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Old 05-23-2007, 10:10 AM
luckyjimm luckyjimm is offline
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Default Begging for $ at the rail - it works!

Fortunately I am less of a down-and-out than I used to be, but a year and a half ago I would spend the days railing the medium/high stakes games on the 24h/B2B network of poker sites and I would be very chatty on the rail of the tables I was watching. And, inevitably, I would ask the big players to transfer me 10 or 20 Euros and promise to pay them back. You'd be surprised the number of times it worked - at least 10 different players sent me this sum, some of them lots of times. I nearly always paid them back, usually within the day since I'd win a few pots and ship it back.

I was begging since I didn't have a job or any income other than what I could get from selling old books and CDs on Amazon, I didn't have any bank cards, and yet I was a sick compulsive gambler with a powerful urge to play.

These days I have a job and pay my own way, thank God. Any money I lose is my own.

Have you ever begged? Have you ever given money to a table beggar? Do you think all observer chat should be banned to discourage it?
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:14 AM
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Great, a thread that condones this... Delete immediately please!!!

No, No, Yes.
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:15 AM
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Hi Jim,

I have never begged, however I might start now.
Think you can wire me some funds so I can start playing poker on the internets?

Im leveling here. I dont want to start playing on the internets.
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:18 AM
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No, No, Yes.

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Old 05-23-2007, 10:19 AM
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I hate you
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:19 AM
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You guys make me feel so dirty!
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:22 AM
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The following types are often found begging at the rail:

1) Underage
2) Hopelessly addicted losers
3) Mike Matusow
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:23 AM
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I hate you

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Why do you hate me?
You dont even know me.
Normally someone knows me for about 15 minutes before they hate me [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:25 AM
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I hate you

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Mom, is that you?
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:36 AM
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