Why I like poker I like poker because it is a metaphor of life. As well as a founding of a company, success depends of a subtile association of mathematics, psychology and luck ! Firstly, you always have to wonder if any move has more chance to be winning than losing. If you are able to guess your opponent’s hand, you have to calculate the probability to win at the end of the round. Secondly, whatever your emotions, you must be rational and lucid. You could have a very strong hand, but if all the signs seem to show you that your opponent has a stronger one, you have to fold, even though it could be a very hard decision. Sometimes that is the contrary, you could have very poor hand but you feel your opponent uncomfortable, you could have better chances if you attack him. You also have to dose your bets amounts. You have to bet sufficiently high if you want to push your opponent to fold. You don't have to bet too much if you just want to make the prize pool fatten because your hand is very strong. Thirdly, you have to accept stroke of bad luck. You could take the right decision but you are unlucky when cards come on the board. Just as in the real life, you could have a consistent plan, but an alea like a disease, a road accident, a flight cancellation or any other element beyond your control could compromise your success. You don't have to re-evaluate your strategy when your failure was caused by external parameters. For all these reasons, I think that poker is an excellent university of life.