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In the theater of confusion, knowing the location of the exit is what counts. (Mason Cooley)

The hippocamp is a mythical creature, half fish and half horse. Stretch that a little and you get a fish and a donkey. Since this is in part at least a poker blog, riding the hippocamp means coming to terms with the donkeys and the fish, both those without and those within.

Of course the hippocampus (or, pedant alert, hippocampi) is also part of your brain. It's the part that seems to be responsible for you knowing where you are. And that is an important aspect of life and indeed of playing poker.