A couple of themes have developed, as we watch today's second week of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
1. Overcards beat mid-range pocket pairs in races. For instance, Don Cheadle's A-Q beat J.P. Kelly's 8-8. That happened several times during the first hour.
2. Longer matches are winning praise. Even though Phil Hellmuth gained a quick win over Howard Lederer, Hellmuth said it's a sign of skill in heads-up if you play a longer contest.
Cheadle later mentioned playing with "discipline" in a match. And NBC's Ali Nejad admitted it's good to be "methodical."
The theme in all these statements? Don't rush into something, because you be rushing into trouble.
Proverbs 6:18 warns against having "feet that are quick to rush into evil." And Jesus advised against impulsively following those who think they've found Him in other places: "Men will tell you, 'There he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them" (Luke 17:23).
Unless you're playing heads-up, you can't win a poker tournament in one hand. (Someone tried to do that to us online the other day, and we laughed at it.) It's not a Biblical statement, but it works well here -- good things come to those who wait.
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