2. Advanced Concepts
A player extracts maximum money from a poker game by using the Advanced Concepts of Poker. Use of those concepts involves—

• opponents who do not fully understand poker
• ownerless pots that separate players from their money⁶
• interactions among a good player, other players, and pots.

By using the Advanced Concepts of Poker, the good player eventually wins all the money that his opponents are willing to lose.

Objective, planned deception is the strategic basis for the Advanced Concepts of Poker. Unlimited deception is accepted and ethical in poker. John Finn makes full use of this unique license and will do anything — except cheat — that brings him an advantage.

The other players in the Monday night game believe they are deceptive. Their deception, however, is generally unimaginative and repetitive … it seldom fools John Finn. He eventually wins all their money.

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^{6 In poker, unattached money in a pot belongs to no one and can be ethically won by any deceptive means, except cheating. But outside of poker, any poker like deception used to take money from an individual (rather than from an ownerless poker pot) would be dishonest or fraudulent.}