Lee Davy talks about the power of choice and how an unlikely teacher emerged from his home game to help him figure out how to make better ones.

I called Terry Welsh ‘The Run’ because when he held a straight, that’s what he called it. He also called AK ‘The Big Stick.’ He was the fish in the game who barely knew the rules. But he turned out to be my teacher.

When we got it in I always had the best of it. But the times when Terry would hit his miracle one outer would send me in search of a bare-knuckle boxing champion. I couldn’t handle him, but he always handled me.

I would shout at him for getting it in with the worst of it. I would try and make him look foolish seeking to remind the rest of the table that despite doing my coconuts I was better than him. It was pure ego 101.