06-19-2002, 12:07 AM
The clock is ticking and the cards are in the air, how long will it take to get a playable hand. Sometime between here and there is the correct answer. So what should you do in between now and then. Read poker rags is one answer, but watching your opponents is probably a better choice. It will show you from which direction, you will get your next bad beat story. Knowing who will administer the fatal blow to your group one hand, may help to ease the pain, but I doubt it.
Where does our mind go when we are not in the hand? Some say they are watching the action trying to pick up a tell from here or there. But, is that the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I think not, for in all the thousands hours of watching the action, I personally have found only one kind of tell that is universal. I always know, who just got a bad beat. They wear their bad beat tells with such bravado it can't be missed. There's the ninety mile per hour throwing of cards at the dealer tell. How about the, &^&%^ to the winner tell, better know as spiting into the wind. How about the ripping up of the cards tell. Sometimes you miss the actual tearing of the cards, but the player being ejected from the casino is usually seen and heard by all. The shaking of the head, back and forth tell, better known as River Hysteria.
Change of subject, how about those huge pots that everyone wants to win. However, the worst starting hand always seems to rake in the chips. Is that fair? Of course not! It's called the luck of the draw. You don't need to draw a picture of what the losers are thinking when it happens. Welcome to the land of poker where good and bad have no meaning and luck is the secret equation to happiness. You've heard it before, "I'd rather be lucky than smart." No worries there, the guys saying that aren't lucky or smart just green with envy. Winning isn't everything unless you play poker. But, when you think about it, a little harder, winning can't be everything, because somebody always loses.
Well just more random thoughts, I hope ratso didn't click into this post. He might get to learn (NT) all over again.
SPM,...play long and prosper...
Where does our mind go when we are not in the hand? Some say they are watching the action trying to pick up a tell from here or there. But, is that the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I think not, for in all the thousands hours of watching the action, I personally have found only one kind of tell that is universal. I always know, who just got a bad beat. They wear their bad beat tells with such bravado it can't be missed. There's the ninety mile per hour throwing of cards at the dealer tell. How about the, &^&%^ to the winner tell, better know as spiting into the wind. How about the ripping up of the cards tell. Sometimes you miss the actual tearing of the cards, but the player being ejected from the casino is usually seen and heard by all. The shaking of the head, back and forth tell, better known as River Hysteria.
Change of subject, how about those huge pots that everyone wants to win. However, the worst starting hand always seems to rake in the chips. Is that fair? Of course not! It's called the luck of the draw. You don't need to draw a picture of what the losers are thinking when it happens. Welcome to the land of poker where good and bad have no meaning and luck is the secret equation to happiness. You've heard it before, "I'd rather be lucky than smart." No worries there, the guys saying that aren't lucky or smart just green with envy. Winning isn't everything unless you play poker. But, when you think about it, a little harder, winning can't be everything, because somebody always loses.
Well just more random thoughts, I hope ratso didn't click into this post. He might get to learn (NT) all over again.
SPM,...play long and prosper...