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I must hold the record for the daftest reason ever to keep playing poker. I'm playing it because I know I'm bad at it.
Consider:
I'm a mathematical moron. I blundered my way through A level Mathematics not understanding any of it (though still getting an A in the end, which shows how screwed up the eductaion system was). It takes a long time for me to understand poker concepts related to mathematics.
I have no eye for detail. It takes a long while for me to figure out how dangerous a board is and see potential straights.
I have bad multitasking skills. I can never do anything else while talking on the phone, and multitabling does not and, I suspect, will never, come naturally to me.
I am ill-disciplined. When I get to the stage where I actually know how I should play, it's hard for me to stick to the rules.
I am not a great risk taker. Betting high does not come naturally to me.
It's a losing proposition from the start! But...
Besides my full time job, I give English tuition on the side. I tell my students that if they stick at English and follow my instructions they will get better. Some time last year I realised that I was a blooming hypocrite. English comes easily to me (resolutely right brained, I think). The work I do in my full time job comes easily to me. But English does not come easily to my students. Some speak Mandarin at home. Others have never read a book in their lives.
What right do I have to tell them to do something difficult when I haven't done something difficult in years? And, in a way, me playing poker is easier than them learning English. They're younger and they have several other subjects to keep up with. I can learn at my own pace.
In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", Atticus says that courage is "when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what."
I'm quite sure I'll never make it past very low low stakes, I'll never be better than most, but if I can just be better than myself...
Foolish, foolish! The very illogic of my actions betrays the unsuitability of my mind for poker! Yet if I was capable of logical actions, I would certainly have the capacity to win at poker. How's that for irony?
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nutshot United States. Feb 01 2008 19:46. Posts 4539 | | | |
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NotSorry United States. Feb 01 2008 19:47. Posts 2603 | | | |
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I think you should stick to your talents and write a novel or somethin |
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