Dumb people believe in downswings

[Sorcery11]

I read this book called The Alchemist. In it, an Arabic phrase "Maktub" is used repeatedly. Maktub means "It is written." Every time I am all-in I am reminded of this phrase.

The fate of the current hand is already determined, and whatever happens is supposed to happen so why should you worry? I really do believe in this, and as a result I have almost no anxiety whatsoever over the outcomes of all-in encounters.

[givememyleg]

I read this book called The Alchemist. In it, an Arabic phrase "Maktub" is used repeatedly. Maktub means "It is written." Every time I am all-in I am reminded of this phrase.

The fate of the current hand is already determined, and whatever happens is supposed to happen so why should you worry? I really do believe in this, and as a result I have almost no anxiety whatsoever over the outcomes of all-in encounters.

Never read the book you mentioned, but... A+! You might be the smartest person ever with 3 posts. Keep on posting, playa!

[Openside]

The fate of the current hand is already determined, and whatever happens is supposed to happen so why should you worry? I really do believe in this, and as a result I have almost no anxiety whatsoever over the outcomes of all-in encounters.

Never read the book you mentioned, but... A+! You might be the smartest person ever with 3 posts. Keep on posting, playa!

Lol i hope your reply was a level. Fate/predestination is a crutch for the weak. Its tantamount to the fish at the tables crying that online poker is rigged.

[Smith]

I follow the Asha'rite school of thought, and it "is" only, because Allah wishes it so.

[givememyleg]

Lol i hope your reply was a level. Fate/predestination is a crutch for the weak. Its tantamount to the fish at the tables crying that online poker is rigged.

you can't argue with allah. game over, man.

edit - i also took it as "when you get your money in the cards are set so don't fret" kind of a thing.

[Smith]

you can't argue with allah. game over, man.

edit - i also took it as "when you get your money in the cards are set so don't fret" kind of a thing.

(not religious)
Basically, I've seen people practically kill themselves over worrying. Worrying can actually cause disease and bad health affects. Let the world flow around you!

That reminds me YouTube - Wu Tang Clan "C.R.E.A.M."

[supa]

Lol i hope your reply was a level. Fate/predestination is a crutch for the weak. Its tantamount to the fish at the tables crying that online poker is rigged.

I don't think you could be more wrong about this. Everything is pre determined in poker. The odds are predetermined (AA is gonna win x% verses a certain number of players over time) as are the cards once they've been shuffled. We may not know the order of the cards in the deck, but they're still in a predetermined order before they're dealt.

*Didn't read the link so f' me if this is off base.

[daviddem]

I don't think you could be more wrong about this. Everything is pre determined in poker. The odds are predetermined (AA is gonna win x% verses a certain number of players over time) as are the cards once they've been shuffled. We may not know the order of the cards in the deck, but they're still in a predetermined order before they're dealt.

*Didn't read the link so f' me if this is off base.

Quantum physicists would say otherwise. Not about poker, but about the world in general. Schroedinger's cat anyone?

Then in online poker I suspect that the deck is not in a predetermined order. The next card is decided at the time it is dealt by random number generators. If it was dealt 1/100th of a second later (or otherwise differently affected by any of the other random factors that the random number generator is using), it would be a different card.

I read this book called The Alchemist. In it, an Arabic phrase "Maktub" is used repeatedly. Maktub means "It is written." Every time I am all-in I am reminded of this phrase.

The fate of the current hand is already determined, and whatever happens is supposed to happen so why should you worry? I really do believe in this, and as a result I have almost no anxiety whatsoever over the outcomes of all-in encounters.

As I said above, in online poker, the outcome of the hand is probably not determined before the RNG decides what the last card will be. The reason that you shouldn't worry about it is not whether it is predetermined or not. It is that there is nothing you can do to influence the outcome.

[PlayToWin]

Everything is pre determined in poker....as are the cards once they've been shuffled. We may not know the order of the cards in the deck, but they're still in a predetermined order before they're dealt.

The cards are dealt randomly, so the order cannot be predetermined.
Predetermined - 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance.