Poker gems, #261

Tommy Angelo, in Elements of Poker, p. 67.


With some games, like chess and tennis, you can't get away with thinking you are good if you suck, and you can't get away with thinking your opponents suck if they are good. There is not enough slack in the perception of reality for delusion to take root. Poker is not like that. We have The Gray Area. Once inside it, we can convince ourselves of anything.