Well, guess what? None of them provided sufficient enthusiasm to continue. This is when the real panic in September was back on the drawing board, thinking about new business ideas and develop long lists of pros and cons of each. Over the coming months, I took my wife, family, friends and I crazy with dozens of career / business ideas. In the end, I was closer to making a decision. Now I knew first hand what everyone was going and was doing exactly the same, just spinning wheels.

The words came screaming through a song I heard by Colin Hay, entitled “Waiting for my real life to begin.” I was sitting at my desk looking at one of my latest lists of career, playing music in the background. Repeated a verse that describes how I felt at that moment, “Do not you understand, I have a plan, I’m waiting for my real life to begin.” Then I realized that I was not being productive, but it confuses me to be busy, two completely different things. What was missing in my life was accountability. When put in a situation where all decisions are yours, it’s easy to change your mind. Who will call you on it? You can rationalize until the end of the earth, why he did or did not do something. Fortunately, at that time I was hunting career, bookstores were flooded with new titles that deal with this problem exactly. I found a book by Po Bronson, entitled “What should I do with my life.” While reading the book will not provide an immediate solution, it does point me to a website with other people in my situation. Educate yourself even more with thoughts from Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Note that the board was dry, so it was not possible to put in any project. This rival, also was not the kind of float with anything, especially out of position. The turn card was an ace on the fourth suit. My rival went again. Almost sure to have the worst hand here sometimes bet to represent the ace has made continuation bet the flop but failing that in turn is connected. However, my opponent was a good player, and was aware that he could use as bluffing.

Moreover, he knew that if really probably would take the ace on the turn to control the pot to be paid my bet on the flop in the folded board. (Source: Philippe Heilberg). Could always call then make a bet on the river or bet if I go on the river. Therefore, I did not think he could throw the hand with a bet, so just shut in step. The letter on the river would seem at first glance a horrible letter. It was another ace. This completely invalidated my hand, and now he was indeed playing with the board. At this point, my opponent bet $ 700 into a pot of $ 900. This is where the reconstruction of the hand is so important (and actually made me win the hand).

I tried to put my opponent on a hand that could have played this way. I could not really have a lady here. If I had a lady, you know that there would be no worse hands to pay a lady and there will be no better hands to be withdrawn – as the river and would undoubtedly pay or retire if bet.