Originally posted by nitaidean
It's a statistical game! Get with the program! Poker has a lot of luck, in the short term, and short term can mean quite a lot. Either you can deal with that, or you can't - in which case, go learn medicine and be a doctorNot much variance there!
"There is an 80% chance of you surviving the operation. Don't worry, the last 3 patients I recommended this operation to died. You might live for a few months without the op, but you wouldn't know if the op would have been a success." (Variance in medicine) 