I like Monopoly article better than this one on Poker, but probably b/c I like Monopoly and can relate to it better.
Keep the clever analogies coming, they are helpful to me.
Poker is to entrepreneurial training as swim class is to diving.
Another poker analogy is a four - flusher; someone who is all talk and no substance. There certainly are lots of wantrepreneurs who fall into that category.
Reminds me of my college days of playing cards at business school - I was usually the "sucker" at the table
If you can't spot the sucker at the table in the first 10 minutes, you are the sucker.