A rebuke to oneself

What does one do when dealt a hand that could have won everything beautifully but ends up with the worst possible draw. Does one go bitter and complain and complain and complain to one's friends about what a shitty draw it was, what a crap player one is to not have optimized the play earlier, that one should never have sat down to play the world is a terrible place what a bad idea etcetera etcetera and just give up. Or should one play with the good hand with the bad draw. The play won't be perfect but it's better sportsmanship that way.

Luck fks us ob the once awhile. It's beyond our abilities, things and events that may look like our responsibility can be attributed dumb luck and random chance a large percentage of the time. The bad thing about bad luck is it's beyond our control. The good thing is it's beyond our control so its easier for a prepared person to move beyond the sad mopey phase to proper execution phase. A player with a good hand can leverage crap draws into an interesting play, if they have the courage to stay in and fight on. The trick is to not give up too early not to fold, one must realise that the game must go in bad cards or not. The game must go on. The cards will keep flowing the one with the hands must optimize what they have. Quitters never win and winners never quit as they say.

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