The simple fact about poker is that the best player doesn’t always win. Good players who consistently make good decisions can expect a profit in the long term, but that doesn’t necessarily hold true for any single game or any short term period of play. Great poker players come to understand this and learn to deal with it. Otherwise they are go insane. Come to think of it, I think some of my poker buddies are insane. Maybe I’m on to something here.
Getting back on track now… Isn’t it maddening when other players, usually those brash, foul mouthed, obnoxious a-holes, make all kinds of idiotic plays and they rake in their pots while they talk their trash. All the while you play great starting hands.
Here you sit with AK of spades and here comes the flop 9 2 J of diamonds and there’s heavy action in front of you as the lucky bastards are shoveling chips in the pot as fast as they can. You fold and patiently wait your turn. Sometimes you get your turn of lucky cards and sometimes you don’t.
Here’s the good news. In the long term poor decisions always catches up with bad poker players. Good poker players who make good decisions are likely to be profitable. Hang in there!
