I have a friend who insists that the most fun you can have playing poker is when your rent money is on the table. I tell him that the most fun is actually paying your rent with money you won playing poker. So he says stuff like, "You know what I mean" and I say stuff like, "You don't know what I mean." I started writing this for him, but at some point I realized it's not going to help him, so I just posted it here.

He sent me this video:
http://www.cardplayer.com/tv/35769

me:
10 buyin MINIMUM for a casual player is good, but 20 for going pro is just reckless.

friend:
Taking shots though
10 buyins- theres a good chance u go broke ar some point

me:
yeah but the caveat that everyone is going to miss with that wonderful selective hearing all new players have is that he said once you take your shot, at a good game, you move back down
about the 10 buyins... that's a minimum, if you go below 10 you move down in limits.

friend:
Haha.
Yep

Oh i thought it said
"Tilt off 2/3 of your roll in a game above your head, then put the rest on a blackjack table in a desperate attempt to break even on the day"

me:
dude that video is gonna get a lot of people broke :P
especially online... you need a higher roll online because the edge is significantly smaller

friend:
Dont forget the final step not listed in the video
Get drunk as fuck at the video poker bar with ur last 40 dollars and try to decide whether to go down and get a job at the local olive garden the next day, or try calling some exes to try to scrape together a short roll of borrowed money

me:
i sense an article coming on...

friend:

"Poker life: the real deal"

Hehe "lie to ur mom about some fake ass car repairs to try and get a G"