I hate poker. - Page 7

lol, <3 casper and Twisted.

WE deserve to win money on this game because we are patient, smart, strategical and logical. Some of us started on 5NL and didnt play 10NL until 250$ bankroll. Some of you builded yourself up slowly and make 300$ per hour at 600NL because you DESERVE to be there and have a bankroll for it. You are there making all this money because of hard work with strategies, good bankroll management (patience), patience with cards, getting advice from your good friends at higher limits etc.

The donkeys lose all their money because they lack these skills. A real friend of mine who is a donkey, I tried to help him out, told him to have at least TEN buyins (when I said 25 buyins he just laughed). How did that go? He lost 2 buyins on 100NL, and sat down at 2000NL with the rest (800$). IMO he deserved to lose the 1000 bucks because he wasnt patient/smart enough.

WE DESERVE THIS IMO

Online poker is a nice example of capitalism - everyone can succeed quite well (ie beating say, 1/2 for 5 bb/100 on 6 tables) if they put the work in, whatever their natural intelligence may be (okay, as long as they aren't completely retarded). But most people don't, because they aren't willing to. Those who are willing to put in effort get the rewards, those who don't, don't.

If poker were modern socialist society, though, all the regulars would have to pay something like 2-3% of their winnings to a fund where all the players who don't put in the effort are allowed to take money from, and that'd be called 'welfare'. A safety net, but unfortunately one that is more of a nest for living.

Capitalism is a double-edged sword - you succeed OR fail by your own efforts, ideally, not getting equal results despite your output, like in a more communist system.

Don't know why I went off on this tangent, but I really admire the succeed-or-fail based on your own merits and effort which poker is an excellent example of.

On December 28 2006 10:45 Maynard! wrote: He will turn around and punch his kid in the face or his wife in the gut.

Poker players are wholly responsible for poverty, addiction, and spousal and child abuse. Shame on all of you.

On December 29 2006 15:50 Casper... wrote: we aren't artists. we aren't dancers. we're thinkers, and throughout history we've mostly lacked the capital to leverage into anything meaningful. this is ours. the world is ours. our forebearers were denied, but survived, and now we're taking it. fuck old money.

fuck, i can dance

lmao

yo. post a vid of you performing servicable c-walk and i will give u $50.

you must also cover some of the medical expenses that will result from the stroke that I will surely get when I laugh so hard my blood vessels explode

This comes from a perspective that you can actually hurt other people, while mine is that you yourself allow outside things to hurt you.

If those ppl need the money badly, but cant get it, then theyre in much more of a trouble than I can put them in. Thats the state of learned helplessness and thats what real evil is. Its refusing to live your own life and blaming others for your poor results. The true source of suffering is in the habits of anger, blaming of others, self-pity, delusion and procrastination, or in short - in misunderstanding your own creative nature.

On December 30 2006 11:30 Rhaegar wrote: This comes from a perspective that you can actually hurt other people, while mine is that you yourself allow outside things to hurt you. If those ppl need the money badly, but cant get it, then theyre in much more of a trouble than I can put them in. Thats the state of learned helplessness and thats what real evil is. Its refusing to live your own life and blaming others for your poor results. The true source of suffering is in the habits of anger, blaming of others, self-pity, delusion and procrastination, or in short - in misunderstanding your own creative nature.

You have trumped Casper's post.

I barely ever practiced C-Walk, not used so much by bboys.. slightly but not so much

that's why he has the green star

pfft taking money from degenerate gambolers? i'm the biggest degen there is.

On December 30 2006 14:04 YoMeR wrote: pfft taking money from degenerate gambolers? i'm the biggest degen there is.

Impossible. You're my hero.

On December 29 2006 15:50 Casper... wrote: we aren't artists. we aren't dancers. we're thinkers, and throughout history we've mostly lacked the capital to leverage into anything meaningful. this is ours. the world is ours. our forebearers were denied, but survived, and now we're taking it. fuck old money.

Cute but poker players are no intellectual super powers. Some are but the vast majority, myself included, just win money because they bust people who know no better.

You and I may differ. Your play may be filled with brilliant intellectually complex moves sprung out from deep analysis. My play, unfortunately, takes advantage of fools who dont know when to fold or fold to much. My deep analysis goes no further than a glance of the PAHud stats on one of the many poker tables I play on two LCDS.

Our play may differ, but I highly doubt it.

maynard
i am not a mindless soulless zombie
I take money that would be lost regardless

I tend to then immediately give this money back to society.

The faults of others is not my responsibility.

On December 30 2006 15:29 asdf2000 wrote: maynard i am not a mindless soulless zombie I take money that would be lost regardless I tend to then immediately give this money back to society. The faults of others is not my responsibility.

I was more refering to myself and mindlessly ranting on a random forum.

well in that case I'll say I understand what you're saying

and my only advice, if this truly bothers you on a moral level, would be to do your best to make the ends justify the means

if he's bothered at that level, it's highly probable that continued play will result in a steady accumulation of cognitive dissonance

significant dissonance is death to effective play. mass dissonance invariably leads to suicidal play.

Sorry truth of the matter is im just m ad cuz I blow