what gabe says.

[DublinMeUp]

Is Joe Cada still bossin it?

I think he's stopped 3/4bet jamming under pairs and spiking two outers so in short.. no lol.

[Vaughany]

I think he's stopped 3/4bet jamming under pairs and spiking two outers so in short.. no lol.

haha yeah tht was classic...I almost shat myself during tht play...couldnt imagine how he felt!

[Vaughany]

My understanding is that he doesn't hardly play anymore. He opened a sportsbar/charity poker room in Michigan and is just living off of that.

Probly a smart move

[NunyaBidness]

Surprising but fair enough I guess. I play poker recreationally for fun with friends and online and at the casino (low stakes) occasionally. Love the game, but not good enough to play high stakes online. I like watching it on tv as well, and always thought that would be a stellar way to make a living. I guess apparently it's not as glamorous as it seems or at least not unless you are in the upper echelon of the sport like negranu, ivey, dwan etc. Tom Dwan is sick, love his style of play and the dude is only 25 making bank! I envy that kids life lol.

When I started off playing low stakes years ago, I thought playing poker for a living would be the greatest thing on earth. I saw the guys in the 10-20 game (this is before NLHE took over) and thought they were all Pros and all rich. Back then, I would play 24 hours straight. Worked my regular job, then straight to the poker room, then sleep 5 hours and back to work. When I realized I was making more at poker, I stopped working. After a couple of years of that I got burnt out. But not burnt out enough to go back to working.

There are moments that can be a lot of fun. Making prop bets with guys who can't figure the odds, I've gotten to travel all over the world, (all of it tax deductible), but for the most part its a grind.

[Crassus]

yep. Save the jokes.

sttuuudddeennntttt lllloooaaaannnnsssss

Two of my siblings are lawyers, whenever I say that they get a sad look.

[fosho14]

When I started off playing low stakes years ago, I thought playing poker for a living would be the greatest thing on earth. I saw the guys in the 10-20 game (this is before NLHE took over) and thought they were all Pros and all rich. Back then, I would play 24 hours straight. Worked my regular job, then straight to the poker room, then sleep 5 hours and back to work. When I realized I was making more at poker, I stopped working. After a couple of years of that I got burnt out. But not burnt out enough to go back to working.

There are moments that can be a lot of fun. Making prop bets with guys who can't figure the odds, I've gotten to travel all over the world, (all of it tax deductible), but for the most part its a grind.

Ya I guess you have to be pretty passionate about it if your going to be making a living off it. I tend to get bored after long periods of play, it goes from being fun to exhausting.

[Imsmarterthanu]

When I started off playing low stakes years ago, I thought playing poker for a living would be the greatest thing on earth. I saw the guys in the 10-20 game (this is before NLHE took over) and thought they were all Pros and all rich. Back then, I would play 24 hours straight. Worked my regular job, then straight to the poker room, then sleep 5 hours and back to work. When I realized I was making more at poker, I stopped working. After a couple of years of that I got burnt out. But not burnt out enough to go back to working.

There are moments that can be a lot of fun. Making prop bets with guys who can't figure the odds, I've gotten to travel all over the world, (all of it tax deductible), but for the most part its a grind.

pey det men his moneyyyy

[gabe]

pey det men his moneyyyy

pey det men hees maaneee

[Imsmarterthanu]

haha

[Vaughany]

haaha Malkovich was comical in tht

[Vaughany]

[gabe]

"Verreee aggresseeeev..."

[Vaughany]

lol "yeeerrreee aggressssiiiive"!!

[NunyaBidness]

An interesting video posted today, relevent to the discussion of the glamour of the poker life. This is brad booth, which if any of you watched High Stakes Poker, he's the guy who's famous for making the million dollar bluff against Ivey.

[DublinMeUp]

haha yeah tht was classic...I almost shat myself during tht play...couldnt imagine how he felt!

when he got insta called and realised what he had done he probably felt like a bit of a fool seeing as he had no fold equity and his opponents range literally crushed him.. after the hand I would guess he felt great haha

[DublinMeUp]

An interesting video posted today, relevent to the discussion of the glamour of the poker life. This is brad booth, which if any of you watched High Stakes Poker, he's the guy who's famous for making the million dollar bluff against Ivey.

yeah but he isn't exactly the model of BRM

[gabe]

love malkovich lol

[NunyaBidness]

yeah but he isn't exactly the model of BRM

No, he's not, and that's exactly my point.

[DublinMeUp]

Trust me I know how much of a grind poker is, i agree with you 100%.

Just saying that showing a semi-degen in the mother of all holes is akin to showing jamie gold lying on a bed made out of money ie they are both extremes but neither represent the grind you are talking about.

As you have said, it is a job that sucks but is better than most jobs. neither of the above mentioned treat it as a job so neither should be given as a representation of what you and many others do.

[The Fobfather]

yeah but he isn't exactly the model of BRM

Sad to see. Been out of the poker loop for a while, and didn't even realize what had happened to Chino. Some of my old buddies from college, played poker for a living, and the swings they had were filthy!

[Vaughany]

An interesting video posted today, relevent to the discussion of the glamour of the poker life. This is brad booth, which if any of you watched High Stakes Poker, he's the guy who's famous for making the million dollar bluff against Ivey.

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Wow pretty hard going. I'll be watching out for him...when is the WSOP?

[TheCalculator]

Any time I go to parties with my good friend who's a pro fighter -- inevitably everyone wants to talk about "fighting". He's kind of an asshole and he just doesn't want to talk about "his job".

So he turns the table on them and starts asking them all kinds of dumb questions about their job like "So, what kind of pipes did you install this week?"... "What's the dirtiest teeth you cleaned this week?"

They quickly shut up. LOL

[NunyaBidness]

Wow pretty hard going. I'll be watching out for him...when is the WSOP?

Started end of May, runs til middle of July.

[NunyaBidness]

Any time I go to parties with my good friend who's a pro fighter -- inevitably everyone wants to talk about "fighting". He's kind of an asshole and he just doesn't want to talk about "his job".

So he turns the table on them and starts asking them all kinds of dumb questions about their job like "So, what kind of pipes did you install this week?"... "What's the dirtiest teeth you cleaned this week?"

They quickly shut up. LOL

That's funny. The thing is most poker players love to talk about it. When tournies go on breaks, I run for the door to get the f out of there, and there is just a cacophony of people telling their boring ass stories to eachother and their poor wives on the phone, "So, I had KJ in the small blind and the button raises, blah, blah, blah", I want a break from the poker, not more of it.

[NunyaBidness]

Trust me I know how much of a grind poker is, i agree with you 100%.

Just saying that showing a semi-degen in the mother of all holes is akin to showing jamie gold lying on a bed made out of money ie they are both extremes but neither represent the grind you are talking about.

As you have said, it is a job that sucks but is better than most jobs. neither of the above mentioned treat it as a job so neither should be given as a representation of what you and many others do.

I guess what I mean, I wasn't using that video to show what a grind it is, I was using it to comment on Fosho's comment about "You'd think someone who made a WSOP final table would have plenty of money", and I had said you'd be surprised how many of them are degenerates.

[gabe]

Any time I go to parties with my good friend who's a pro fighter -- inevitably everyone wants to talk about "fighting". He's kind of an asshole and he just doesn't want to talk about "his job".

So he turns the table on them and starts asking them all kinds of dumb questions about their job like "So, what kind of pipes did you install this week?"... "What's the dirtiest teeth you cleaned this week?"

They quickly shut up. LOL

So he views fighting as a job and not something he loves. Who is he? I want to fade him.

[gabe]

The UFC on Fox 4 card's main event will now be Shogun vs Vera... Vera is leaving James Te-Huna without an opponent... Is it just me, or would Shogun vs Te-Huna have made for a better fight? I think they asked Shogun who he wanted, and he picked the easier fight.

[Wanna Bet On It?]

They know mine. I could give a fk. If you're afraid of people knowing your real identity, then you're just a pussy who hides behind his computer. Only exception is if it could get you fired from your shitty office job. In that case, it's cool to keep it private.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

It ******* sucks but I'd rather be an employed, well-to-do Ironman than a broke, out-on-the-street Tony Starks...

[Libert1ne]

Shogun ducked Teixeira and Te-Huna IMO.

Sucks cause I had about 15 units on Te-Huna against vera @ -130. Poop.

[TheCalculator]

So he views fighting as a job and not something he loves. Who is he? I want to fade him.

Like I said he's an asshole (that is better off unnamed). And yes even when he street fights -- he take the money in their pockets because he says "he doesn't fight for free.".

[Vaughany]

The UFC on Fox 4 card's main event will now be Shogun vs Vera... Vera is leaving James Te-Huna without an opponent... Is it just me, or would Shogun vs Te-Huna have made for a better fight? I think they asked Shogun who he wanted, and he picked the easier fight.

haha If Shogun loses to Vera it would be one of the biggest upsets of all time! Fair play to Vera tho for stepping up...they must of guaranteed Vera another fight no matter what

[DeFactoCrippler]

Wtf is vera stupid? His last three fights

Gets his face literally broken by Bones

Gets his nose turned sideways by Silva, will never smell straight again

Gets his arm broken in the final seconds of the fight against Marshall like a fool

How can this idiot have even trained, he has been on medical suspension for the last 3 years. Move him to the top of the mma deadpool.

[Vaughany]

lol

[DeFactoCrippler]

Story on Papazian from an Armenian news site called "armtown".

http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20120321/99714/

Maybe the term armpit would have been more apropos?

[Vaughany]

Story on Papazian from an Armenian news site called "armtown".

http://www.armtown.com/news/en/pan/20120321/99714/

Maybe the term armpit would have been more apropos?