Now, lets see... In my last column, I was talking to you about... codes to live by, and the secret that I have kept from Carol for about sixty years. I was saying, "Money is not heavy to carry..."

So when you come home from the poker game, always make sure you still have a large bankroll- It does not matter whether or not you won or lost-never let your wife or significant other guess if you won or lost-always be a winner when you come home!

So just make them happy, give her or him some of your winnings-even if, in fact, you had a losing day. There, that is the secret-CAROL THINKS I NEVER EVER LOSE when I play poker. I do not bring the game home with me!

When I win, I tell her I won one half as much as I did, and when I lose I just tell her I won again, but she does not know that I am talking about last week's winning game-and I tell her I won the other half that I won last week.

Remember Code #1? "Do not ever lie!" So I do not break the code #1-I do not lie-I just delay the truth and make it last over both the winning day and the losing day. I give her a pocket full of money on each day-IF I WIN OR IF I LOSE. She shops and is happy.

Now my brothers and I were in business together and we were all equal in ownership. We were in the construction business and property business, and our business code was... never, ever, tell a client or customers anything except the absolute truth. Then any one of the three of us could talk to anybody and not wonder what the other brother had said.

If President Nixon had followed this rule, he would not have had to resign as president of the United States, and Martha Stewart would not have had to serve a few days fixing up the prison where she spent a vacation.

Carol always says, "Johnny, during the past sixty-odd years that we have been married, you have won every time you have ever played poker! I know that this is true, because you always have a pocket full of money!"

Remember Code #2? "Money is not heavy to carry." So Carol can never ever tell the difference as to whether or not I have won or lost! Remember Code #3? "Always be good to the cook!"

So now you have my secret... Carol thinks I never lose, and that each time I play poker, I win- because she cannot tell the difference in me-I am the same-if I have won or if I have lost.

Did I break rule # 1? Do not ever lie? I do not think so-I play poker by the life time. It is one continuous game-I was broke and lived on a dirt floor during the dust bowl years, and ate food thrown to me from a truck with a shovel! I can never be a loser-I have always won-and I always will.

I may lose a hand, or I may lose one night, but in the lifetime of poker, I am a winner! Carol never sees the valleys-I am always on top when she sees me. If you play poker-with the life time view-I am sure you, too, will never be a loser.

Until next time, remember to Stay Lucky!