Playing Online Against the Masters
When I was a kid, I learned how to play Texas holdem poker from my brother. We used to bet candy in place of money and my brother would always win because he was better at the game. Now that I’m older, I do more playing online than with my brother in person because we don’t have enough time to do it in real life. Our schedules can be pretty busy, and they don’t always sync up with each other. Online, I can play against pretty much anyone, including my brother when he gets some free time.
Playing against other people online has given me a bit of an edge against my brother. Because he was the one who taught me the game, he was able to stay one step ahead of me. The online players helped me closed the gap between us, because they were more skilled than him, so I was able to level up by going through the ranks. The players have a lot of strategy and skill that they use to get the win over their opponents, and anyone could just watch one game against one of the online players to know just how serious they are about the game of poker.
When I do have the chance to play my brother in a game of poker online, I sometimes get a win against him. Just as I’ve been learning while playing online, he also has been, so he’s picked up some new tricks along the way, but I can still go toe to toe with him and occasionally come out on top. We’ll probably be playing the game of poker until we’re both old and gray with our grandchildren running around. I don’t mind, because I’ll keep on going until the day when I can beat my brother perfectly in every game that we play.