>>>Some people may not have poker playing friends.

I guess.

>>>Some people may enjoy playing in the atmosphere of a casino, where a professional dealer runs the game and a cocktail waitress brings you drinks instead of passing the deck and running to the fridge to get a beer.

Yeah... it's what me and my buddies do when we are in a casino town and broke. Tells ya how lucrative (and high stakes) the game really is....

>>>Some people don't play poker to have fun.

Ya know.. no matter what you do in life, if it isn't fun.. stop doing it!!