[Scorpion Man]

Ahhhh. Hard to know where to start. In terms of generally advising pro poker players how much they need to live on....ummmm....I never did and I am not...I don't know how much it takes, I don't play poker for a living. All I said was that you don't need to keep all your money in cash....just enough so that the normal variance of being an investor leaves you with a BR you are comfortable with.

In terms of the other stuff, it's fairly insulting and worth a good laugh...but I am happy to play dueling resumes, tax returns, and bank statements with anyone on this board...happy to bet the "respected" poster I am worth at least 10 and probably 50 times what he is worth (i have no idea who he is so its kinda hard to be specific) and put cash on it and use the moderator of this forum as escrow. Falang, since you were so kind to do some good research, how about we start with me putting up $20k vs your $1k for 20 to 1 that I am exactly who I say I am. I am very happy to give your confident friend 100 to 1 since he is so busy. You name the escrow person on this board, and we are good, ok?

I am dead freaking serious. Money is available in cash, no need to delay. Let's move right ahead...who would you like to choose as the moderator? I will pay the moderator 20% of my gain for his trouble.

The other stuff I would say is tempting but too obnoxious so I will restrain myself.

In fact, it might be entertaining and fun to start a market around this. We can line up sides (kinda like they do in prison fights) as to my net worth, etc. People lay odds, and I will reveal to third party as I discussed. Hell, this could be fun.

thanks for the input. cheers, folks.