Poker Mania hits town

The latest fad in town seems to be Poker. Though its been around for a few years now, its become more mainstream this diwali season. All the purposeful gamblers that have a PHD in flash (aka teen patti) are now doing Poker to up their intellect further. The fad is so strong that people are willing to gamble away while learning the game as against first learning and then gambling. The logic seems to be if I put my money on the table my brain will grasp the game faster - WTF??

That said, I have to admit the game is interesting! Even I'm somehwat addicted to it, only difference being I have chosen the online world to learn the game for free and figure out the moves. Infact I just spent the last two hours playing away merrily. During this time I played on two tables, lost mostly on the first but raked it in on the second. I wouldnt attribute the raking it in to a sudden burst of luck but the fact I landed on a table where people would just go all in on nothing :) I'm not complaining but just wondering if I were to ever gamble away in real life would I be blessed enough to find a similar table! The answer is NO. But what the heck I'm sure post Diwali my friends will be willing to play at lower stakes so that I can test my intellect as well.