"...They did what all wise rulers must: cope not only with present troubles but also with ones likely to arise in future, and assiduously forestall them. When trouble is sensed well in advance it can easily be remedied; if you wait for it to show itself any medicine will be too late because the disease will have become incurable. As the doctors say of a wasting disease; after a time, unless it has been diagnosed and treated at the outset, it becomes easy to diagnose but difficult to cure. So it is in poker. Poker leaks can be quickly healed if they are seen well in advance (and only a prudent player has such foresight); when, for the lack of a diagnosis, they are allowed to grow in such a way that everyone can recognise them, remedies are too late."
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For a long time now, I have been wondering whether I was capable playing poker professionally. I think it's something that virtually every semi-serious poker player contemplates at some point... So I decided to give it a go. So... Am I capable? --- The following tale I think answers that question with a resounding "No".
It's so hard to resist the urge to make my first blog an all out, entertainment filled, action packed, adrenaline fest... but I know that what's really needed here is some kind of introduction. So I guess that's what I'll do...
