[Zeno]

4.5 Ray - no one is perfect and you still can't write like P.G. Wodehouse so you have some uphill work to do. I'll start backward, as is my want. The best poker concept or advice (or conclusion to the article) was slipped into the last paragraph:

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Today, a few bald eagles are feasting on a deer carcass in the river below. They’re getting chased around by the ravens who think because they maneuver better in flight that they are the rightful owners.

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Anyone who has extensive experience at a live poker table can relate. And your blah hands seem to fit into the above sentence. By the way, are you taking poker lessons from Tommy Angelo?


Folding the AQ - Observation is key, ten-handed under the gun and at least some of the players can't wait to look at their hands, too energized, and then give away information. I guess you are getting old and slow Mr. Zee and have trouble, fumbling about with your cards, or perhaps do not even know that they have arrived yet, and you stare around at the other players because your memory is fading also and you need to refresh your mind on who you are playing against. Old guys at a poker table are such a pain – don’t they know that Poker is a Young Man’s Game?


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I don’t remember because I don’t like playing out of position against players I have trouble with. Things go wrong in those spots.


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Spots, Mr. Zee, belong on dogs or cats. Things go wrong in those circumstances (or situations) is a better way to phrase that sentence.

You owe me $500. You can pay me the next time I see you.

Hope all is well and you have a lot of snow to shovel.

Respectfully as always,

-Zeno