![]() Before Mike McD broke onto the scene, Hold'em was an underground game, the forbidden door most gamblers were afraid to open. See, everyone thinks they know how to play now. A former Hollywood agent won the whole thing. At the final table, no famous pros were left sitting. Over the next 10 days, almost 9,000 other players were knocked out - some for the right reasons, some for the wrong ones. I played a hand perfectly and somehow lost a $20,000 pot. I found this out the hard way in Vegas, on the heels of my abrupt departure from the Main Event at the WSOP. ![]() You know what poker is really about? Luck. You didn't lose because you were unlucky you lost because you were outplayed. Poker was about an accumulated series of gambling experiences, good and bad, that mold you into a real player. Poker was about shifting gears, changing betting patterns, appearing meek one minute and pouncing like a panther the next. Poker was about reading opponents like a police detective, outplaying and outwitting them, always remaining ahead. If poker was about luck, as Mike says, the same guys wouldn't be sitting at the final table of the World Series every year, right? Poker was about skill and intuition. "People insist on calling it luck," he kept saying sarcastically. Editor's note: This article appears in the August 28 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
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