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Originally Posted by rumnchess
Probably the best well I've seen on 2+2. Didn't read all the latest posts so apologies if any of this has been asked:
1. Of the countries you've been to, which has the highest overall quality of life and why?
2. Do you golf? I feel like you would enjoy it
3. Biggest skill difference you've noticed between live/online between someone you've played significant hours with at both?
4. Best cities for eating well in the U.S.?
5. You mentioned that you wish people were more open in general. Do you think that many people are closed off because of insecurities, social pressures, or other reasons? Do you find that more intelligent people are generally more or less open? (Obviously gonna vary massively person to person but just curious about thoughts on these trends)
1. I think people overrate my travels. America has the highest standard of living from what I can tell. I really liked Vancouver and hope to spend more time there in the future. I haven’t spent a ton of time in Europe, never been to Asia or Australia.
2. I wouldn’t say I golf. My dad is a pretty solid golfer, maybe like a 6 handicap or something. Not bad for an old dude. The reason I tried to get into was to spend more time with him, but it is pretty boring to me. And I suck. For like 3 months I went to the driving range 3-4x per week and played maybe 10 rounds during that time. I got a lot better, but didn’t ever start liking it much. This was a few years ago though so things may have changed. I went to Louisiana for a wedding and played with some of the groomsmen, I had a really good time even though I was pretty bad. It seems like something I will get into later in life, just not ready for it yet.
3. I think a lot of the superstar online guys have a little trouble adjusting at first to the live environment. It is different deal having to control your emotions, your reactions to cards falling, the way you make bets, your overall awareness of the table, etc. I think it is really important to do things in a consistent way while playing live. I always try to make bets the same way, look at my cards the same way, etc. I am sure there are people that are great at picking up ‘tells’ or whatever, I am certainly not one of them.
4. Healthy or yummy? New York food is awesome. San Francisco food is awesome. Vegas food is pretty great too. I like Del Frisco’s in Fort Worth, and the Mexican food. Healthy stuff I don’t really know, it isn’t generally difficult to eat healthy if you are fine making your own food. Most bigger cities have plenty of options for eating out, and even mcdonalds has some damage control items.
5. I don’t think intelligence has anything to do with openness. Some people are just very sealed off emotionally (I am like this a lot). I don’t have a problem at all saying what I think, but the way I feel is a lot harder to talk about. I think insecurity is a big part of it, but social pressure plays a role as well.