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08-20-2014 , 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by KidKash
I think it was 2001, maybe 2002 that I deposited to online poker. You can PM me here and I'd be happy to give you the rundown on my experience as a longtime online grinder, know a few others who would talk as well..
I will PM you, as well as the other people who've replied in the thread as soon as I can (not able to PM yet).
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08-20-2014 , 04:46 PM
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I like this thread idea, its obviously kind of pointless but I often wonder about the path poker took me on. And even more what might have happened if I had of discovered the game earlier than 2006. Which I really should have considering I already loved poker/5 card draw from 1985 and spent most of 2000-2006 at work often bored in front of a computer.

TYPE "poker" INTO ASK JEEVES.COM ONE TIME FFS

So instead i wound up finding it in 2006, within six months had rather stupidly quit a very good job "to turn pro". Luckily for me party sitngoes were so comically easy i could do well 2-4 tabling the $109s. Def wish I hadnt done it though.

I'll stop there cos my story isnt that interesting, but Im sure there are plenty of good ones. A lot of us made a career choice drunk on "poker" and not everyones decision turned out well. Im sure theres a heap of guys who suffered from bad decisions bought on by early run hot and descended into general degeneracy/busto/disaster
Dont think that there is an uninteresting story about the subject. I'll PM you as soon as I'm able too.
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08-20-2014 , 10:17 PM
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He probably was leading a 100K a year lifestyle when he was making this kind of money. This story is found in documentary called Broke about pro athletes who made more a year but obviously spent more and now many are broke......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSOAwNSv8EM
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08-20-2014 , 10:41 PM
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Some epic bragging ITT.
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08-20-2014 , 10:42 PM
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He probably was leading a 100K a year lifestyle when he was making this kind of money. This story is found in documentary called Broke about pro athletes who made more a year but obviously spent more and now many are broke......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSOAwNSv8EM

lol comparing a 100k lifestyle to nfl players blowing a couple mil a year
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08-21-2014 , 05:32 AM
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lol comparing a 100k lifestyle to nfl players blowing a couple mil a year
2mil was the base nfl salary 10yrs ago? what is it now? don't really keep up w that stuff.
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08-21-2014 , 08:51 AM
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2mil was the base nfl salary 10yrs ago? what is it now? don't really keep up w that stuff.
Back ten years ago the league minimum for rookies was about 300K and for veterans was probably a shade under a million. If he spent all of his money back then he would be like many NFL rookies. Also guys like Hansen, Booth and others would be no different than the guys in this movie.
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08-21-2014 , 09:13 AM
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Tbh there are no specific intended use with the paper. I just find this an interesting subject, and want to see if it's possible to gather more insight. Then, obv together with the people who might participate, it can be discussed what to do (or if to do anything) with it. Depending on the response it'll be different options IMO, a vision is that it could end up as a documentary. But everything is obv depending on the response and interest.
I hear newsweek is looking for articles on how internet poker ruins peoples lives...
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08-21-2014 , 05:40 PM
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Have felt this same exact thing often over the past 3-4 years. Have a similar story. PM me.
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08-22-2014 , 04:45 AM
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who does a research paper for themselves? call the FBI
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