What Should I do for Newhouse?

[Dr. Detroit]

It's important for Mark to know that you can go from being a compulsive gambler to being a productive and winning poker player; but definite life changes need to be made.

Through the reading of Mark's blogs and hearing things from mutual acquaintances, he has issues in life that will continue to sabotage his success until they are addressed. No trip to an island or another serenity resort can facilitate this and any impact will be short lived.

[goodgrief]

I haven't met you either, and it's exactly what I thought -- what anyone with some experience of human nature would think. Jeez, passive aggressive much? If you respect this person as a man and a friend, collect on the bet you won and buy him at most a round of beers, on the assumption that one day the wheel will turn and he'll be the winner. If you think he's a hopeless degenerate with no chance at winning at life, which I suppose we all do at this point, the decent thing is STILL to pretend you think he's a man and an equal and to treat him as such. Would you appreciate having your electronic toys confiscated and sent away to some desert island to contemplate your addictions and your loserhood? No, you wouldn't, because you have your pride. If this person is a friend, give him credit for having the same. If you truly dislike this person and want to humiliate him in public, fine, the free trip to Gilligan's Island will do it as well as any of the other ideas on this thread.




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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.

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[TheWorstPlayer]

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Viking Resorts (NSFW)

Get him the VIP package for only $5,900. He will come back a new man.

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A simple use of google will tell you that this place has been linked to all sorts of nasty diseases. Nice rec. And definitely staking him for 500/1000 is the thing he'd appreciate the most. Giving him anything else is just being paternalistic.

[CardSharpCook]

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BTW I think Mark is currently getting bloodbathed on stars 200/400, had 17K when I started railing and is down to 7K.

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wait, you mean he is down TWENTY FIVE BIG BETS!!!!!!! OH THE HUMANITY!!!!

[TheWorstPlayer]

25 big bets would buy a lot of ramen noodles

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Thus far, I really like the idea of a money manager.

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I LOVE that idea.

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waiving the debt - The value of Mark blogging was totally understood when we made the bet.

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Waiving the debt would only be fair if he provided equivalent value in services, such as 7.5k worth blogging for 1 year. I agree that you can't waive it without real world value in return or it will destroy your ability to bet props in the future... but if it helps your business you might make more that way. Just food for thought, I never really expected this to be a good solution.

[MaxRaises]

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Thus far, I really like the idea of a money manager.

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I LOVE that idea.

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[Cat]

Or just go for the cheap option and buy him a copy of Zen and the Art of Poker. It's the best book out there on avoiding tilt. And get him to read the chapters in Ace on the River about degens, women and gambling etc...

[True North]

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a holiday sounds good like u said, sumwhere without gambling but with lots of other enjoyable recreational activities. i dont really know where that would be in U S of A but im sure somewhere will be susgested

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Hawaii has no legalized gambling. Send him there for a few days.

[PopeInRome]

Buy him a carton of Pall Malls. (No, seriously. The boy likes to smoke. Give him something he wants.)