Sometimes knowing the odds doesn’t matter one bit.
My weekend was a collection of all-ins and all-outs…
Satellite: All in with my AKs vs. 8-8 preflop, no help. Gone. Satellite: All in with my AA vs. 7-7 after flop of 5-6-8, turn brings a 4. Crippled. $1K tourney: All-in with my A-J vs. 3-3 preflop, no help. Gone. Satellite: All in with my J-J vs. K-K preflop, no help. Gone.
$1/$2 NLHE: I bust opponents A-Q with Q-J after flopping 2 pair, then getting money all-in before the turn. I bust opponents A-K with J-8 suited after missing my obvious flush, but rivering trip 8’s and pushing all-in like I missed the flush. Oscar winning performance. I push out A-K with my 8-7 suited after raising big after his turn bet, on a board of 4-5-7 - 3. He showed and folded AK & 4 to a flush.
$3/$6 LHE: Lost a full $100 buy-in, including a nice pot to my wife.
Wheel-of-Fortune Slot Machine: Wheel-Wheel-Double pays $750 on a 75cent bet. If it came Wheel-Wheel-Wheel, I’d win $382K.
Craps was a push, 3-card poker netted a small loss, blackjack was a push.
Random thoughts from a lawyer, an accountant, a commodities trader, an ex-Marine and a WSOP Main Event money finisher that don't know as much as they wish they did...