Head Rail "That is where it stays"

Been busy the past few days doing the mum thing, work and squeezing poker in where I can.

My passion is poker in case you didn't know that.

I remember like it was yesterday winning my first pot. My adrenaline was pumped and I started to shake. The feeling was awesome and one I will never forget in a hurry. I remember back then I took more risks as I really didn't know much about the game. The more I learnt, the more I could see how much was involved. I spent hours and hours learning everything there was to know.

One important tool I picked up on was poker is a life time journey and even then there will still be stuff to learn. Poker is evolving into one of the most played games around I feel. Even in the past 3 years I have been playing, I have seen tables with maybe one female to the other day I sat for a game and the whole table were woman bar one male.

One thing that frustrates me about this game is ME, myself and I. I am my worst enemy on the felt and I'm sure many players can say the same thing. I put this to the test a couple of weeks ago. I sat down to play and was way too keen to get involved resulting in me being very low stack early and struggled to survive till the break. On returning I sat with 1300 chips, blinds being 100/200. I made a decision in the break that this game was not over unless MYSELF interfered. By allowing the cards to come to me and not chase the win or be too aggressive at the wrong time my stack should start to rebuild. Many people would put it down to luck, but I see it as you have to make your own luck sometimes. To cut a long story short I walked away from my head, leaving me, myself and I on the rail and played poker easily, slowly building my stack, making some luck and finally placing 2nd.

Maybe this is a good way to look at every today life as well. Walk away from my head, deal with situations easily and slowly with thought. Let life's issues not be a race to be answered, but time in the thought process resulting in a win with right decisions made.

As for my cooking venture! I cooked up a storm, garlic focaccia topped with chopped tomato, onion, red n green capsicum, cheese and Italian dressing. So quick to whip up and yummy.

Chat soon

BEE