poker and your brain

Perhaps, by pure speculation his developed brain pattern that facilitated a very high function processing loop which scanned for fishes, has created a similar automatic relay that dogs have to squirrels. Now, mr bum hunter, as the fish times have collapsed his brain is constantly trying to scan for his predetermined idea of a fish. While unable to find as many fish Mr bum hunter's brain is stuck in what might be considered a perpetual 'pre-sneeze' like mind state. This mental state is hyper-driving a massive electro-chemical pre-charge that never fires which inevitably will result in a massive inter-cranial novae (subtype NA) explosion, rendering his brain to that of canned tuna.

lol, lots of love her for dusty schmidt

This doesn't really prove anything at all. When someone experiences is a mental health issue you can't just retroactively look back into their past and pick a random thing you figure might have caused it.

Also, a 100mg prescription for Zoloft immediately, right off the bat. That's insane, what kind of doctors is he seeing?

Can someone plz explain why there is so much hate for Leatherass? And i mean serious arguments, cause i feel like i missed something.

On February 21 2013 05:33 MadeInPolanD wrote: Can someone plz explain why there is so much hate for Leatherass? And i mean serious arguments, cause i feel like i missed something.

Because he's considered a ''bumhunter'' and also promotes this kind of playstyle in his books.

hes fat and ugly

bumhunting is the norm nowadays.. i always thought people dislike leatherass because of his abrasive, arrogant and condescending attitude in some of his interactions with other poker players

he's a fat and ugly bumhunter who's abrasive, arrogant and condescending.

On February 21 2013 05:33 MadeInPolanD wrote: Can someone plz explain why there is so much hate for Leatherass? And i mean serious arguments, cause i feel like i missed something.

It would be quite lengthy to go into serious detail especially if you have no perspective of his behavior dating back to 2006. I don't want to spend too much time on this and you will never fully grasp the situation if you did not deal with him on a daily basis in a business setting but if you want arguments go through his 2p2 posts and blog posts with the knowledge that he would likely be a losing player hu to any mid-stakes (sh to full ring) professional, has no regard for ethics/etiquette whatsoever, and at every point in his gambling career shamelessly attempts to negotiate entirely on his terms while attempting to market it in a way that is not truthful and often times appalling.

I can relate to him in some degree. I remember when I 30-40 tabled, it took me few minutes to cool off because my brain couldn't handle having nothing to do when it was zoned to thinking so quick and solving multiple problems. If whatever he is saying is true I'd imagine SC1 progamers to be suffering far worse then poker players.

On February 21 2013 05:33 MadeInPolanD wrote: Can someone plz explain why there is so much hate for Leatherass? And i mean serious arguments, cause i feel like i missed something.

The further away something is from truth and justice, THE HARDER WE STRIKE!! *Grrowwll*

good article, worth reading. thanks

On February 19 2013 20:25 RiKD wrote: Show nested quote + On February 19 2013 18:48 Baalim wrote: by Dusty Schmidt... that sums it up. Thank You Don't have to waste any time reading bull shit. Leatherass was a joke in 2008. I can't even imagine the level of joke he is in 2013.

+1. His stupid fucking challenges

There has been a ton of talk about my open challenge to anyone in the world that I can make more money in one month at 5/10 and 10/20. So far no one has accepted which came as no surprise as me.

Seriously a huge piece of shit, that one

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/...e/100k-31-days-prop-bet-2-4nl-233780/

@marius - what's TF&S?

YOLO.

lol, nice video

which asshole revived this worthless thread

great article

Ridiculous article.

Poker has been amazing for my brain. Sitting at a computer for 80+ hours a week playing an online game, I had nothing better to do than improve myself. I was able to track the data from my EEG over many months of play and show a direct and high correlation with my concentration levels and winrate. With real-time neurofeedback I trained myself to keep higher levels of sustained concentration for longer periods of time. I had greater or equal quantities of REM over less hours of sleep. These are things I would never had the patience to do if I hadn't been engaging in an activity where my focus so directly and immediately affected my success. I also found renewed interest in higher level mathematics.
I'd say the most damaging thing to my brain was the amount of stress incurred from the swings and most of that was my own fault for risking financial loss to the degree that could so negatively impact my mental state.

What's really astounding to me is how many of the traits and learned skills I picked up from playing poker that have carried over to my life after poker all across the board.