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Cumicon is a character for sure (or as someone in youtube chat said: Jungleman 2.0).. Greatly enjoyed the episode, Joey did a good job keeping it going and Cumicon was still entertaining (and for sure very interesting) even though he clearly is somewhat socially awkward. So shoutout for Cumicon for going on a public forum like that even though he's likely very aware of his own social shortcomings and that internet trolls will make fun of him

Best part was probably him roasting Polks huplo game lol

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11-29-2017 , 11:11 AM

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Exothermic

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Cumicon plans after poker is basically to snowboard in the winters & do nothing the rest of the year, ughh, pretty sure he will be back in poker.

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11-29-2017 , 11:14 AM

#8253

unta8

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Originally Posted by KB24

Get Cole South back on and ask him about bitcoin and if he really has 10k bitcoins

holy **** go away you weirdo

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11-29-2017 , 11:26 AM

#8254

whomeno

centurion

Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 117

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Originally Posted by Exothermic

Cumicon plans after poker is basically to snowboard in the winters & do nothing the rest of the year, ughh, pretty sure he will be back in poker.

by watching that pod it seems like he needs to start living a somewhat normal life ,over 5 years he probably hasnt spoken to many people for that length of time,he does need to build up the social skill im sure that will take time...it sort of is like he went to prison totally put his "life" on hold to become a millionare

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11-29-2017 , 11:57 AM

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Slugant

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how many people would trade though

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11-29-2017 , 12:12 PM

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whomeno

centurion

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yeah not saying its a good or bad idea im sure lots of people have put there life on hold and havent got jack sht to show for it

i wonder how long it will take him of snowboarding etc to get bored ,wake up in the morning and go what the hell am i going to do today?

no way a guy with that drive, obsessive personality can just laze around for months on end

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11-29-2017 , 12:17 PM

#8257

grunderson

enthusiast

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That old PokerTableRatings stuff sounds hilarious how you can leave comments for people.

Needs a revival imo.

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11-29-2017 , 12:20 PM

#8258

unta8

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Originally Posted by whomeno

you know how fun snowboarding is?

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11-29-2017 , 09:47 PM

#8259

FastBF

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 217

Tough interview for reasons that I think are self-evident but you did the best you could, Joe, to try to pry out some answers.

I've wondered about the benefits of having a rather flat affect as a poker player, especially for those who play higher variance variants (i.e. PLO). In cumicon's case, it seems clear (and he acknowledged as much) that his emotional control was a distinct advantage over other players.

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11-30-2017 , 05:01 AM

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Tilt_puntings

centurion

Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 134

I wish I had some emotional control when playing.

Gonna be bold now: Get DNegs on the pod again.

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11-30-2017 , 05:39 AM

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kingofcool

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Originally Posted by Tilt_puntings

I wish I had some emotional control when playing.

Gonna be bold now: Get DNegs on the pod again.

yes, a follow up on how good increased rake is for the games.

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11-30-2017 , 10:57 AM

#8262

Slugant

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joey you are quite skilled in getting these human bots loose and its very enjoyable to see these interviews.. more players like this and less polk imo

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11-30-2017 , 03:06 PM

#8263

Tilt_puntings

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Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 134

But how will we know what Doug's been up to the whole week? And what kind of exciting new courses Upswing might offer us?

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11-30-2017 , 05:09 PM

#8264

StaYSMacKed

grinder

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 616

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Originally Posted by Tilt_puntings

But how will we know what Doug's been up to the whole week? And what kind of exciting new courses Upswing might offer us?

I for one would miss the huge announcements of when new T-shirt’s are available.

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11-30-2017 , 05:20 PM

#8265

SalmoTrutta

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Always interesting to see the crushers, thanks Joey and Cumicon. Not so sure about the state of the viewer base though, human filth galore in that chat box.

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11-30-2017 , 05:26 PM

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madmansam

old hand

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I just want to say that the last two podcasts with Doug have been really enjoyable and maybe the funniest yet. The fact that Doug's a guest that everyone is familiar with is a bit of an advantage imo, as there is no need for a long backstory/introductory questions.

Those things are fine and interesting with new guests but it is also nice to have the occasional podcast where it's less structured and more free-flowing entertaining poker banter/BS/trolling and Doug and Joey seem to have the right amount of chemistry/experience and personality to pull it off.

I for one would enjoy watching these shows bi-weekly(or w/e) .

Last edited by madmansam; 11-30-2017 at 05:27 PM. Reason: +1 for Ansky farewell video

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11-30-2017 , 05:26 PM

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Bananasplit

grinder

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Cumicon has a clear pathological personality disorder, it's normal for the viewers to react on this.

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11-30-2017 , 06:13 PM

#8268

Apache821

stranger

Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 4

Great pods Joey!

You and Doug have great chemistry! Have you two ever considered starting a show?

Maybe call it Poker-Talk? or Table-Chat?

Best Wishes!

Apache

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11-30-2017 , 06:23 PM

#8269

Bananasplit

grinder

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Maybe stfu moron.

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11-30-2017 , 06:29 PM

#8270

Tilt_puntings

centurion

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Bit offensive show name imo.

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11-30-2017 , 06:29 PM

#8271

MagikarpFTW

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Originally Posted by Bananasplit

Cumicon has a clear pathological personality disorder, it's normal for the viewers to react on this.

Watch out, we have an expert over here.

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11-30-2017 , 07:48 PM

#8272

IMDABES

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Most of you are such ****s. Don't listen to them cumicon / joey, I thought the interview was really interesting and refreshingly genuine & honest.

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11-30-2017 , 08:52 PM

#8273

PuckFokerGo

adept

Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 1,089

I really enjoyed the podcast with Cumicon. It was very sobering to hear how an individual pursued success through online poker, became one of the biggest winners online, but on his path towards greatness became even more isolated and now doubts that his monetary success was worth the personal sacrifices.

Thanks Cumicon for putting yourself out there, best of luck. I struggle with social anxiety and can't imagine doing a podcast like this.

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11-30-2017 , 11:23 PM

#8274

SageDonkey

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In my experience, a fairly significant percentage of poker players are quite weird, usually in an interesting and quirky way, not in a bad way.

From what I see on social media and on forums, there also seems to be a high incidence of mental health problems too affecting pro or semi-pro players.

My take is that pre-existing weirdness when coupled with playing an unhealthy amount of poker, can often result in some mental health issues that either never existed before poker, or before poker were on a very low level so caused no real issues for the person.