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Originally Posted by angle_shooter
Lol what were the stakes of this game? I see a pot of 5k and he's the biggest loser, being stuck a whopping 35k. Not exactly nose bleed stakes for someone with his bankroll, income and net worth. He ran a 7 figure river bluff on a guy, who folded top set. So let's put it in perspective.
People seem to forget how he won 3M over a couple of years, bought a house, and has set himself up with multiple very lucrative income streams. Trust me he's not doing it tough, despite what he might want people to believe. Sure he would much prefer to be winning than losing, but he's still doing just fine!
The thing is, he can't keep losing. He would eventually go broke. If you keep winning, even if it's just a little, you never run out of money.
Out of that 3 million he paid taxes, bought the house as you mentioned, and lost a million in cash games last year. Plus, he continues to play nosebleeds. That's not a viable longterm financial plan.
He could have set himself up financially for life, but for some of these high-stakes guys, poker is a dick-swinging contest. He probably couldn't stomach playing 5-10 or 10-20, when there's a 50-100 game going somewhere.