Play for money or honour?

Ten years ago, my poker club played mostly for the money. The result was that some players left the game with a loss of up to $100, and others won the same amount. This created a lot of tension in the group, and some of the members were thinking about quitting the poker club.

Then we made an important decision. We decided that we no longer would play just for money but in-stead for the honour in winning. This doesn’t mean that we no longer play for money. You can’t play poker with funny-money – it just isn’t real poker. But now we pay $20 for chips when starting the game and the winner takes it all – both the money and the glory.