What Should I do for Newhouse?

[Oliver Nipples]

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please delete that horrifically large pic that screws up the whole thread.

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Gary:

Best gift - waive the prop debt. You have benefited greatly with traffic, I think thats a fair trade. In exchange Newhouse can blog for another month or so, or whatever you two agree to.

Second best gift - A feature on ESPN. Unfortunatly thats not really ethical, but it would be nice!

Third best gift - Pay for some of his room bill at the Bellagio. Thats f'n expensive mate!

Fourth best gift - charity, charity, charity. But the idea of a busto (for now) player giving you money to give to charity is weird, no? If this is what you end up doing I'd like to recommend Charity:water, an organization which drills clean water wells in Africa.

PS - call me when your free

[MICADOO]

1. Send him to promises, then set him up on a date with his personality twin Britney Spears.

2. Give the $$ to Neverwin or Brandi so NH can post another drama blog.

3. Keep it because he wont appreciate anything you do for him.

4. Go for double or nothing!!!

5. Buy him a pound of weed so he can start a second source of income for when he goes busto.

6. Buy him a gun, he'll either shoot himself, Neverwin, or Brandi!!!

It's great to hear these young internet punks are learning what it's like to go busto. Especially for us older lifetime grinders who have never been lucky enough to win a 2 million WPT event. Hopefully this will teach these boys that a life in poker is not a walk in the park. Neverwin, NH and these other druggy poker punks will all be dead in less than 10yrs anyway. They deserve zero sympathy, keep your money!!!

[Humble Pie]

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double or nothing!!!

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[PokeReader]

Look, I think that Newhouse has a problem. So if you want to use this money to try to help him with him problem, I suggest something where he will be out of touch, but still having an exciting time, like a extreme sporting vacation. White water rafting, rainforest trips, hiking, whatever he would be most into as an escape. That way he will not be playing poker, but will remember he doesn't need to gamble to have fun. Longer than a week would be better, as if he really has a problem it will take a while for his brain to adjust, even if he is doing something that is a rush in itself. I would suggest that one or more of his friends should come with him. That way it will just be a cool vacation, and not a save Newhouse thing.

[wisehandpoker]

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I dont believe your motivation is as altruistic as you are trying to make it out to be. Dont get me wrong, I think starting another new thread about this guy, pointing out his degenerate lifestyle in a most condecending tone is probably just enough to make him happy.

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That's a pretty awsome summary judgment considering we've probably never met.

[wisehandpoker]

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Gary:

Best gift - waive the prop debt. You have benefited greatly with traffic, I think thats a fair trade. In exchange Newhouse can blog for another month or so, or whatever you two agree to.

Second best gift - A feature on ESPN. Unfortunatly thats not really ethical, but it would be nice!

Third best gift - Pay for some of his room bill at the Bellagio. Thats f'n expensive mate!

Fourth best gift - charity, charity, charity. But the idea of a busto (for now) player giving you money to give to charity is weird, no? If this is what you end up doing I'd like to recommend Charity:water, an organization which drills clean water wells in Africa.

PS - call me when your free

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Some thoughts on these:

waiving the debt - The value of Mark blogging was totally understood when we made the bet. I also think this sets a bad precedent for me in any future prop bets I enter, so I wouldn't be comfortable with this. I'm going to use a portion thank Mark and donate a portion to cancer research, but I think just giving it back defeats the point of betting in the first place.

ESPN feature - This would be a lot easier if Mark had survived day 1. i think his story is compelling enough that it's worth telling, but right now I'm mostly restricted to WSOP stories. As an example, if Gavin Griffin had survived day 1, I would have done a piece on his charitable efforts. Now, that piece has been shelved til after the series.

I'd also only do the piece if ESPN allowed me the flexibility to write it fully. I somehow doubt that will happen.

Bellagio - I like the idea of hiring a money manager a lot more. Paying for Bellagio would benefit mark, but I'd rather the benefits be potentially long term.

Charity - Like I said, a portion will go there. My father and grandmother both died of cancer, so that's my cause of choice. I may confer with Mark on which charity he'd like the money to go to, maybe split it 50-50.

Thus far, I really like the idea of a money manager. I'm also thinking a life coach might make some sense (my mother is in that industry, so she'll be able to recommend someone appropriate). Keep the ideas coming. Out to lunch,

Gary

[nycballer]

You have a broke, honest friend who owes u money on some retarded bet where you had no risk of losing money. if you don't use all $7500 on your "gift" u are a douche and not a friend in the least

[5_year_old_bully]

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[Cat]

Gary, ignore the haters, i think its a relief that one of Newhouse's friends is actually trying to do something to help him. I think both a life coach and money manager are a good idea.

If you go with the holiday idea let me suggest something that I once did that was wonderful. You can take a week's (or longer) camping trip in the Grand Canyon where you go white water rafting along the Colorado river. This is an amazing way to get away from everything and clear your mind, and it's also an incredible rush and great fun. Plus nothing puts things in perspective better than sleeping under the stars and watching the sunset on the Grand Canyon walls. Sorry I can't remember the name of the company but sure you can google something. Good luck to you both.