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Old 02-08-2006, 05:48 PM     Post subject: Playing in the Big Game #1 (permalink)  
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I posted this already in community but it really belongs here. Linked is a well-written first-person account of an amateur taking a shot in a $200/$400 side game during the 2000 WSOP. Take a gander, I found it fascinating.

http://www.patrifriedman.com/writing...k-biggame.html
 
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Old 02-09-2006, 03:37 AM #2 (permalink)  
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very interesting article indeed. the rest of his site makes the guy look like a weirdo though
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Old 02-10-2006, 04:06 AM #3 (permalink)  
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playing with scared money in a game like that is just insane. The average player could eat guys like him alive.
take your ego out of the equation and judge the situation dispassionately
 
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Old 02-10-2006, 06:09 AM #4 (permalink)  
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playing with scared money in a game like that is just insane. The average player could eat guys like him alive.
Apparently he wasn't scared enough to not play in the game in the first place.
 
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