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Originally Posted by iPUTnutsONtheTABLE
I don't see how the guy goes to gambling rehab and his life plan after rehab is to gamble more. He probably blew through at least $10,000,000 in FTP $ gambling on poker and sports, then borrowed more and is deep in debt.
The problem for people hoping to collect $ from him is that it's almost certainly not legally collectable and Lindgren's reputation is already ruined so really what's the incentive for him to pay his creditors?
The only incentive is to STAY IN THE GAME, or stay in the lifestyle of having action at all times. The "little people" whom he owes money to are just roadblocks in his way. If you don't understand what drives 95 percent of all of poker, then you need to readjust your thinking.
It is not as if these people love to go skiing, and borrow money to take trips to Vail, Colorado. If you try to put a 9-5er's reasoning into the poker lifestyle of course you will never be able to square the circle.
However, you did actually have a correct thought when you stated that the debt is not collectible, and his reputation is already ruined, so.....
People need to realize that most everyone on earth is a potential stiff, if the right circumstances arise. Remember when they gave 500K housing loans to janitors so they could buy houses with no money down? Well, if the janitor, or person who didn't even have a job, didn't pay, what were the consequences? Not jail time. Just bad credit. Now imagine if casinos gave 500K loans/free shots to people, and if you lost and didn't pay it back you didn't go to jail. The stiff percentage would be astronomical.
The poker world is not like any other world. Gambling is different than normal society.