When poker and chess pro Jennifer Shahade began trying to have children, her experience with failure came in handy
F. Martin Ramin/ The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Sharon RyanI was deeper in the World Series of Poker than I had ever been, playing to crack the top 200 of 6,000. I went all-in with pocket aces, the best possible starting hand. My opponent called, revealing two queens, the third best.
When you play poker long enough, you both know your approximate odds and what they feel like. With two aces, I had a 4 in 5 chance to win. Optimism in my head mixed with dread in my heart. The flop brought the beautiful ace of hearts to the table, along with a 10 of hearts and three of spades. Since one of his queens was hearts, he was still live for a flush. He could also hit a straight. But with three of a kind, I was 95% certain to win the hand. My dread disappeared.
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