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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
January 2007
Getting it in Good
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bad beats will and are supposed to happen 20–25% of the time. In fact, if bad beats aren’t happening 20–25% of the time, well, then they should be complaining that bad beats are getting bad beats.
is idea that you cannot be dependent upon the results for your happiness is probably something that I have adapted from working in the lm business. You put your heart and soul on the page and send it out to
500 people and pretty much everyone has a reason to say,“No, we can’t make this.” You learn to take pride in what you do in the process itself, not in the result.
If you got your KK in against AA or your middle against top set or your nut ush draw against top set, then don’t beat yourself up. Everyone else makes the same mistake and you are going to get lucky sometimes.
If you get your AK in against AQ or your KK against AK or your top set against the nut ush draw and get outdrawn, then take solace in the fact that you got it in good.
I know this time of the year people often think back on the previous year with some regret. If things didn’t
go exactly the way you wanted them to, then just like in poker, look at your hand history to see if you made any mistakes. If you didn’t, then continue to do the best we humans can do: Get it in good and let the results be up to the poker gods.
Jim is a lmmaker, writer and poker player. His movie Hard Scrambled, starring That 70’s Show Kurtwood Smith, will be out on DVD next month. Don’t blow all your holiday bonus at the tables, so you can help to build Jim’s bankroll by buying a DVD in February. And, oh yeah, Happy New Year!