I find it interesting that poker is so often used as a vehicle to deliver life advice in spite of commonly being understood to be a vice. This is why so much poker terminology permeates our language… it’s the fall of the cards… when the chips are down… I’m going all in… Even Voltaire employed the poker/life metaphor in his writing, ‘Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.’ It is a brooding, philosophical game a microcosm of the peaks and troughs of life. For example, if you were to substitute the word poker for life, you would have a quote worthy of an inspirational fridge magnet. The Godfather of Poker, Doyle Brunson, once said, ‘Poker actually isn’t about winning or losing poker is about making the right decision.’ In my opinion, this is a very versatile saying.
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