Poker Perambulation

It happens on occasion to all of us.  It happens because of the pressures of life or blinds and antes.  I can still remember a tournament situation a half-dozen years past where I let the guy on my right steal my blinds until I was a shell. It still smarts.

Of course the other side of the coin shows up with the list of Medal of Honor winners and our fine troops overseas.  They come across as folks like us that are the other side of my sad tale above.  When faced with a choice they can make the right one.  You hear time and again about there only being one choice and not the courage it takes to follow that through.  These are guys who put “Yes, we can.” into action instead of words.

Talk is cheap.  At the poker tables when we see it we often associate it with angle shooting. That doesn't garner respect.  We are able to lie to ourself or our opponent at poker and that only affects us.  But, in the end, we fold or reraise.  We can't just call and call.  Always calling is giving away opportunity.  When you are frozen, there's isn't a decision being made. 

Change
That is an important facet at the table.  It is one of my favorite topics.  You can't keep acting in a certain manner and expect success.  In time your opponents get a read that is deadly.  You change when the table changes or lose all chance of control.  When you think wrongly and keep making bad reads it will haunt you in the end.

What we are seeing is a player squandering the big stack.  He's locked into a plan without answers.  All he is doing is filling the chat box with his complaints.  That is sad!

Here's the article that brought this blog about.  He's being indited by a fellow traveler.

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