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05-25-2005, 07:11 PM
Post subject: a 'must read' from S.I
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jmrogers7
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Full House
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Interesting read.
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"The urge to gamble is so universal and it's practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil." - Heywood Broun
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Spook
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Flush
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Denver, CO
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So thats where all the fish come from...
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DWDuck
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Straight
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Canada eh?
Posts: 178
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From the article:
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Doesn't matter if you are staring at your first hole cards of the day on Partypoker.com or if, like Gabe -- who, like most of the students interviewed for this story, did not want his last name used -- you are in the final hour of a two-day Rounders-esque rampage.
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So Gabe... what IS your last name? And how are your two-day Rounders-esque rampages going?
Darkwing
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stunt
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: nj
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i like how the writer described "flounder" as hitting pocket rockets on the flop...
i wonder if i can get that writer into a game or two 
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Spook
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Flush
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 388
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I doupt you could... his stance seams to be along the "poker is evil" lines.
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danhole12
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 30
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One would think that if this fellow "Tom" has gambled enough to lose a hundred grand in a few years, he'd have played enough hands to be at least a moderately winning player. I guess not
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gabe
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: trying to live
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sorry guys, didnt' want to put my last name on the internet ya know ? 
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Fnord
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I'll Do You Like A Truck
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Originally Posted by danhole12
One would think that if this fellow "Tom" has gambled enough to lose a hundred grand in a few years, he'd have played enough hands to be at least a moderately winning player. I guess not
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Winning poker is unnatural. Many people just don't have it in them. Many more lack what it takes to beat a game even as tough as Party 2/4. Once you get to players who can beat up Party 3/6, 5/10 6 max, 5/10 and above you're talking about the upper class of the poker ecosystem.
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Element187
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Full House
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Orlando, FL
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that guy tom is an idiot, if you cant win at the low stakes, why would you move up ?
he sounds like the typical guy who watches the world poker tour and thinks he's gus hansen.
some people take the time to really learn how to play well, and other already think they are above it all and jump right in and lose ... i think this is where the dead money all-ins come from with AK preflop.
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"Imagine how it would be to be at the top Making cash money, Go and tour all around the world, Tell stories about all the young girls." - The Prodigy - Girls
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okietalker
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Party 100/200NL
Posts: 53
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The dude just flat out DOESN'T LIKE POKER!!
My guess is he got busted out by some "rounder" who flopped a miracle on his 7/4 off suit!!!
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Just my opinion (and I'm probably wrong) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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kling
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Straight
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philly, PA
Posts: 203
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I just got SI and I was gonna make a topic about this.
Anyone else thought the kid in the beginning seemed like a douchebag?
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