A Little Bit of Luck
A Little Fun with a Little Bit on Luck or Conquest and Domination
Mate, I’ll have an additional 37 grams of luck today if you don’t mind? No wait, better if I take that in milliliters if it is all the same to you gov’ner? Blimey me, when it comes to ordering up a little bit of luck, I’ve got no idea the measure of a little bit. Come to think of it, asking you mate, makes no sense a’tall. Better off that I should Google up a little bit of luck. You can find anything you need on the Internet. A Little Bit on Luck
It was the middle of June and the World Series of Poker, held annually in Las Vegas, was in full swing. I was knocked out of the Sahara’s 11 PM poker tournament after paying down to the last three tables. I moved on to play in a cash game. A new game was opening and two pro players, apparently slumming it, joined the nickel no limit game. It turned out that the two pros were intent on bullying their way to riches.
If you are at all familiar with poker terminology, you probably know that information about another player can be perceived from their demeanor at the table, better known as a player’s tell. With a pathetic attempt of showing off, the pro sitting across from me, passed his WSOP card to another player. He made it obvious to the rest of the players that he was a pro poker player by showing the coveted card to only one guy. As it turned out, the other player was a card carrying member as well. It was weird, as the game came to a halt to allow for the arrogant display of the two pros gloating their self-importance. If it had been a home game, I would have remarked to the dealer, “Come on Jack, deal the cards. We came to play poker, not ogle these mugs.”
So, I am sitting in the big blind with 2/Q. Two callers and no one raised. I checked to see the flop. The flop came 2,Q,2. I made a four unit raise. There was one caller, the pro sitting across from me, the other player folded. The turn card was a 7. I bet out and the pro quickly called. The river card was an ace. I paused a second, grimaced, and checked the bet. The pro pretended to need a second look at his cards, asked me how much I had in front me, (about 200 and he had to ask?) with a smirk, he said, “I put you all in.” He would have to of had pocket aces or queens to beat me. I called the all in. I rolled the full house. The pro angrily threw his cards into the muck muttering something about dumb luck and a stupid blind squirrel.
Just dumb luck indeed! First of all, the pro disclosed a weakness, his ego, exposed by his feelings of self-importance earlier. There was no way my hand could have ever been behind unless I was facing pocket queens. Pro or not, five dollar game or five hundred dollar game, it would have been a dumb play to give up the lead pre-flop with pocket queens. With the ace on board at the river, it was too late to bully the hand. Everyone in the game was savvy to his ploy. He had over played weak hands from the start. Assuming that his act with the WSOP calling card had instilled credibility, turned out to be his Waterloo.
Winning the hand had nothing to with luck. Setting the trap is what it’s all about. I hit the hand and that was that. Playing poker takes patience. Sometimes it pays off in the game, and sometimes all you do is wait. I played the hand well and lured the pro all the way into the river. Checking at the river was a risk, but only a risk of not winning more. My check was betting he’d fall for my bluff of weakness and at least bet at the pot and I’d re-raise his ego and see how far I could get him to go. He easily fell into the trap with the lame act of asking how much I had left and putting me all in. Ego hates being out smarted. Playing out of control emotionally, is the number one reason to leave ego out of the game. I recognized the weakness, all I had to do was wait for the right condition, and it was delivered.
I was not lucky and luck had nothing to do with my heighten awareness of the energy of the hand. I perceived the whisper at the flop. (bingo hand) I perceived the familiar feeling of winning energy that I had come to know with years of gaming. Poker is a waiting game, laying traps, and pulling the trigger. Without a show of power pre-flop, my little full house had to be the best hand. If there was any luck involved, it landed in the pro’s lap as dumb luck. Playing his ego may have proven successful against average card players. Assuming convincing superiority with his WSOP act provided him with a learning experience.
True, in poker you can certainly out play another player, but in the end, at the show down, the player can never be better than the cards. His bluffing and losing at the showdown did not make me the winner simply by being lucky. Luck is the excuse given to a winner’s commitment. I didn’t win by being lucky. I won with commitment and a skill for playing my hand. But most importantly, I had an advantage with my perception of a player’s energy, which I had come to know well during the game.
Metaphysically, it is a better to have confidence and take ownership in ability and skill, than to hand off your power to a whimsical chance of catching it lucky. Confidence comes with consistency and commitment to your intended goal. It resides in a belief of right time, right place, and right action. Surrendering to a belief of luck, dictates that fate is hinged to chance. It reminds me of the cliché; I’d rather be lucky than good. Really? As I introduced at the opening, how does one order up some luck? Does consistent winning simply mean just being lucky? Are you lucky enough to be that lucky? I’ll bet that Tom Brady and the New England Patriots would take offence if their consistent winning was labeled as just lucky.
Okay, I’m going to try to get out of this now, if I’m lucky. (Pun intended.) Back to the opening about conjuring up luck. Luck does not reside in some place any more than it resides with someone. Luck is not a commodity to be accessed like a bottle of aspirin for a headache. We just cannot go out and get some luck.
The definition of luck: Luck is the explanation given to circumstances that cannot be explained logically, or in a tangible manner to be understood in a way that makes sense because it cannot be duplicated.
My definition of energy: That which is called luck, is really an expression of metaphysical energy. Energy, also cannot be easily explained logically in a tangible manner that makes sense. That is, unless you allow yourself to practice applied metaphysics and experience a sensitivity of perception that taps into another dimension holding information of the near future.
Perception of information from an unseen dimension is not so complicated. It is a skill to develop with practice. Mostly however, it requires a paradigm shift. Let go of the need to understand circumstances that cannot be logically explained. Never the less, they can be experienced and confirmed in real time as they manifest in this reality. “I knew that was going to happen.” It was perceived, it was felt, and it manifested confirming the events perception in reality. Like taking a pain reliever for a headache, I cannot logically explain how it works. I don’t care how it works. I believe in the pill. Taking the pill takes the pain away.
Make your energy big and you spin out of the ordinary and mundane ways of everyday life. You will ride closer to the edge of the etheric dimension, which in turn, puts you closer to the near future. By doing so, you are more likely to perceive events that are just about to happen. Again, energy attracts like energy which aligns to natural forces. It harmonizes and resonates in a perceivable and identifiable feeling. When you create a winner’s energy, you create an energy of “can do, kick ass”. A winner’s energy settles for nothing less than your best. Yes, you are correct if you just thought that this means a spiritual experience. Why not?
The neat thing is that you can draw these kinds of experiences into your daily life with not much effort. It requires a shift in thought form and a shift in daily practice. Of course, your intentions are invisible, so your winning ways will confound others having a lesser energy. Thus, because your bigger energy cannot be seen or explained, your winning ways will be misunderstood simply as being lucky instead of what it is, self-empowerment.
The warrior sage lives a life dedicated to intention, discipline, and skill. It is not a life laid open to the chance of random events and hoping for the grace of luck or magic for that matter.
You can have whatever you want, except for one thing, you have to want it!
Copyright ©2015 Michael Vernon