http://disqus.com/people/algebraist/enWed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:20 -0000http://empty-pockets.org/whats-your-most-memorable-hand/#comment-701175It's interesting, in that it's unusual, that Dong Khee's most memorable hand was one that he actually won. More commonly, we remember hands that we lost, usually because of the opponent's idiocy.<br><br>I once lost a $700 pot at Galaxy (club in NY -- are they still open?), playing NL1-2, because the other dude was drawing to a flush, when I already had trips on the turn. Your opponent's idiocy, or sheer perversity and lack of respect for money, is something you always have to take into account. Rationality goes out the window -- and you have to factor this in.<br><br>The other thing that we forget is -- while we're busy reading our opponent, she's busy reading us. We make a play, and get called, and get called out, and we fume: how the fuck could you make that call? They made that call because they had a read on us. And this is a mindfuck -- poker is a moving target, and the target shoots back.algebraistWed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:20 -0000