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03-07-2013 , 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by LotGrinder
When you are on a 2k downswing, how much $$$ do you think you lost because of poor play/getting your money in bad?

Also, for all others reading...

How often are you calling a $12-$15 raise at 1/2 when you're out of position with a hand like 9/7s, 5/6s, or a small pocket pair.

I hardly ever call OOP raises with Axs, but I did in the case above, and it really fried me when I just bricked the flop.

Should I only be calling OOP raises when it's 4 or more going to the flop and I have 89s-JQs or a small pocket pair?

One thing I can say is I NEVER call with unsuited broadways, EVER.
Best of luck with your goals. Great read so far.

I Play live £1-£1 & £1-£2 in London (I'm not the guy that tried to scam you, honest!)

Personally I'm rarely calling OOP small pocket pairs/ low suited connectors/ 89s - JQs unless deeper and multiway. Because PFRs are always inflated, our implied odds are poor and you'll often be committing 5-10% of your stack to see the flop without the lead in the hand.
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03-07-2013 , 02:12 PM
Great thread, I'm subbed...

In regards to your steal attempt at 1/2nl w K8dd, I'm not a big fan

If it was a 2/5nl game, I'd be more okay with it. But players in 1/2nl are much more passive and love to limp with AK/AQ, 88-JJ type hands and will call your squeeze. Similarly, they will also call with a wide range of hands (favorite hands, because its sooooted, 22+ etc) which can be good if you get heads up because then you can take it down most of the time with a c-bet (because they will whiff flop 2/3rds of the time). But you got called by two players. Its still a good board for you to c-bet, but you can almost always b/f in these cases. Most 1/2nl players are going to be very fit-n-fold post flop and if they whiff they will let it go. But if they have pockets they will put you on AK and are never folding...

In either case, you can always b/f in these spots come flop. So your c-bet is fine, but i'd fold to the ship.

Anyways, I love the thread and am subbed, run good, kick some ass, and I'll see you in Vegas come WSOP
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03-07-2013 , 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by LotGrinder
When you are on a 2k downswing, how much $$$ do you think you lost because of poor play/getting your money in bad?

Also, for all others reading...

How often are you calling a $12-$15 raise at 1/2 when you're out of position with a hand like 9/7s, 5/6s, or a small pocket pair.

I hardly ever call OOP raises with Axs, but I did in the case above, and it really fried me when I just bricked the flop.

Should I only be calling OOP raises when it's 4 or more going to the flop and I have 89s-JQs or a small pocket pair?

One thing I can say is I NEVER call with unsuited broadways, EVER.
The biggest factors in whether we should call w SCs (suited connectors) and SGs (suited gappers) are implied odds and leaks of our villains.

My ideal scenario for calling with SCs or SGs is being 150bb+ deep, in position, vs a stationy villain who gives odds post flop with horribly sized bets and against villains that are super transparent and are raising with JJ+, AK

For instance, I'm playing 1/3nl, eff stacks $700. I'm on the BTN with 87s and MP raises to $20. This is a significant raise for this villain who never raises so I know he has QQ+, AK. LP calls and I know that BB is a gambooler that will call. So if I call, I'm going to get 3:1 on my money in direct odds and 35:1 in implied odds. I also know that Villain has a serious postflop leak in that he bets weak post flop and bets 1/4th-ish pot on each street. So this is a great situation to call a raise with SCs and SGs.

The reverse of this are villains that raise too much preflop and come flop will purposefully blow you off the hand with a horribly sized gross overbet. There are a breed of villains that "hate" getting their AA/KK cracked so they raise ridiculous amounts pre and come post they shove all in. Its just not profitable calling these villains with SCs and SGs unless you are 400bb+ deep...

For instance, same situation but instead villain raises $40 preflop and I know based on how he played his other big hands that he's going to bet 150% pot on the flop and shove all-in on the turn. Thus, this is NOT the guy who I want to call preflop with SCs and SGs.
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03-07-2013 , 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dgiharris
The biggest factors in whether we should call w SCs (suited connectors) and SGs (suited gappers) are implied odds and leaks of our villains.

My ideal scenario for calling with SCs or SGs is being 150bb+ deep, in position, vs a stationy villain who gives odds post flop with horribly sized bets and against villains that are super transparent and are raising with JJ+, AK

For instance, I'm playing 1/3nl, eff stacks $700. I'm on the BTN with 87s and MP raises to $20. This is a significant raise for this villain who never raises so I know he has QQ+, AK. LP calls and I know that BB is a gambooler that will call. So if I call, I'm going to get 3:1 on my money in direct odds and 35:1 in implied odds. I also know that Villain has a serious postflop leak in that he bets weak post flop and bets 1/4th-ish pot on each street. So this is a great situation to call a raise with SCs and SGs.

The reverse of this are villains that raise too much preflop and come flop will purposefully blow you off the hand with a horribly sized gross overbet. There are a breed of villains that "hate" getting their AA/KK cracked so they raise ridiculous amounts pre and come post they shove all in. Its just not profitable calling these villains with SCs and SGs unless you are 400bb+ deep...

For instance, same situation but instead villain raises $40 preflop and I know based on how he played his other big hands that he's going to bet 150% pot on the flop and shove all-in on the turn. Thus, this is NOT the guy who I want to call preflop with SCs and SGs.
After downloading poker stove last night and playing around with hand scenarios I am going to cut out ALL of the OOP raise calling I do with SC, SG, and Suited Broadways unless the action is going to be at least 5 way.

I'll still call with my PP as long as villian in the hand is giving me 20x implied odds.

In position, I am with you 100% DGI, and I know the villian type to avoid calling his PFR with SC/SG. The guy who bets $20 pre, gets 3 callers, then just goes "all in" for $180.

So, you're never really getting right odds to draw.


But, I will set mine against that guy from time to time though.

If you spike it's an instant pay day.
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03-08-2013 , 11:35 AM
subbed. love the pod casino you set up, has to be the best jail story i've heard.

even though some of your recent hands didn't turn out well, I think its a good sign that your actually thinking at the table and working on exploiting some of the stereotypical opponents your going to run into in llsnl.

1/2 is a strange breed, and even though there are opportunities to make some plays here or there, the majority of your profit is going to always just be from straight value.

no matter how tight you play you can always get action and always expect fish to just continue to do fishy things. just imagine if you had a real value hand in the A8 hand and how easy it would be to stack the maniac. ez game.

rooting for you, op. gl!
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03-08-2013 , 04:56 PM
This image came into my home today via Facebook with the following text...

"This man is on entitlement programs and wonders why he can't find a job.

What's your opinion of him?"




I replied...

While I personally think the amount of body mods+tattoos he has is ridiculous and I guarantee it does limit his ability to find a job. It's ultimately his life and if he's not smart enough to know that going with a look like that is going to cost him some job opportunities, it's his fault. If you want to look like that you better be a rock star, movie star, or in the top 5% of whatever your job is in life. If you're truly ELITE at anything you do, you can get hired in anywhere. (Even if you're a drunk/druggy and are a hour later each day, if you're ELITE, you'll always have a job in your trade.)

Anyway, this is just a piece of ****ty propaganda put out by those who support the Republican party in an effort to degrade anyone who might be out of a job who has piercings or tattoos.

(That guy is actually a business owner/successful. So this propaganda piece could actually be considered libel/slander if the guy in it ever wanted to sue anyone.)

I find all propaganda like this that is made more or less to make fun of people to be appalling.

The point of this propaganda piece is to place the image in the common person's mind that all of those unemployed or on government assistance programs look like this guy or look like a minority with gold teeth and a bunch of tattoos.

The point is to create a disconnect and dehumanize a class of people in an effort to increase the voting pool for wanting to end unemployment/government assistance programs.

This poison river of propaganda is then streamed into all our homes via tv, internet, radio, etc, etc...

If I was a Republican, I would not spread this propaganda piece as it does not lend support to any Republican views.

It spreads misunderstanding and petty hate.

With that being said, here's a song called "Uniform."

This song is not about social issues or politics, it's about how some people believe individuality is sold in an "uniform" and dress in "uniforms" they think they need to wear to fit into some type of scene.

Remember, individuality is your attitude, thought process, character, and sense of humor. It's not a look or a "uniform" you can wear. You can't package it, you can't buy it, you can't ink it on yourself, you can only be it.....

Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtqlvXC01mk
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03-08-2013 , 04:59 PM
There was a sense of disappointment as we left the mall
All the young people looked the same
Wearing their masks of cool and indifference
Commerce dressed up as rebellion


'Cause we're so handsome and we're so bored
So entertain us, tell me a joke
Make it long, make it last
Make it cruel, just make me laugh
We can't be hurt, we can't be hurt

Drink to forget your blues on the weekend
Think about more things to buy
The TV taught me how to sulk and love nothing
And how to grow my hair long

'Cause we're so handsome and we're so bored
So entertain us, tell me a joke
Make it long, make it last
Make it cruel, just make me laugh
We can't be hurt, we can't be hurt
We can't be hurt

So why do you go picking fights that you'll lose?
(When you have entertainment. When you have things to pass the time)
So why do you go thinking thoughts that are above you?
(You can be happy just playing dumb. You can be happy just playing dumb)

Well I was brave (and unique), intelligent (a snowflake)
I could have been a hero
No-one can be trusted under the age of fourteen
Tattoo our arms (Converse shoes), so cynical now
We tell ourselves we're different
I've gotten so good at lying to myself

(Oh!)
All my pain and honor is used up
(Oh! Oh! Oh!)
All my guns are rusted

So when you gonna realize
Those are not your wrongs to right?
Have another line, have another drink

I am a martyr, I just need a motive
I am a martyr, I just need a cause
I'm a believer, I just need a moment
I'm a believer, I just need a cause

We're finding it hard to break the mold
We're finding it hard to be alone
We're finding it hard to ourselves
We have nothing at all to say

Uniform


There was a sense of disappointment as we left the mall
All the young people looked the same
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03-08-2013 , 06:20 PM
On my way to casino now.

Hope to have some "chip porn" and another degen story for you all by tomorrow.
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03-08-2013 , 07:27 PM
Dude bring your ties and wear em. **** w people's emotions. Tell peeps your a bible salesmen
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03-08-2013 , 07:55 PM
This hand just happened at my table....

NIT 1 limps from utg
MP limps
NIT 2 limps on button
SB and BB complete

Flop As 10s Kd

Checks to Nit 1 who spazzes and bets 25.

Folds to Nit 2 who looks confused but calls.

Turn is a 3s, it goes check check...

River is anoher spade...

Both nits look dejected and check.

They turn set of red aces vs set of red tens..lawl

Nit 1 had the aces.

Both had 400 in front of em and played a sixty dollar set over set pot.

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03-08-2013 , 08:12 PM
Very entertaining thread.
GL at the tables op.
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03-08-2013 , 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by LotGrinder
This hand just happened at my table....

NIT 1 limps from utg
MP limps
NIT 2 limps on button
SB and BB complete

Flop As 10s Kd

Checks to Nit 1 who spazzes and bets 25.

Folds to Nit 2 who looks confused but calls.

Turn is a 3s, it goes check check...

River is anoher spade...

Both nits look dejected and check.

They turn set of red aces vs set of red tens..lawl

Nit 1 had the aces.

Both had 400 in front of em and played a sixty dollar set over set pot.
Groooooose.. Move tables bro
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03-09-2013 , 05:08 AM
Trenton Harbour Condominium 2002

I mentioned in an earlier post of mine I had a friend named Ryan who I split 16/19 for on the roulette wheel.

That "16" is for Brett Hull and that "19" is for Steve Yzerman.

I knew Ryan since grade school and we grew up together on the same street in our youth.

While we didn't hang out much in high school, we still played a lot of roller hockey vs one another as I had a team of misfits I assembled that were good enough to take on the elite of the Trenton High School hockey team who were one year younger than me. My friend Tony who I talked about in another post was probably the best street hockey goalie on earth if he could play on feet and I was probably the best at playing "stay at home d"... anyways our games were long and full of **** talking.

While leading this team of scrubs, I got to know the "cool crowd" from the grade beneath me more than I knew kids from my own grade. Mainly because I didn't want to hug anyone's nuts and none of the kids in my grade ever liked to leave the city of Trenton to do anything.

I became friends with all these guys when I started to put together roller hockey teams and enter them into roller hockey tournaments all across Michigan. We even went as far as The North American Roller Hockey Championships. (N.A.R.C.H.)

So, through roller hockey, lots of these kids heard "degen" stories about me and my friend Tony and like some of you, they became fascinated with my stories. Some even wanted to get in on getting drug fronts from me.

The only person who I eventually let take a drug front from me was Ryan. I knew him since grade school, so I figured if I could trust anyone out of them, it was him.

So, after a year or so of fronting Ryan drugs so he could run his own little "family business" he also takes a job at a local sporting goods store. After a while at this sporting goods store he is upset at being passed over for promotions, not getting enough hours, and he pretty much hates the management/owner/etc....

So, now here's where the story gets degen....

We're sitting at my condo and Ryan says....

"I know the code to the safe, I am going to break in and steal the cash, blah blah blah blah."

Now, let me go on record and say that theft of any kind is not my forte. But, I could not help but be impressed by Ryan's determination to rob his employer, I felt compelled to offer my help.

As soon as I tell him I want in, he's like "Good, I'm glad. I want you to plan it all out, I want you to come up with what you think the best way to do it is..."

So, obviously I need to consult my best friend Tony who owes me around $500, and after talking it over with him we develop a plan that we think is 99% certain to work and Tony says he'll be part of it if I just wipe his $500 debt clean. Like any good friend, I promised to do so....

So, the plan was to recruit "MR.A" who would be a customer inside the store while Ryan and his manager were working on a Sunday evening. While "MR.A" was looking around, Tony would come in and try on goalie pads. The management loves goalie pad sales, so the manager would be paying all his attention to Tony. At this time Ryan would assist "MR.A" in helping him walk to the back/employee area of the store, climb up in the attic, and then sleep until around 10pm.

The store closed at 6pm, so "MR.A" would wake up, and then have full access to the store. He would gather the most valuable items and bring them to the back of the store where there was a huge back door you could lift up.

Outside that door, "MR.B" (who would also have to be recruited) would have a Uhaul with the back opened up and ready to load.

The stolen goods were then to be transported and stored at my condo.

So, this would be a 5 man operation.

After careful consideration of the plan, Ryan agreed.

Mr. B ended up being the son of a police officer with lots of downriver connections so if we were to get pulled over, he could just drop his Father's name and get us out of a search/trouble.

Mr. A was a LONGSHOT candidate. A candidate I had no history of causing trouble with in school or committing crime. But, Mr. A's parents owned a STORAGE FACILITY and Mr. A was the manager there and he promised us a HUGE STORAGE SPACE to store all the stolen goods. Mr. A also admitted that he had heard so many stories about me, he just really wanted to be part of it, he wanted to experience the rush of breaking the law.

I was shocked that this person was volunteering to be the one who took the most risk. The one who actually slept inside the store, waited for it to close, and would be responsible for being calm, cool, collected, and gathering the most valuable items. It takes a "degen" to know an aspiring "degen" and this guy had lots of intangibles to offer, including a vast knowledge of what hockey gear could be sold for the most money.

So, the team was formed.. Mr.A, Mr.B, Tony, Ryan, and me.

The plan was executed to perfection.

I called Mr.A on the cell phone at 10pm to wake him up out of his sleep (Ryan had set him up with a sleeping bag and pillow.)

He answered with "It's on, call you back at midnight."

I got anxious, ended up calling him around 11:30pm, I said "how's it going."

He said "good."

I said "you think you got more time left in you, how you feeling champ."

To my amazement he replied with "I can go all night. Get another truck."

So, we had to make a quick call and recruit MR.C who was friends with MR.B and also connected to a local police department. All he wanted was a pair of roller blades and Eastern Synergy stick.

I call MR. A back at 1am.. he's like "leave me the **** alone, I'm working here, I'll call you when I am done."

Never expected such intensity, he was coming in clutch.

Ryan, Tony, Mr.B, Mr.C, and I are playing John Madden Football just waiting for the call from Mr. A to come complete this heist....

The call comes in.

We head to the spot and as expected from the previous few nights stakeout, there's absolutely no security car driving around in the area and the only way we could get caught is if a cop car drives by right at the precise time.

There's no alarm or security cameras.

We pull up/Dante opens the big door.

We all get to "grinding" and filling up the Uhaul and Ford F-150 to the brim with the most expensive sporting goods. We also get the safe since Ryan knows the code. (Oh my **** was that thing heavy to lift. Good thing Ryan was prepared and brought a dolly for it though. LOL.)

So, we spend about 5 minutes loading all we can and decide it's time to go.

I drove in a spare car as the last part of the mission was for me to take a rock to the front of the store and throw it through the front door. To make it look like a break in. (I had made sure to make Mr.A unlock the door while he was gathering items.)

Now that we have all the items and have took all the proper steps needed to make it look like a break in/not an inside job... we're burning rubber to the storage facility...not a pig in site. We get to the storage facility and Mr.A's brother is there with a **** eating grin on his face and a cooler full of beer for us all....

As we're unloading all the stolen items the adrenaline is pumping through our veins and we're laughing uncontrollably while drinking some Labatt Blues.

We ended up getting 4k cash and around 45k of equipment that we ended up being to get 20k for on the street. So, all in all it was a 25k score.

Ryan got 25%, Mr.A got 25%, I got 25%, and then we split up the rest between the other guys because they deserved it.

Ryan did take heat from his employer as it was a suspected inside job, but I was able to coach him up enough to fool the cops, and after a week or so the police focused their attention on another person. I disgruntled manager that had recently quit.

To this day, out of respect for Mr.A, Mr.B, and Mr.C I have never revealed their names.

Tony is still my best friend.

and...

Sadly, Ryan is no longer with us, he died in a drinking and driving accident.

However, his 16/19 split will be part of ever roulette spin of mine until I die.

Rest In Peace "R.I.M."

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03-09-2013 , 05:13 AM
I ended up getting down $400 tonight because my set and my pocket aces both couldn't fade naked flush draws both times I called this aggro kid with slicked back hair.

Anyway, I was able to grind back to a $30 win, and I decided to leave the casino because I was just too tired.

I wanted to bring you all news of a big win, but instead, all I could give you was another "degen" story that's listed above this post.

Bankroll is currently at $6,596.00.
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03-09-2013 , 06:06 AM
When you grind back to a $30 win do you mean you just bet out your pairs or people just fold to your bets?
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03-09-2013 , 06:15 AM
I grinded back from $400 down to up $30 by just playing abc and extracting value.

Didn't want to try anything fancy and end up making a poor decision that would have got me $600 down and effectively ended my session.
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03-09-2013 , 07:09 AM
This has quickly become my favorite thread. Thought I'd show some more love.

Great story, I don't have the cojones to do anything remotely that outside the law.

Also, thought your earlier response to the Entitlement Program question and image was fantastic and very well worded.

Keep on the grind my man.
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03-09-2013 , 11:29 AM
Just saying it again, as I read through your stories I find myself completely memorized and can't take my eyes off the phone. I quickly become part of the "heist" . My heart starts beating faster as if I'm there with you unloading the goods having a beer, laughing uncontrollably about how smooth things went. Or I'm part of the big online sports scheme making big bets and recruiting new peeps for 400% bonuses.

Well told stories my friend. I check back every day looking for new ones!!
Nice work grinding keep it up bro!
Again... thanks for an awesome thread
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03-09-2013 , 03:45 PM
A Random Act Of Kindness 2010

I grew up through grade school, middle school, and the first little bit of high school in Trenton, Michigan. However, after my Mother and Step-Father Marty divorced I moved in with my Grandmother Marge. My Grandmother Marge has been and still is one of the most influential people in my life to this day. I used to call her every morning on the phone when I woke up at 8am from 1st grade all the way until 6th or 7th grade and I visited her every weekend.

(My Grandfather George and My Grandmother Eda as well. Although this story is not about them, my heart would ache if I didn't mention them here. In fact, my heart aches just typing their names because they are no longer with me and I still feel shame about the pain I caused them when I went to jail.)

Anyway, after spending my high school years, and first two years of community college living with my Grandmother Marge, it's obvious I became even closer with her. Even when I moved into my own condo, my Grandmother still kept my bedroom there and I had an open invite to sleep/live there whenever I wanted.

Over the years of visiting my Grandmother I had a suspicion that her credit card bills/debt was mounting up. I could tell it was happening because I was slowly seeing "name brand" food be replaced with "meijer brand" or "kroger brand" and she was just was more cost conscious about everything. She would also ask to borrow $100 from me here and there.

When that happened, I knew something was wrong. This woman had worked every day of her life and the only reason she stopped working was because the real estate market went drastically downhill in 2006. She was the editor of a real estate magazine in the area and that magazine ended up going out of business. She was heartbroken. She took more pride in her work than anyone I've ever known and now at the age of 70 was not going to be able to find another job.

She should have been able to find another job because her mind is as sharp as a razor because she reads over 300 books a year. It's just that not many places of business are looking to hire a 70 year old woman to work. So, with her income now fixed, her credit card debt became overwhelming.

One day when I had stayed the night there, I decided to search through her personal belongings. I was shocked to find she owed 15k on a Bank of America credit card, 2.2k on a Chase Bank card, and 1k on a Discover card. Her minimum payments on all these cards were like $450 a month. Every single one maxed out. This woman had given all of her Children/Grandchildren $100 every birthday. This woman had given all of her children/grandchildren $100-$300 every Christmas. This woman had worked her entire life and supported her kids even after her husband abandoned her and committed suicide during the GM layoffs in the 80's. This woman would love you unconditionally and try her best to listen to you/understand you know matter how big of a piece of **** you may be at times. I had never been a piece of **** to her or any of my friends/family, but in life, yeah, I had made some mistakes, raised some hell, and every time she was there for me.

I had lost $15,000 in the stock market the week before. I had lost $1,000 in the casino the night before. I didn't even flinch. I called my Aunt, told her the news and got 2k from her, my Uncle Mike, and my Uncle Chris. Didn't even call my Mom because I knew she wouldn't have any money to contribute. The remainder of her balances, around 12k, I took care of myself.

While most people would jump for joy to know all their debt has been paid off, my Grandmother is not that type. She takes too much pride in finding her own way/making her own ends meet. She has a secret in that she's clinically depressed and on several occasions I have found a stockpile of prescription pills that she'll use to commit suicide whenever she wants to check out. Suicide runs deep in her side of the family. I believe she's lost 5-6 loved ones to it.

Paying off these bills was a risk because there was a chance that it could crush her self worth. My Grandmother isn't like me. She won't take a penny unless she works for it, unless she feels like she earned it, and what she does earn she takes great pride in. So, breaking this news to her was going to be a tough chore. I told the family I'd do it and I did.

There was a time in the past where she wanted to die. It was right after her husband committed suicide. Her whole world had turned upside down and she had sunk into the deepest of depressions. She was refusing to eat in the hospital and her body was slowly shutting down. I guess it is possible to die from a broken heart.

My Mother was single at the time as my real Father was in Florida trying to get clean in rehab. So, my Grandmother would always watch me when my Mom would go to work. I ended up spending just as much time with my Grandmother as my Mom. "Gram" was the world to me since I was a baby and in a last ditch effort to get a response from my Grandmother my Mom brought me to the hospital.

An argument ensued between my Mother and Grandmother and my Mom said "if you want to give up and die, you tell your Grandchild Justin that you're going to give up and die because he needs you, I can't raise him alone. Here look at him and tell him you're going to die."

My Mom sat me on her lap and I said "Gram, I don't want you to die."

My Grandmother asked for a cigarette and some food shortly after.

She knew my Mom was right.

Well, even though almost 25 years had went by...

My Mom was still right.

I needed my Grandmother then, just like I needed my Grandmother in 2010, just like I need her now, and I told her that was the reason why I decided to pay off her bills.

I told her I couldn't stand to see her struggle, couldn't stand to see the stress, and told her that I owed her all the money that was on those cards anyway for all the love, support, and gifts she had bought me over the years.

I cried, she cried, and then she hugged me as tight as she could.

Freeing up that $450 a month was going to put extra money in her pocket so she could buy the food she likes to cook, order my little cousins pizzas when they come over, buy little knick knacks for the house, etc, etc, etc... $450 a month goes a long way for someone on a fixed income.

In exchange for paying off her bills she made me agree to bring her my laundry so she could wash/dry/and press all of my clothes for the rest of her life.

No joke, her creases are more on point than a dry cleaner...



Also, in case any one thinks I am bull****ting, here's a couple of the bills.

I only told my family about the 15k Bank Of America, these two bills I just kept to myself/paid off....



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03-09-2013 , 05:19 PM
If you had the code to the safe why didn't you just open it and take what was inside? Or was the safe valuable?
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03-09-2013 , 05:25 PM
And that story about your grandmother is the best in the whole thread, keep posting stuff like that.
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03-09-2013 , 05:57 PM
^^^ was thinking the same thing when I read it.
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03-09-2013 , 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by pitapita
If you had the code to the safe why didn't you just open it and take what was inside? Or was the safe valuable?
If we opened the safe/took the $$$/left it behind the job would be labeled an INSIDE JOB for sure.

Taking the safe made it being an "outside job" a possibility.

People with no connection to the store would obviously take the entire safe/have to figure out a way to open it.

Little things like this is often why my advice is sought for "degen" activities.
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03-09-2013 , 06:49 PM
C-mon people. Think like a criminal 😁
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03-09-2013 , 10:08 PM
Sit down with $200 and get AcAh Otb.

4 limpers to me and I make it $15.

All limpers call.

Flop is K 9d 4d

I bet $50 to get max value from Kx and flush draws.

Utg is only caller.

Turn is a brick, I ship all in.

The fish insta calls and tables 94 clubs..

Owned.

Was so disgusted I took a walk and bought myself cookie. It was as hard as a rock, tasted like ****, and I think ima buy another one to frisbee off that fishes head...

fukkk where is a mrs.fields when i need one...
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