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10-08-2010 , 08:08 PM

MMOB

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Saw this story on Zugwat in this coming Sunday's Washington Post Magazine and thought that some of you would find it interesting:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...100105833.html

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10-08-2010 , 08:26 PM

Magis

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Good article

Last edited by Videopro; 10-08-2010 at 08:44 PM. Reason: Removed deleted quoted post

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10-08-2010 , 08:33 PM

NomoneyHU.

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nice read.

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10-08-2010 , 08:34 PM

Lchampag

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Online poker sites began to study his intense and aggressive style, and admirers followed his every card. "GL" they'd write, online poker slang for "Good Luck."

wtf, this sounds like it was written by a sophomore

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10-08-2010 , 08:53 PM

ezdonkey

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"When poker's the only thing in your life, your happiness is totally dependent on whether you're winning or losing," Silverman says, "which is basically out of your control."

Well put.

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10-08-2010 , 09:02 PM

Ruudolf

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Good stuff

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10-08-2010 , 09:14 PM

Stoichkov130

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This article is poor imo.
It spends an awful lot of time talking about how he "won millions".
It spends no time at all talking about how he lost it.

Which is too much of an important detail not to talk about.

So it gives a very unbalanced view of poker.

Last edited by Stoichkov130; 10-08-2010 at 09:25 PM.

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10-08-2010 , 09:21 PM

pkrplyrX

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Nothing 'll make you go from taking your kid to gamblers anonymous to making scrapbooks about poker like realizing other people think he's important for what he does

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10-08-2010 , 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Stoichkov130

This article is poor imo.
It spends an awful lot of time talking about how he "won millions".
It spends no time at all talking about how he lost it.

Which is too much of an important detail to not talk about.

So it gives a very unbalanced view of poker.

Did he lose it?

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10-08-2010 , 09:25 PM

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Did he actually lose back most of what he won? It didn't sound like it from the article. I thought the article was very good....well balanced and did a good job explaining poker jargon to a general audience. But maybe the headline was a little misleading...this is usually written by an editor, not the author of the article.

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10-08-2010 , 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bigfoot1000

Did he lose it?

nope

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10-08-2010 , 09:28 PM

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Stoichkov130

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He did lose it.

Down 1.23 mill lifetime on HSDB.

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10-08-2010 , 09:29 PM

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...100105833.html

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10-08-2010 , 09:30 PM

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Stoichkov130

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Originally Posted by NickMPK

Did he actually lose back most of what he won? It didn't sound like it from the article. .

My point exactly.
He did lose it all, but the article conveniently brushes over this unpleasant truth, and barely even mentions it (aside from the title).
Its an interesting story, but the standard of journalism was very poor.

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10-08-2010 , 09:35 PM

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wow i fail, didnt see the other thread, sry mods u can close this

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10-08-2010 , 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Stoichkov130

ICallSoWhat

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10-08-2010 , 09:42 PM

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corporalburgundy

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how gr8 is it?

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10-08-2010 , 09:45 PM

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bigfoot1000

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Originally Posted by Stoichkov130

He did lose it.

Down 1.23 mill lifetime on HSDB.

If I had to guess I'd say it's not accurate.

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10-08-2010 , 10:01 PM

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The reason people don't post full articles is because of copyright reasons afaik. You can post a snippet and a link to the full version.

Last edited by TVProFanboy; 10-08-2010 at 10:02 PM. Reason: post I was referring to already removed

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10-08-2010 , 10:05 PM

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very slack journalism imo, the only decent part of the article was about the tension poker caused with his unsupportive parents especially his mother, even though it wasn't really fleshed out. the writer having very little clue about poker didn't help, also omitting his downswing and how that affected him to make the choices he did thereafter is ridiculous.

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10-08-2010 , 10:21 PM

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apefish

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Meanwhile, Lichtenberger asked a girl to take off her panties. She complied.

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10-08-2010 , 10:57 PM

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nice read,ty.

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10-08-2010 , 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by apefish

Meanwhile, Lichtenberger asked a girl to take off her panties. She complied.

WOW. She must have been borg.

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10-09-2010 , 01:59 AM

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So if he did lose most of it, wouldnt this be a pretty good catalyst for quitting poker??
Article makes it sound like he was up huge then retired rich? Thats what I got out of it anyway

Def an interesting read