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No one has said anything even resembling what you suggest. I don't think anyone had said stinger SHOULD have sent the money back. All that people have said is that it was nice and classy of him to do so. It would not have made him mean or unclassy to not ship the money back though.

I assume stinger realized that it was a large chunk of OP's roll and I assume stinger does not particularly care about the $800. He decided that it was worth it to him to help someone out a lot instead of keeping some money that made no difference to him.

Saying that the amount of money is irrelevant is dumb. You can't just say its a principle thing without justifying that. What do you even mean? The money certainly is important anyway and makes the two situations totally different. One situation someone lost what they consider a lot of money to someone who considers that to be very little money. The other situtaion someone lost what they considered to be a lot of money to someone that also considered it to be a lot of money. Singer could afford to let someone freeroll him when he was bored for $1,000 I don't beleve Menlo could/can afford to let anyone freeroll him for 50k. If you don't see the difference in those two situations I don't know what to tell you.

QFT

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05-04-2008 , 01:28 PM

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SoUnreal

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Originally Posted by OnceUpon

well maybe the next person who flips with stinger and LOSES will be offended if stinger doesn't send them their money back.

And this is relevant how?

Stinger made a classy move, ffs get over it.

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05-04-2008 , 01:32 PM

#79

Paul McSwizzle

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OnceUpon you're a joke imo

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05-04-2008 , 01:39 PM

#80

yaaam1484

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OnceUpon, it's a bit like dropping something at the mall, the employers says it's no big deal, just get another one, whilst if you scratch a car the sales man asks for a check..

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05-04-2008 , 01:41 PM

#81

Stake Monster

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classy move stinger. It obv meant a lot more to him and you did the not-necessary-but-very-cool thing.

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05-04-2008 , 02:25 PM

#82

sapol

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This guy has class (and money). period.

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05-04-2008 , 02:31 PM

#83

the_casino_kid

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agreed..the whole point of having money is helping people who don't,
if i lost 800 flipping id be ****ing pissed, to stinger its a drop in a barrel..so really why
not just be a nice guy.

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05-04-2008 , 02:35 PM

#84

Erik W

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Very nice gesture.

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05-04-2008 , 02:37 PM

#85

jack492505

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Originally Posted by the_casino_kid

agreed..the whole point of having money is helping people who don't,
if i lost 800 flipping id be ****ing pissed, to stinger its a drop in a barrel..so really why
not just be a nice guy.

I think this is the attitude that most people are disagreeing with. The way you phrase your comments make it sound like stinger should be expected to ship the money back because he does not need it as much. This isn't the case. He would have been totally in the right to keep the money. However, it makes him a classy guy to give it back. But to say it like it should have been expected of him is not right imo.

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05-04-2008 , 02:43 PM

#86

eso

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Stinger prolly got more "joy" out of sending it back than he did winning the money. So a pretty selfish move for him IMO.

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05-04-2008 , 02:44 PM

#87

killsadie

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you should either send the money back, or never flip again. imo.

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05-04-2008 , 02:49 PM

#88

kuelk420

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Meh, Stinger gets 100% rakeback so it's still +ev.

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05-04-2008 , 02:57 PM

#89

Max Raker

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Go, and do not flip again.

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05-04-2008 , 03:00 PM

#90

Apathy

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stinger is the only dude i know who can be so confident he will crush anyone at flips that he can teach them a lesson and send back

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05-04-2008 , 03:06 PM

#91

xxThe_Lebowskixx

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stinger is a dumbass.

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05-04-2008 , 03:21 PM

#92

akia

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wow... kinda good advertise for cardrunners. i'm going to take an account now

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05-04-2008 , 05:18 PM

#93

futuredoc85

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the whole point of having money is helping people who don't

k then Karl

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05-04-2008 , 05:47 PM

#94

SmokeyRidesAgain

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[x] OP acts like a degen
[x] OP gets rewarded for being a degen
[x] ????????

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05-04-2008 , 06:22 PM

#95

vmendi123

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Originally Posted by iSTRONG

OP,
If that amount was significant to you, then I hope you've learnt a lesson from this & out of respect for Stinger's gesture, you should not flip at stakes you can't afford ever again.

Brian,
nh.

Yes, definitely. Probably won't flip again.....at least not for a good portion of my roll.

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05-04-2008 , 06:40 PM

#96

Benjiz

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Nice act by Stinger

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05-04-2008 , 07:22 PM

#97

Scansion

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Stinger was obviously just teaching OP a lesson in 200nl flipament game selection.

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05-04-2008 , 07:31 PM

#98

Cyclosarin

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stinger

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05-04-2008 , 07:37 PM

#99

Andy.713

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Originally Posted by vmendi123

I was in the cardrunners chat room, and brian hastings was in there too. The chat was:
Me: Hey Brian, do you want to flip with me
Brian: Don't flip, its bad
Me: says the guy who won 50K flipping
Brian: If you lose
Me: So, want to flip?
Brian: What table?

So we flip at a 1-2 nl table. By the way, I usually play 1-2 nl HU. So, this money does mean a lot to me. This is what happens (I'm just going to leave the raw hand histories):

Wow...

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Originally Posted by the_casino_kid

agreed..the whole point of having money is helping people who don't

No.

Not that I'm against forms of philanthropy, but that was a ******ed statement.

Gonna go out on a limb here and say that you're a Democrat.