Several Hotshots Supposedly Broke Or In Debt

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Half of the threads in NVG are predicated on someone's glee in someone else's financial misfortune. It's called schadenfreude.

[Mingdu]

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Guys, it's simple.

Sklansky's contribution to poker: great
Sklansky's contribution to NVG: crap

It's really not a big deal either way.

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David S is to poker what Welles Wilder is to futures trading

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Adam Theory

[Gildwulf]

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he even has ambitions of writing the most effective book for teaching children algebra.

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I would love to see how he does this. Will it take 50 readings to understand? It's not as if the man has great communication skills.

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2x+y =14. DUCY?

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Half of the threads in NVG are predicated on someone's glee in someone else's financial misfortune. It's called schadenfreude.

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Whoa there, we have a forum for that kind of talk:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/po...=&Board=ot

[pete fabrizio]

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i think your post is a bit uncalled for and i also feel that most people who saluted you did so because they love seeing a bloodbath, not because they believe that david deserves your comments. while some of what you say is certainly spot on, its over the top.

why would you want david to leave nvg? just because he gave a 5/10 in nvg contributions? there are hundreds of others who contribute less than he does. why dont we ban barryg because he only posts once a month? maybe david's intentions were to educate readers by painting a picture of high stakes poker in its truist form, not to tear down the images of good people whove tried hard to establish them. isnt that a noble intent?

what gives you the right for judging david on being a "lazy genius"? are you that much better? as poker players we are all leeches on others and provide no productivity for our time. im sure your wall street job will go on to save starving children in africa while reducing CO2 emissions. yes, david clearly revels in receiving gratification from the masses, but i also think its quite clear that he does enjoy educating people. he even has ambitions of writing the most effective book for teaching children algebra.

not everyone spends their life dedicating themselves to noble causes. most do what makes themselves happy, and most people would be lazy if they could afford to be. youre a really good guy in person, but your post makes you come off as a spoiled brat.

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winner

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i think you can love and respect david and still appreciate strassa's post.

[The B]

crancspanc....great post, loved reading your take on "the poker boom" and the future of the game...

the flip-side of your argument would be that there are certain poker stars who have realized that raking pots will only take you so far...I assume they are convinced that putting themselves in front of the camera is another form of income...

self-promotion, sponsorship deals, tv commercials, magazine articles, etc is replacing 14hour sessions of a juicy poker game where you could earn big money

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self-promotion, sponsorship deals, tv commercials, magazine articles, etc is replacing 14hour sessions of a juicy poker game where you could earn big money

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QFT.

not that Hellmuth would know anything about this....

[lapoker17]

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what gives you the right for judging david on being a "lazy genius"? are you that much better? as poker players we are all leeches on others and provide no productivity for our time. im sure your wall street job will go on to save starving children in africa while reducing CO2 emissions.

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tstone - i thought you were doing well until this.

[jmremote]

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David,

You are one lame old man and I'd much rather be any of these broke hotshots than be your panzy ass. You take great comfort in these big famous names, who get to make money off TV deals and bone D list celebrities, when they go broke. You remind me of my HS chemistry teacher who had a PHD in chemistry, you consistently tell everyone (I read a few recent posts of yours in the finance forums) that you are a lazy genius, and quite frankly I admire the scrappy idiot or the John Robert Belland's of the world more than I admire you and your advanced yet waste of space intellect.

This is the lamest piece of gossip ever, made even more lame by the fact that you refuse to out anyone yet state that Guy staked one of these big losers. Great David, the whole [censored] world knows that Guy stakes Booth, you are a BIG MAN for keeping names out of this thread.

How about you leave NVG until you come back with actual gossip that people might care about? And while we're on the topic, how about you show a little courtesy for the players you sit with in cash games? You annoy everyone endlessly when you constantly leave the table to go check on horses/Brandi.

"Who knows the great enthusiams, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat." teddy r

These hotshots might be broke, but at least they probably went down with a fight and had some life to their step and are not spending their entire life underachieving.

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[Wetdog]

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he even has ambitions of writing the most effective book for teaching children algebra.

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I would love to see how he does this. Will it take 50 readings to understand? It's not as if the man has great communication skills.

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2x+y =14. DUCY?

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Heh. That's pretty much what I'd expect from a 2+2 book. So the answer really is, it depends. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] If x=10 then y=-6; if x=6 then y=2. There is no definition of x or y other than x being equal to 7 -y/2