Los Angeles-There's No Limit Like No-Limit
Los Angry Cars · Mexico · Paris · No-Limit Poker
TrialsThe Sex of Poker
First, you do it for love. Next, for others. Finally, for the money.
The Progression
Love, Performance, Money
First, you do it for love. Next, for others. Finally, for the money.
With props to DJ Khaled and “All I Do Is Win”, the table became a place where desire, identity, and money all sat in the same hand.
Hello. I’m all in.
The game begins as fascination.
The game becomes performance and identity.
The game starts keeping score in dollars.
The Bankroll Question
Better Off Than $5,000 Ago?
Am I better off than I was $5,000 ago? The answer is a resounding yes.
The answer was not necessarily visible in the bankroll. It was visible in the experience, the nerve, the story, and the growing ability to separate risk from regret.
The No-Limit Equation
Risk + Attention + Repetition = Poker IntelligenceLos Angry Cars
Vacation Between Hands
I was in the City of Los Angry Cars—L.A.—to begin a two-week vacation.
First up was Mexico. Then Paris, France.
The poker table was never the only destination. It was one threshold in a larger route.