Flameout in life and in Poker (VERY LONG)

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The jig is up. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[CourtesyFlush]

This could be a very good gimmick account. He starts a story that everyone is interested in, and never finishes it. ie everyone is "Waiting for Godot".

[KeysrSoze]

10 to 1 he tilted off his chips in the WSOP, lost all his blackjack winnings plus whatever was left in his bank account, his fiance left him and he was fired by his boss. But then he sees a beautiful sunrise and makes a sappy monologue about how life is grand and everything will be ok. Cue majestic orchestra music and run end credits.

[chadplusplus]

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Bring on the Asian Triplets! w00t! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Finally, some solid advice in this thread.

BTW, I've graduated from law school and I can't spell either. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

[somapopper]

You haven't completed your story yet, but I do hope you're considering joining/ already in GA.

2 other things:

1. email all the major online sites and tell them you have a gambling problem and would like your account permanently closed. I'm sure you're beginning to understand that there's not anyway gambling can play any part in your life.

2. I hope you aren't in dire financial straights at the end of this story, because it sounds like many of your problems stem from a lack of meaningful work. I can tell from your systematic rebuttals of the flames that you really are an ideal lawyer. Private practice may not be for you, but a non-profit/ public sector job would probably give you a lot more satisfaction and independence in a lot fewer hours. It's true that you will never make as much in these positions, but it certainly sounds like you need something in your life where you feel like you make a difference.

[El Diablo]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been using the "let it ride until you hit table max" blackjack system for the last couple of weeks and have made more money in the last two weeks at blackjack than I have in the last couple of years at poker. I think it is not 100% foolproof because of splits and double-downs, but it's pretty close. I think in the past I was busting out a lot in the middle of streaks when I would hit 13 and catch a ten. Now that I don't do that and let the dealer bust out instead, things have definitely been much, much, more successful. Any other tips you have to help optimize the system would be very much appreciated.

[Jovial]

Godot, you're really something. You're definitely a unique case that don't really need to compete with anybody, because as minimum you would be as good as your challenger, if you take up the challenge (life is still pretty short).

You're in the right track. Stay honest about everything. Have you ever tried competing as being the kindest and most understanding being in the existance? Let's see if you get your knives pulled off from your back and stand up to that challenge.

Still you brag so much that I'm afraid that you have no good reason to live at the moment. You're great, but you lack in style. You're throwing paint straight from the cans towars one big wall sized painting.

This is my view of you after reading all the posts.

Good luck in your life.

[anabolicaces]

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This could be a very good gimmick account. He starts a story that everyone is interested in, and never finishes it. ie everyone is "Waiting for Godot".

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I think you hit the nail on the head.

[CountDuckula]

Since the thread has been at least partly hijacked....

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If you truly seek Him with all your heart He will reveal Himself to you.

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I realize I'm late to the party, but this is one of my pet peeves about religion pushers. If someone seeks, but doesn't find, then they didn't truly seek; IOW, "I have The Truth(tm), and if you don't believe me, it's all your fault"! I don't know what this God person of yours expects, but I was a faithful, believing Mormon for a long while, and when I finally saw through that, I was devastated and lost. I spent the next couple of years searching and studying different religions, and trying to find God, literally begging Him to point me in the right direction. Eventually, I came to realize that all religions sell basically the same product in different packaging, and they all offer equally "good" evidence in their favor: none whatsoever. You tell me why you don't believe in Allah or Zeus, and then maybe you'll have a chance of figuring out why I don't believe in your God. Or maybe not.

Basically, I have to believe that the Bible is telling the truth, therefore God exists; since God exists and He inspired the Bible, therefore the Bible is telling the truth. Substitute the Q'uran and Allah in the above, and you get equally good "logic", and equally good reason to accept Islam instead of Christianity.

Which God someone finds greatly depends on which God those "helping" the seeker follow.


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There flame on I'm getting pretty good at defending my faith both scientificaly, and theologically. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Scientifically: Maybe to your own satisfaction. Certainly not objectively; if there were solid objective proof of your beliefs, everyone would believe them. It's called "faith" because there is no proof. "Faith is the evidence of things unseen." IOW, if you believe it, that's all the evidence you need. Is there any other position for which you would consider that sufficient evidence?

Theologically: That's your department, and irrelevant.

-Mike

P.S. -- Loved the "vulture" response; it's absolutely spot-on. Any time a religion pusher sees someone in a vulnerable state, it's time to leap into action and take advantage before a competitor beats him to it.

[Subfallen]

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So I have a roll big enough for Pstars 100-200 game, but still underbankrolled according to most poker authors. Surprisingly, that wasn’t the problem. It was the 10-20NL game that did me in. I rarely played NL, but once I got a taste I couldn’t go back to limit. The thought of making several thousand a day like I saw some players do regularly was too great a temptation.

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The most suspect statemement in the entire thread. How could someone who has actually played 100/200 SH limit suggest that it does not possess the lure of thousand-dollar daily swings?? Heck, you can easily have 2k swings playing 10/20 LHE!

In fact, this makes so little sense that I no longer believe a word of what Godot has said. Plus, "only daughter of a successful surgeon"...how cliched is that??