You're right in that your edge does depend on your opponent, however it's not as big of a deal as one would think. It generally doesn't take more than a few dozen hands to get a pretty good rough idea of how somebody plays, and in a lot of cases you end up having tens of thousands of hands of...
For what it's worth, this is how poker works for a lot of professionals as well. You know you have an edge in the game, you just have to grind it out without putting too much of your bankroll at risk. The guys you see at the poker table who go ballistic on every all-in aren't the pros; it's...
Good to see you making sweeping generalizations about professional poker players with no figures to back yourself up. I've played poker professionally for more than four years, and I do not self-identify as a gambler, nor do I enjoy any form of gambling outside of poker. No blackjack, no...