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03-27-2019 , 10:31 AM

#526

herbalerv

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Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 879

Just tried to watch one of his videos, is actually a talent to come across quite that unlikable

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03-27-2019 , 11:07 AM

#527

swissodds

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Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 1,103

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Originally Posted by Cheapsuit5

Obviously looks like he is giving up although Doug Polk did have some time where he was not playing hardly at all.

The truth is though that DP gets a lot less credit than he should for completing the challenge. For one, the sheer achievement aspect of turning his $100 into $10k is impressive and proved how much of an edge he had (even though he was being crazy and trying to play HU on a super short bankroll early on).

Doing that in 2018, with all the talk of poker being dead is what gets me. He proved if you're good, you can still make it. That should have been talked about and promoted by other people in the poker community much more than it was.

Pretty much this. Amen

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03-27-2019 , 06:00 PM

#528

herbalerv

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Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 879

it's all just Doug's viewership would have been so much higher which would have given him slightly more motivation. Based on actually having humor and an endearing personality aswell as going first of course.

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03-27-2019 , 07:10 PM

#529

Loctus

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Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,280

Polk's motivation to finish was that someone made a thread calling him out on it lol. He hadn't played for like over a year before that and had no signs of getting back on it until that thread. Proving people wrong can be one hell of a motivator

edit: Here, this was what did it: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...-site-1718609/

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03-27-2019 , 07:48 PM

#530

SrslySirius

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Originally Posted by Loctus

Polk's motivation to finish was that someone made a thread calling him out on it lol. He hadn't played for like over a year before that and had no signs of getting back on it until that thread. Proving people wrong can be one hell of a motivator

edit: Here, this was what did it: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...-site-1718609/

That thread is from July 2018. This stream took place on place on May 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqcTaJaORUY

One of the first posts in that thread:

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Originally Posted by WCGRider

Sort of amazing timing, will be posting something in the next day or two

It was already planned to resume

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03-27-2019 , 10:32 PM

#531

WasitacatIsaw?

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Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 206

I hope one day an employee likes me as much as SS likes Doug Polk.

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03-29-2019 , 09:43 AM

#532

KossuKukkula

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One of the best twitch streamers and poker strategy teachers made me lol a bit.

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03-29-2019 , 09:54 AM

#533

mrno1324

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hahahaha what a ruthless needle

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03-29-2019 , 03:46 PM

#534

Calibre

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Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 39

Do love charlie and his thought process with poker is truuly eye opening. He could also probably be a life coach as hes got his **** figured out and he also gives great advice to other people. I do think however if he has a flaw it is definitely that he commits to having a bit too much on his plate probs why he ent doing the challenge which is a shame

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03-30-2019 , 04:32 AM

#535

CodyBLAHHH

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 77

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Originally Posted by Calibre

He'd make a perfect life coach if one aspires to be the most insufferable person in the world.

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03-30-2019 , 05:49 AM

#536

PLSINEEDTHEMONIES

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Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 127

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Originally Posted by Calibre

He could also probably be a life coach as hes got his **** figured out

How would you trust someone to guide your life, who for the last 7 to 8 years was in a poker dominant environment; where peoples behaviours and perspectives do not match with other groups of people that work jobs or deal with normal day to day situations at all?

I personally think that having significant financial success has the potential to skew an individuals perspective as to how the world really is. However, due to ones success everyone just forms around the individual thinking they have all the answers, when that may not be the case.

If I am missing something, please enlighten me.

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03-30-2019 , 01:03 PM

#537

Calibre

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Originally Posted by PLSINEEDTHEMONIES

Its just the honest impression i get off him. Seems like a good guy who has good energy not a bad word to say about anyone, maybe quirky certainly not insufferable. I was swayed by his views on the toxic left side of politics and why he left those circles (i was expecting him to be standard millenial) but infact he is quite the opposite and can accept and listen to all

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03-30-2019 , 01:05 PM

#538

Calibre

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But your partly right maybe life coach is a bit strong. Maybe ‘advisor on how to act towards people’ lol

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03-30-2019 , 01:13 PM

#539

Kelvis

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Yes he can accept and listen to all. But **** GTO, because hey.

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03-30-2019 , 01:40 PM

#540

Scott7x

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I like how he muted the audio for all his recent videos. CC is the only YouTuber whose videos get 100x more watchable because he’s not talking during them. But yeah he’s not insufferable at all

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03-30-2019 , 05:12 PM

#541

Halo_P1

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I just think its a bit much to be asking your microstakes Youtube audience (or their respective wealthy colleagues) for 100k to create an E-commerce/Crypto/Vertical Farm/Retail enterprise to compete with Amazon whilst giving the majority of its revenue to charity on a background history of giving up on a bankroll challenge at 10nl as a professional poker player and not making a website for a Training Site you talked about for about months. At least make a powerpoint presentation or something.

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03-30-2019 , 06:22 PM

#542

mrno1324

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Did he actually give up on the training site?

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03-30-2019 , 06:36 PM

#543

Spacerat65

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Originally Posted by mrno1324

Did he actually give up on the training site?

new work is abundance his charity which i dont really know what he hasnt given many details to what it is because its not in launch yet. i think they're still developing apps and stuff for it. who knows lol?

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03-31-2019 , 12:58 PM

#544

Stroggoz

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How is the bankroll challenge going, can we see some graphs?

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04-04-2019 , 09:58 AM

#545

MikeTHEBOSS

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Originally Posted by Spacerat65

From what I understand Charlie is launching a cryptocurrency called abundance? It's also a ecommerco platform? And he's looking for rich people. Because he needs funding. And his project is gonna help homeless people. Somehow. He's gonna compete with Amazon. He has a "big team" and he's a "big company" and "planning to grow extremely well".

Vertical farms in London. Then UK & rest of the world. Retail stores. Cryptocurrency isn't necessary for the company but might 10x,100x,1000x.

His ramblings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaL6gnBCn9E

Definitively doesn't sound like a scam or idealistic jibber jabber.

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04-04-2019 , 10:27 AM

#546

mrno1324

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I don't really get what the point is of flexing your millions upon millions made in poker if you're going to beg for funding for 100k.

Had the same thought when AA was asking for like 10k to make his **** training course having previously bragged of playing games in Macau that were too high stakes to dare specify.

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04-04-2019 , 05:43 PM

#547

epcfast

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Hopefully the poor lad is no longer being coerced by people to insert things in his bum.

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04-04-2019 , 11:08 PM

#548

icoon

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Originally Posted by MikeTHEBOSS

At least it's not for his personal gain. He is super sincere and will not get rich from this. He doesnt need too, he was "extremely succesfull" already in his previous endeavours. + he has a gf and 2 cats.

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04-06-2019 , 02:33 PM

#549

Birchinio

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Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 678

Jesus christ that video is so bad, is he ****ing serious? The guy is decent at Poker and ran well but it's made him so delusional and removed from the real world.

Holy **** it gets worse 'We're planning to compete with Amazon'. Honestly he is so so naive it's ridiculous. 15 mins of vague ramblings about ecommerce and crypto, and he's supposed to be a serious video asking for funding?