johnny mac and poker

johnny mac has taken over the lead in the republican party race which is, i think, good news. why? well because the others in the repub race are just too scary to contemplate as president and at least with j.m. i feel we would have a man with at least a smidgen of common sense and some empathy for the common man which is more than i can say for the rest especially mike, mitt and rudy. (except to his hard core law and order fans, it is obvious that freddy just really doesn't want the job, all he is doing is upping his speaking fees)

i was in a poker game last night that was filled with drunk idiots and morons and they beat me to death. one good player walked with over a thousand dollars in profit in less than 3 hours while i, fool that i am, could not catch a card or when i did it was second best or, even worse, i would enter the hand with far and away the best, aces in one case and queens in another, and get beat on the river, a flush against the aces and k-7 off suit beat my queens on the river. mumble mumble, grumble grumble. but you know what? i just said, "nice hand, sir" and did not go on tilt in any way. took my beating like a man and will head back out this morning.

in the movie "ROUNDERS" the main character says, "most people can't handle the swings" when he is talking about no limit hold-em and to tell the truth it took quite a while before i could. no limit will test your attitude and your real belief in yourself. there will be times when it seems that the poker gods have deserted you and that you are doomed to a future of second bests. other times you will feel you are the best player on the planet. these two extremes come from the cards, first when they are running bad and second when they are running good. as i have said before, when they are bad minimize your losses and when good, maximize! but always play your best game every game, every hand.