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Originally Posted by callipygian
What would you say to a high school senior who is thinking about going to MIT?
I would whole heartedly endorse virtually every aspect of the school for people with the financial resources to attend it (and even for those who don't the school does a pretty good job with financial aid). I can't imagine having a better college experience for myself personally anywhere else, both academically and socially. A little known fact is that the primary reason I went to MIT was that I had the most fun at their campus preview event by a long shot of the 3 schools I was considering, and wanted very badly to be part of the fraternity system (about 50% of MIT's undergraduate males are a part of the system). Obviously the school isn't for everyone, but it was certainly for me.
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Does any of your family play poker (even recreationally)? Does it come up in conversation over the holidays?
At this point my entire family is basically my mom and my dad. I have no living grandparents and only four first cousins none of whom I have seen since about 2006. So no, not really. I'm completely open about everything I do with my parents, even though it took me about 6 months to tell either of them that I was playing full time and had in fact quit my job.
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Most brilliant outburst you've ever made at the tables? Most asinine/embarassing?
You had to be there, but this whiny Asian man named Mr. Lee (lol so that narrows it down a bunch) basically always would say "Whhheeeyyy? Whyyyeehe?" all the time and at one point he check/raised me on the turn for like the 5th time in one day and I just burst out "Whhyeyeyyy!?" and the entire table was in stitches. I must have nailed the accent.
Most asinine/embarrassing is probably some form of fish berating, but I can't really think of one off the top of my head.
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Describe your political philosophy in one sentence.
In general I side with republicans on financial issues and democrats (or whoever is to the left of them) on everything else.
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Ever play any of the Asian games at any California (non-Indian) casino?
Until last week I could have said no, but I played 13 card (chinese) poker at Garden City for about half an hour while I was in San Jose. I have played black jack and craps at Cache Creeke also.
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Did you have a childhood hero growing up? (You don't have to answer this if this is a security question on your financial accounts.)
The closest I had was my YMCA swim coach I guess. He is an artist;
you should buy a painting.
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You win the WSOP ME or otherwise suddenly acquire a large amount of money; do you (a) retire and never play poker again, (b) play poker recreationally at a low level, or (c) continue to play poker seriously?
(c) What the hell else would I do? Get a job? LOL right. Assuming I suddenly had like $5M clean and clear of taxes I would buy some property (to live in and to rent), keep the rest invested in the market, and probably immediately start playing 40/80. Though I guess with $3M in the bank 40/80 would be perhaps considered recreational, I'd likely take it very seriously.