The Dark Side of Poker - Page 4

the second i tried to find a balance is when i stopped winning.

i should start life coaching

On September 09 2010 15:01 wobbly_au wrote: what loco said in this thread pretty much summed it up. But its still more good than bad for me. To Nolan, I feel its helped my relationships coz girls love to travel and fine dine, its expensive but just gotta view it as rake. Also, I dont feel I disregard money at all, never been and never will. I can understand someone like durrr or Ivey having a disregard for money but I think they were born with it and not a trait acquired from poker. For someone not born with a disregard for money you need to have made or lost ALOT of money to feel a disregard, and frankly Milkman bringing it up just really seems OTT.

We all have acquired some disregard imo, in the sense that for example, if you drop $100 from your pocket, you wont care nearly as much as a normal person (even if that person is wealthy).

On September 09 2010 20:53 player999 wrote: Show nested quote + On September 09 2010 15:01 wobbly_au wrote: what loco said in this thread pretty much summed it up. But its still more good than bad for me. To Nolan, I feel its helped my relationships coz girls love to travel and fine dine, its expensive but just gotta view it as rake. Also, I dont feel I disregard money at all, never been and never will. I can understand someone like durrr or Ivey having a disregard for money but I think they were born with it and not a trait acquired from poker. For someone not born with a disregard for money you need to have made or lost ALOT of money to feel a disregard, and frankly Milkman bringing it up just really seems OTT. We all have acquired some disregard imo, in the sense that for example, if you drop $100 from your pocket, you wont care nearly as much as a normal person (even if that person is wealthy).

Maybe for you, but if i lose 100$ from my pocket I would feel just as shitty as before and for just as long. Its just a pure waste of money. Money is just a tool to make money, you cant disregard it at all. I dont know about everyone else, but when i make decisions in betting calling or raising im always thinking about the return on investment. So if your disregarding in that way, whether in life or in the real world it just seems wrong.

On September 09 2010 19:25 handbanana21 wrote: the second i found a balance is when i started winning.

fyp.

but seriously it's understandable that you can lose your mind over this ridiculously brutal game. But if you decide to play it for a living you have to suck it up and not be a goddamn bitch. It's what we signed up for isn't it?

I forget who but i watched a vid of some poker pro who went insane.. Paranoid about the world ending and stuff.

From Busto to Robusto starring Captain Zeebo

http://www.deucescracked.com/robusto

haha yea thats it pretty prime example of the dark side of pokers.

Obv excluding the dark side for Losing poker players.

i'd hit it

even if you break even for the year you still get 120k from bonuses

On September 09 2010 14:26 Loco wrote: poker in itself for me has been incredibly helpful because not only has it made it possible for me to make a lot of money on my own if i want to, it has also helped me break many delusions while living in a time where positive thinking and optimism seems to be the norm and forced upon us. it has turned me into a fatalist, the best quality for a poker player (being as non-results oriented as possible). it has taught me many valuable lessons but this one -- that acceptance is appropriate, rather than resistance against inevitability -- has been the most valuable for me, because it has transfered itself onto my view of life and not just the game of cards. it has become much easier for me to deal with loss. the common view from the outsider's perspective seems to be that gambling and poker is for the scum of this world, and while that may be true some of us who grew up as young adults through this are exceptions because we became better people through adversity (what humbles a man more than failure?), and we're constantly faced with the brutality of reality through this game and we know our only way not to become mad is through acceptance.

lately everything you say resonates in my heart

needs mo tits imo

nuked, wrong place durrrrrrrrrr

ditto

On September 10 2010 11:06 wobbly_au wrote: haha yea thats it pretty prime example of the dark side of pokers. Obv excluding the dark side for Losing poker players.

yeah, it was poker that did it.

without Poker im sure Zeebo would have been the picture of a regular functioning member of society.

Just like all that Sherry Trifle i had on christmas day that led to my alcoholism.

This thread has nothing to do with poker in my mind. More about adulthood. When we were in elementary school finding a 20$ bill would be a big deal. We're much older and more wealthy. Everyone who is more wealthy devalues money from how they viewed it in their childhood generally... because their parents were paying for them. Take any job, they will all have the same considerations when it comes to money and what you are doing with your life.

Intelligence and having a lot of time for contemplation will inevitable lead to existential depression and the questions that arise from it. Other people who have pressing and (in the great scheme of things) trivial matters are constantly occupied and do not think of these things. Are they lucky or unlucky?

The need to have a level of social contact and belonging is evolutionarily based. If someone is capable of leaving society and going out in the woods... he is much less likely to reproduce. The people who have this need survive.

Even clinical depression as well as the type of depression talked about in this thread might be a catalyst for reproduction. It makes sense to me that depression is an advantageous product of evolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_approaches_to_depression

So, to answer your question milkman. You need to have children and focus your attention on them, be occupied by them and work toward a seemingly less selfish and futile existence.

btw, i realize now why people think i'm a troll. It is just in my nature to add levity at the end of a post like that. I assume people can discern what i'm saying in all seriousness and what is light-hearted.

better question is why so many of y'all got all this motherfucking paper and no babies

lol

turn off ur computer and make some fucking babies aight
go affirm my faith in you