Windows 10: brand new laptop lagging really badly! task manager shows CPU constantly at 99%. please...

Just want to say I do have a little bit of back round with computers, I am not completely clueless. Although, I probably would of been able to troubleshoot this issue myself if it was 10 years ago, but I am a bit rusty nowadays. Anyway, I purchased this laptop about a month ago, I had been using a google chromebook before this (I know). Really the only reason I made this purchase is because I needed a laptop that could run windows programs (I am a poker player), so all I really need it to do is run a few programs, I am not trying to play high end games or anything... and browse the internet of course. So let me show you what I am working with here...

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I bought this laptop that came with Windows 10 Home. I was not looking for anything top of the line, just something that could run some basic poker softwares and google chrome that is it. Since I have gotten the laptop I have installed google chrome, and 2 poker softwares, that is it. And it seems for some reason my laptop is having problems really doing anything, like if I try to watch a video on youtube (already asking alot), and play a poker game at the same time, my laptop starts freezing up like I am asking the world from it.

So I went to task manager and just seeing it is basically always at 99% and it is either coming from Google Chrome or my poker software, literally the only things I have downloaded to my laptop. I have looked up a few things and I have tried stopping some "startup" programs and restarting but there were literally only like 3 things to choose from and that didn't help. Like I said 10 year old me would of solved this no problem... but I am pretty lost right now. What should I try to do? ty in advance

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