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Everyone makes choices based on assessments of risk and reward. I accept that every choice I make is essentially a gamble with my life. How do we learn to make good decisions?

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Entitlement

Words to live by.

You are not entitled to play bad just because they are playing bad. You are not entitled to tilt on the grounds that anyone would tilt after the terrible luck you've had. You are not entitled to play a marginal hand as a reward for folding correctly before the flop many times in a row. You are not entitled to call all the way when you are beat, just because you have a big pair in the hole. And no matter how good you play, or how bad they play, you are not entitled to win. If you have time and money, you are entitled to a seat at the table. That is all.

~ Elements of Poker, by Tommy Angelo, p. 75

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Blogger Dale said...

Absolutely. The discipline, the discipline is what makes the difference, in the end.

6:31 PM  

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