And finally there are the things we have absolutely zero control over. It s kind of mind-boggling to realize that at most every poker table in the world, some player is on tilt at this very moment, letting the events of hands completed two minutes or three hours or even ten years ago dictate actions now. But players do precisely that, every day, in every game. Losing pots is a part of poker s rich pageant. Losing pots in bizarre, fluky, disappointing, and unlucky ways is the stuff of what makes poker worth playing.
Poker is a fun, incredible, rich game because anything and everything does happen constantly.
Next time you find yourself obsessing over something that you had absolutely zero control over, ask yourself why. Next time you feel like tossing in a raise with J9 because your set of Kings just got beat by a lunatic who thought his idiot-end gutshot draw was worth calling three bets cold, just think about Inspector Clouseau getting his hand stuck in a spittoon. These things happen. It s all just part of life s rich pageant.