The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play.
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical.
Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.
Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.