Many otherwise great players win less money because of their egos. This goes back to the John Stewart quote. If you go to a concert to have fun, sing. If you go to look cool, then look cool but understand you are passing up on some fun. If somebody plays for ego, or because they got thrown out of the house for the night, fine by me.
People can do what they want with their poker lives and money.
Put your ego in a shoebox somewhere. It s no help. It can only distract you or hurt you. You can only win so much stuff at a poker table, and you can t spend ego. Time spent accumulating ego strokes should have been spent accumulating spendable chips.