Poker Players: a definition essay

Four types of players Poker is more than a simple game. Poker has been around for decades and yet it remains widely popular and played by many. The way I see it there are four types of poker players in the world. The four types are “the tourist”, “the amateur”, “the money hugger”, and “the pro”. The tourist is the person who visits the game less than ten times a year as a sort of …

…you can not win, unlike the money hugger. The pro knows what type of players he is playing against within the first three hands and then starts playing against the players rather than against the deck of cards. The pros actions are deliberate though they show no clear pattern. Watching a poker game with two pros at the table is like watching a heavy weight bout, one mistake and it is probably be a knockout.