting game. The foundations of Game Theory are laid on poker, or let's say Morgenstern and Von Neumann used Poker for their first model for a game. Actually, I should be really into Poker, because it involves some of the most interesting topics in maths, probability theory, game theory and also a bit Markov Chains. It's not just luck or gamble, it's actually pretty scientific. However, to me Poker is just the new Duke Nukem or World of Warcraft. You see, back in the days, when I used to go to my school's computer lab, I saw all those nerdy people playing their ego shooters over LAN and whatever else. They were like, well, how can I say? It was just plain weird and disgusting to watch. They were like zombies. Nowadays, you see those same people grown up playing Poker. It's just nerdy! Nowadays, you see every baker(we use baker in Persian, nothing against bakers) plays Poker, everyone talks about blinds and whatever else, everyone has a Poker round with friends, and you watch these people and you feel back in your old computer lab with the nerds playing their shooters or strategy games.
I believe that for Duke Nukem, you needed to have some type of science too, and World of Warcraft was definetly scientific with strategy and such, but effing hell, Poker is just such a greasy, nerdy, rubbish thing these days, it's just unbelievable.
I personally try to study Poker for my own reasons, to try to apply game theory, but I just can't get over playing once in my life at a table or whatever else. It's just...ugggh..
