TheBryce - Rich enough - Why isnt this getting any drama?
 

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was a thread earlier about this.

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The Bryce seems like a very smart man.

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I'm sure he's a great player etc. but something is off here. If he's made 3 million over last 3 years, and makes 80k/mo, there's no way he walks away.

Walking away from 1 million in income this year when you're net worth is 3 million is something no one does. Probably he's on downswing, sensing games getting much tougher, doubts his ability to make a million this year. Again, despite his great blog entry and well articulated point of view, i dont buy it.

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Lucky, you are wrong.

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The Bryce seems like a very smart man.

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Not only that, he is preternaturally calm and debonair, he will succeed at whatever he does.

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To be honest, if his blog posts mirror his own intellectual ability even by a fraction, he should pursue something else besides the mongoloid enterprise that is professional poker. Extraordinarily well-spoken and intelligent.

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To be honest, if his blog posts mirror his own intellectual ability even by a fraction, he should pursue something else besides the mongoloid enterprise that is professional poker. Extraordinarily well-spoken and intelligent.

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apologies, but what does "mongoloid" mean in that context?

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Very un-pc way of saying retarded. Its refering to Down's Syndrome, not people from mongolia.

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Lucky, you are wrong.

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Though I don't know Bryce in any way, his blog post did seem quite genuine. In finding what to do next, I'm wondering if he has any plans besides a course at the local university. He's right in that he's gonna have a lot more time on his hands, but even without poker there's still the temptation to do nothing but [censored] around on the computer all day.

Any thoughts of doing some traveling Bryce? Not just a two weeks here two weeks there type thing, but traveling around spending however much time you want wherever you want then finding a place to plop down for a year or two. Really see things outside of home and internet poker. And not just see, as he would have the opportunity to live there, learn the language, etc. etc.

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Very un-pc way of saying retarded. Its refering to Down's Syndrome, not people from mongolia.

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i'm still confused. in what way is professional poker a "mongoloid enterprise" then?

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It is gambling. There are much more interesting & worthwhile challenges in life.

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I'm sure he's a great player etc. but something is off here. If he's made 3 million over last 3 years, and makes 80k/mo, there's no way he walks away.

Walking away from 1 million in income this year when you're net worth is 3 million is something no one does. Probably he's on downswing, sensing games getting much tougher, doubts his ability to make a million this year. Again, despite his great blog entry and well articulated point of view, i dont buy it.

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I haven't followed this guy at all so I may be wrong here, but I get the feeling the great majority of his winnings come from running well above expectation in toughish 1k-2k and 500-1k HULHE matches. (Not saying he wasn't +EV, just that he probably ran above expectation.)

If that is so his comments make more sense. The way you phrase it he's receiving some kind of salary of $80k/mo for sitting at his computer. Maybe his situation is more akin to winning the lottery and retiring.

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To be honest, if his blog posts mirror his own intellectual ability even by a fraction, he should pursue something else besides the mongoloid enterprise that is professional poker. Extraordinarily well-spoken and intelligent.

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apologies, but what does "mongoloid" mean in that context?

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it means that he is a moron trying to appear well spoken

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I'm sure he's a great player etc. but something is off here. If he's made 3 million over last 3 years, and makes 80k/mo, there's no way he walks away.

Walking away from 1 million in income this year when you're net worth is 3 million is something no one does. Probably he's on downswing, sensing games getting much tougher, doubts his ability to make a million this year. Again, despite his great blog entry and well articulated point of view, i dont buy it.

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Pretty sure he has made a lot of money through real estate as well. 3 million is just what he has made through poker.

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i never even heard of this dude.

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I'm sure he's a great player etc. but something is off here. If he's made 3 million over last 3 years, and makes 80k/mo, there's no way he walks away.

Walking away from 1 million in income this year when you're net worth is 3 million is something no one does. Probably he's on downswing, sensing games getting much tougher, doubts his ability to make a million this year. Again, despite his great blog entry and well articulated point of view, i dont buy it.

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Pretty sure he has made a lot of money through real estate as well. 3 million is just what he has made through poker.

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I think he plans to make $$$ through real estate now and hasn't as much in the past? Im probably wrong though

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his name should be knish (sp)

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I'm sure he's a great player etc. but something is off here. If he's made 3 million over last 3 years, and makes 80k/mo, there's no way he walks away.

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I haven't even read the article but I can tell you that there is a VERY good chance that if I made $3-mil in 3 yrs grinding it out at the high-stakes I would be extremely likely to walk away and find something else to do with my time and my money.
I might play the occasional land-based tourney or something.
But sitting at home clicking buttons all day, when you already have $3-million, isn't exactly the most worthwhile of existences.

Some people just aren't as attracted to poker as others. And some of these people are still motivated enough to get good at it even if they find it somewhat boring.

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looks like he has pretty much made 2.5 of that 3 in the last year.

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Very un-pc way of saying retarded. Its refering to Down's Syndrome, not people from mongolia.

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lmao

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To be honest, if his blog posts mirror his own intellectual ability even by a fraction, he should pursue something else besides the mongoloid enterprise that is professional poker. Extraordinarily well-spoken and intelligent.

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apologies, but what does "mongoloid" mean in that context?

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it means that he is a moron trying to appear well spoken

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OK? I meant it in the sense that it the game itself doesn't hold much value except monetarily for the most part. If there wasn't money involved, would a substantial number of people play it? Probably not.

Sorry if I offended with my diction, or anyone that has Down's Syndrome.

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I think he's pretty [censored] smart. I'm sure in 50 years, there will be a lot of old guys who spent their entire lives playing poker. Some will be RICH, some will be broke, but all of them will have regrets about not doing something more.

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I think he's pretty [censored] smart. I'm sure in 50 years, there will be a lot of old guys who spent their entire lives playing poker. Some will be RICH, some will be broke, but all of them will have regrets about not doing something more.

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all of them will have regrets about not doing something more.

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Seriously, I doubt that those who were successful at being professional poker players will have ANY regrets about it, when the time comes to have regrets, with the exception that if they cheated, then that's something to be ashamed of. Meanwhile, Yale University refused to take Ivan Boesky's money. Now something like THAT must be embarrassing. In contrast, professional poker players Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu and Doyle Brunson are treated like rock stars while some of the money they earned as poker players is going to help feed starving kids in Africa and to build clean water facilities.

So no, I don't think people like Bryce will or should have any regrets.

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I'm sure he's a great player etc. but something is off here. If he's made 3 million over last 3 years, and makes 80k/mo, there's no way he walks away.

Walking away from 1 million in income this year when you're net worth is 3 million is something no one does. Probably he's on downswing, sensing games getting much tougher, doubts his ability to make a million this year. Again, despite his great blog entry and well articulated point of view, i dont buy it.

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I haven't followed this guy at all so I may be wrong here, but I get the feeling the great majority of his winnings come from running well above expectation in toughish 1k-2k and 500-1k HULHE matches. (Not saying he wasn't +EV, just that he probably ran above expectation.)

If that is so his comments make more sense. The way you phrase it he's receiving some kind of salary of $80k/mo for sitting at his computer. Maybe his situation is more akin to winning the lottery and retiring.

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Thats what I'm saying; it's more like the lottery than a salary.

So his decision to walk away is more about taking the money out before he runs average or bad than it is about taking classes, or long walks on the beach or whatever.

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i think he is making a great decision.

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I'm sure he's a great player etc. but something is off here. If he's made 3 million over last 3 years, and makes 80k/mo, there's no way he walks away.

Walking away from 1 million in income this year when you're net worth is 3 million is something no one does. Probably he's on downswing, sensing games getting much tougher, doubts his ability to make a million this year. Again, despite his great blog entry and well articulated point of view, i dont buy it.

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Bryce makes $80k before breakfast every morning

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