Every poker player,(or people who consider themselves poker players) agree that there are certain aspects of the game they like more than others, and in the same time there are things they absolutely hate about poker. Opponents are of extremely big importance to a poker game. Have the right crowd with the right attitude and playing instantly becomes a pleasure. Money is usually in players who giggle when they find the'd been tricked into filling up the pot for you. That's the correct attitude towards the game. Players who stay silent and frown when they lose, eventually get pissed and frustrated are not the right type of crowd to create a pleasant gaming atmosphere. Now the crowd plays a less important role in case one plays at an online poker room, but then again many players like to keep it real and play in actual brick and mortar poker room exactly because they like the atmosphere there. Other positive, experience-enhancing things lay in the game itself. Short handed games are usually a pleasure to play in, as the pace picks up so does the opportunity to make money. Of couirse this only applies to a good poker player. As it's obvious superior decision-making skills are what give one or the other player an edge in poker. By playing in many shorthanded games one gets to play many pots and thus increase the sheer volume of decisions that need to be made. Provided he/she can make good poker-decisions, it's clear who the advantage will swing to and why. Paising the opponents is another positive thing in poker from everybody's point of view. The person who receives the praise feels emboldened by it, the one handing out a praise makes a friend and in the process also "softens up the ground" a bit for more future profit. Paising someone even when they make mediocre plays is a good way to get them confused and not notice the mistakes they've made despite the fact that they won the hand. This modality of interacting with the opponents is also available in online casinos – through the chat section most casino softwares provide – so one can use it to its full potential even when not sitting face to face with the opponent. Another good thing in poker is tournaments where the tables aren't merged to fill the emptied seats. When the winners of different tables are all going to meet in a final table to battle it out for the big prize. These types of tournaments are beneficial for more reasons than one. This way only the winner is paid and no runner up gets any money. The winner doesn;t have to give up cash for someone he's already thoroughly beaten. Mistaken bets is another excellent way to get a few clues on how the hand will eventually go down. If a person mistakenly puts more chips into the pot than intended to he's likely to do one of the following two things depending on the hand he holds. 1) if he figures the hand he's in posession of is strong enough he'll just leave it as is. No reason for him to get alarmed because he's got the mother of all poker hands, and he'll most probably have all of the pot by the end of the hand 2) if the player who comitted the mistake is fast to try to recover the extra chips he didn't intend to feed to the pot he most likely has a mediocre hand he'd like to play cautiosly. People who – for one reason or another – are a piece of cake to read are also part of what makes poker a joy to play. They might breath heavily and stop when the situation turns critical, they have certain things they do and stop doing them as soon as they're in posession of something hot. So next time you settle at the poker table , make sure you don't give people too many reasons to be happy about it. Getting into the right mood is one thing, going down as the scape goat of the table is another.