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Poker Advice That Changed My Life!

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HammerTime

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Dec 31, 2003, 5:27:01 PM12/31/03
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On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with
a gambler; we were both too tired to sleep. So we took turns a
starin' out the window at the darkness 'Til boredom overtook us, and
he began to speak.

He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces, And
knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes. So if
you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces. For a taste of
your whiskey I'll give you some advice."

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow. Then he
bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light. And the night got deathly
quiet, and his face lost all expression. Said, "If you're gonna play
the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to
walk away and know when to run. You never count your money when you're
sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the
dealin's done.

Now Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin' Is knowin' what
to throw away and knowing what to keep. 'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner
and ev'ry hand's a loser, And the best that you can hope for is to die
in your sleep."

So when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep. And somewhere in the
darkness the gambler, he broke even. But in his final words I found an
ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to
walk away and know when to run. You never count your money when you're
sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the
dealin's done.

Now you can honestly say 2003 was a totally wasted year. Look how you
ended it...reading this!

Happy New Year 2004! Good Luck to all of you at the tables!

Dave L

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Dec 31, 2003, 8:30:38 PM12/31/03
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I'll pull a Georgiev here, and respond with a post made awhile back:

On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,

<Party Poker>
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
<Russ Georgiev, giving another one of his "all-night" clinics>


So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness

<Must have been playing online>


'Til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

<"You play that shit?">

He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,

<Howard Lederer>


And knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.

<Phil Helmuth, he can see your soul>
And if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
<Moneymaker's read on Brenes>


For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."

<Gary Carson>

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.

<Carson, again (that prick)>


Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.

<Sam Farha, (still lookin' for that light)>


And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.

<Moneymaker going all in with nothing>


Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it
right.

<Sklansky preaching to everyone else in poker>

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,

<The second part does not apply to low limit games>


Know when to walk away and know when to run.

<Advice to Russ G., in case his old "Associates" ever find him>


You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.

<Not the greatest advice, but we'll let it slide>


There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

<Unless you run into a few "action flops">

Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'

<Get staked>


Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.

<Make sure they are SOOOTED!>


'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,

<Low limit poker>


And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."

<Beats the wife killing you after finding out where that Mortgage payment
went>

And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
<Back to online play.>


Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.

<And still finished in the money in a Party Poker Sit N Go>


And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.

<Thanks to those great Bonuses!>


But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

<In other words, it wasn't Ax OS>

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,

<Position is important>


Know when to walk away and know when to run.

<Walk away when the fish have left. Run when the Buffet line is low>


You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.

<The software counts it for you>


There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

<Just make sure GCA aint doing the dealing>


Danny Johnson

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Dec 31, 2003, 10:15:30 PM12/31/03
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Johnny Cash versionis the best one.

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c06777

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Jan 1, 2004, 2:08:17 AM1/1/04
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DELIGHTFUL, DAVE....ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL!


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