yo dosxx,

since you're here.

nice videos you're doing, keep it up!

and you do sound like an old man

Nope, not at all. I think that posting some hands and replying to some other peoples hands is the first stepping stone. Or sign up for the monthly hand swap. Not asking out of the blue for free tutoring.

Late to the conversation.
A lot of this graph is related to draconian laws like "3 strikes". In California we have a huge problem with prison overcrowding due to petty thieves being locked up for the rest of their lives. It is costing us more in tax $ than they would've been able to rob from us. Violent crime has gone down, too, but very slightly compared to the graph you showed.

Income inequality has been rising since the 70s in the US. Things like the Gini coefficient have always been higher for the US, but now it's just getting ridiculous.

You say it's like water, we all rise together, but that is simply not true. If you are born in the 5th quintile of income today in the US, you are less likely to come out of it in the US than you are in any other industrialized nation. This simply wasn't true in 1950. The american dream of dishwasher to millionaire is dead.

A few of the only plus points that America has for them is its VC dynamism and its confidence.

There's a lot of debate about that one, anfernee. Key point is causality, which the good folks at freakonomics never proved. You can have a correlation, but it doesn't mean the cause you find is correct.

Never say never. I understand that its tougher to climb the ladder than it was years ago, but saying the dream is dead is a bit of an extreme. While it may be harder, and take more work, its always possible unless you live in a dictatorship.

today it's: from a dishwasher to a poker millionaire!

BINGO! +1

PokerBoB spotted today on his way to millions by 12 tabling 2/4.

It's more of your tone really. You could've suggested what you said to me and it would have been perfectly appropriate. But a newcome might not always think about the big picture like you do, so maybe it's a little better to show him the light so to speak and do it without making him feel like an idiot?

I didn't mean it isn't possible, it's just not the dream factory it used to be. And this is not me saying, "everything was better before", this is reality displayed in numbers. The fact that you don't move out of the 5th quintile with ease and very bad in comparison to say the maligned Europe, should give you pause for thought.

That said, the standard of living has risen for everyone, so everybody is better off than they were 50 years ago, it's just in relation to others in this time that they are worse off.

Thanks. And damnit I'm only 25, but I sound like Eeyore I guess.

Seriously I thought Bob was a good live player? Or did he suck at that too? I don't know his real story just the trolling he did here and that he sucks at teh internetz poker.

What's his sn?

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Just watched your episode in the Old Dog New Tricks series and you didn't sound THAT old. Mid 40s at the oldest.

btw, only on episode 5 but that series has already helped my game a ton. Made me realize a lot of things I should be doing but wasn't.

Thanks. Never seen it outed personally but if it wasnt then its just a payback for all those gimmick accounts leader had to ban.

good live poker player = okay low stakes online player.

edit: I mean in general, not referring to PB

When he posted his 100/200 live graph and was bragging about it (I think it was $100/hr), was it a legit brag? Or since he sucks, is more than $100 an hour in that game doable?

holllllllaaaaa

well, he apparently does indeed suck, so I'd assume 200/hr (as 1bet/hr is standardish for winrates for expert live players afaik) is possible. I will probably be playing a lot of these California 1/2+ live games in Jan/Feb so stay tuned

More than $100/hr is doable in live 100/200. I think $100/hr is even doable in the bellagio 30.

Looking at his ptr, he isnt making $100 hr online. Unless he is 50 tabling.

Can't wait to see your results from this Elo. How many of hours of live play is enough to gather reasonable assumptions about your winrate? It seems like it would take 10 years+, but maybe you can draw assumptions earlier? Also if this internet stuff shuts down, probably going to be spending mass time in that Bellagio and Commerce 30/60.

Might look weird jumping in and out of tables selecting the best seat live!

Prove it?

I switched seats 3 times to stay to the left of a fish (who obv kept moving because his seats were unlucky and asked for setups all the time) last time i played live. Fortunately there were a lot of diff football/basketball games on so I could use those as my reason for moving.

I might if this legislation passes and has a blackout period