Survival Tip #235

Can’t Change the Cards

If my loyal readership hasn’t caught on I like poker almost as much as the end of the world. I always keep two decks of sealed cards in my go-bag. They are light and great entertainment.

The poker game I’ve played most in my life is Texas Hold’em. This is a progressive game where the field of cards you can use increases with each round of betting until the final card comes out which is called the river card(or sometimes 5th street depending on where you play)

You can think you’ve got the best hand all the way through only to have it entirely spoiled on the river. Often times this type of beat will come out of no where. This is part of the game. You can’t change the way the cards fall anymore than you can stop the Earth from turning. By the time its fully sunk in you’ve been beat the next hand will already be underway. You just have to put the hand behind you and play the next one.