This guy lives in Phoenix, the same city I live in. Should I call him up and ask to meet?

Give him a break, guys.

The guy is obviously in some dire straits in his life.

Lock this thread up mods. Nothing funny about a guy who has lost his way in life after losing a wife and child.

To contact him with no intention of helping him and every intention of using his sob story/understanding of poker for laughs is beyond disgusting.

If there is a 1% chance of his story being true then this thread should just be locked and take down. Since when is 2p2 in the business of kicking strangers when they are down. This guy didn't come to 2p2 looking for a handout or a stake so why pursue him
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so you guys think his story is real about why he's out of money?

what a freakin' nit!

didn't play a hand for a little over 8 hours.. True story..it was the correct play.

That was my favorite part

Story checks out.

http://www.poker-edge.com/poker-player-stats/ur_behind/

Perfect sine wave graph.

That's clearly cosine. ldo dude. ldo.

closer to sin obv

OT: cool story

Who uses "my baby got kidnapped" ???

I ended the exchange, I'm not leading him on beyond what you saw above, and I feel for the guy. I actually have provided him with a fair bit of legitimate advice after his first message to me. The funny part here is only how bad he is at selling himself as a potential stake. He needs to learn to treat it like a job interview, instead of the grammatical equivalent of an untucked shirt. I was not rude to him, and he has benefited from our exchange. You don't see me setting anything up in my first message to rip him apart; it's just an inquiry specifically asking for a professionally written response. And then, he sends that message...

Enjoy it for what it is. If you don't like it I do apologize... I'm not sure if you read the original posting or not; to me, some of it demanded further explanation.

no need to apologize imo, you handled it well. The guy was obv asking for people to make fun of him by posting his craiglist add. After his reply with the life-story, which I doubt is very true, it might be better to quit, just incase it is true.

lol at feeling sorry for a scam artist. His poker story isn't true. His life story isn't true. The fact that some aren't seeing this is alarming.

Skimmed it, from what I gather the bolded part confirms it's fake. Your kid is abducted, your wife kills herself and six months later your largest problem is your lack of a bankroll? Right.

totally agree with this. I am not sure why people thing there is anything credible about this story.

I don't see any problem with keeping this thread open. Op actually did JT a favor by posting this on here. If he's actually worth staking he has a better chance finding a good backer that can help him on here than on craigslist. Most likely he's a scammer/terrible player and I don't see anything wrong with having a little fun with him.

I was hoping it was all an april fools but then noticed the ad was placed on the 28/3

Wow, this guy looks incredibly seedy. There's nothing wrong with baiting a potential thief. Please keep going...

Ask him if he's familiar with reverse twilighting.

DRybes,

To find out if his story is true google his sons name which you ***** out and his last name or his wifes first name and see if a kid got kidnapped in arizona during in 2006 during the wsop. If thats true then I'll send that guy 5 bucks on pstars if not then hes a lying pos.

Also I think his story about being a winning player before his crisis is semi true because the games were like money trees and really playing super nitty would make money imo.

Ok, ok I admit I made the post on craigslist

I to is looking to be backed. I am killing on the $100/$200 play money tables. I need that extra support ever since my ant farm was destroyed when I was playing in a local laser tag tournament. After this tragic events I started sniffed much glues. I truely have the patience to earn big. I am looking for 150% backing in all large buyin tournaments throughout the US.

Hai der Bro

solid posting itt