The Cards Speak

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. –Orison Swett Marden Ugh. 3 hours of restless sleep and a 4 AM wakeup to meet the masses at LAX on Monday morning. [...]

“Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.” –Ovid When you start your session off with a Royal Flush, you know it’s going to be a good day. I just didn’t realize how good… but after an hour and a half on [...]

“I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One is free.” –Walker Percy Work and social commitments (ugh) have kept me off of the poker tables for the last couple of days, although I did manage to eek out a couple of [...]

“Losing doesn’t eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.” –Troy Aikman The shame. The humiliation. The second poker blogger tourney took place last night, and I had a blast… for the 10 minutes I survived. That’s right, yours truly busted [...]

“There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.” –Hermann Hesse To play or to write: that is the question. I feel more like a poker [...]