If there is one universal truth, it is this: All good things will eventually come to an end.

This seems to doubly apply to poker.

Anyone who has played for awhile can tell you of long barren stretches of ice cold cards, stabbing turns, demolishing rivers and degree all-in moments that - upon their conclusion - have you waving goodbye to everyone at the table as you slump off to some corner to weep like a baby. Jesus, is there anything worse than standing up from a table empty handed?

I realized I have a disaster readiness kit at home. You never know when that asteroid is going to hit. As I was looking at it, I was thinking that it might be a good idea to prepare a similar kit for when an asteroid strikes my poker play as it seems to happen with frightening regularity.

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So you can wreck your home game. And when you hit the local card room, by playing super tight against the degenerates, you can scrape out a buck or two. But what happens when you sit at a table and can’t find the fish?

Do you stubbornly sit there trying to beat the game or will your ego let you admit YOU are the fish that these sharks have been waiting for?

A big, big, HUGE part of poker is game selection. It’s probably the second thing you need to learn after hand selection. So what are some tell-tale signs that you might be in over your head?

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