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Go to your local casino, you can see dozens of people gamble huge proportions of their worth on the poker tables/ floor games/ slots etc. on a daily basis.

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05-12-2018 , 12:12 PM

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dingdongdonkey

banned

Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 1,061

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Originally Posted by SolarAU

Go to your local casino, you can see dozens of people gamble huge proportions of their worth on the poker tables/ floor games/ slots etc. on a daily basis.

They don´t gamble for amounts that >95% of the population will never earn in their life time, so no, not even remotely comparable.

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05-12-2018 , 12:15 PM

#153

Michael Buble

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 339

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Originally Posted by dingdongdonkey

They don´t gamble for amounts that >95% of the population will never earn in their life time, so no, not even remotely comparable.

True. But it's more degenerate to gamble away your monthly social benefits in a few hours than a few million when you've got 100's of millions.

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05-12-2018 , 12:43 PM

#154

RT999

banned

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 197

Just thankful the Matt Kirk is a pot limit Omaha crusher era is over and glad the Matt Kirk is the Guy Laliberte of pot limit Omaha has taken off.

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05-12-2018 , 01:13 PM

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pokerbeastsu

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 473

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Originally Posted by boobies4me

NVG is kinda behind the curve on this one. Pretty well known in high stakes circles that he got in on ETH pre-ICO and that's where all his money comes from. He was kinda broke before that. Not to say he isn't a nice guy or anything.

If that's true, you are talking about a person who was holding a lot of ETH at a price under $0.30 each (approx). ETH is currently $663, but was double that back in December.

Even if he had only $10k worth at the ICO price (under $0.30) that would be at the minimum 22 million today.

No wonder why he has such a disregard for money.

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05-12-2018 , 03:27 PM

#156

luckexpress25

stranger

Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 6

He is super good for televised cash games. Always entertaining for me

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05-12-2018 , 07:10 PM

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pokerbeastsu

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 473

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Originally Posted by luckexpress25

He is super good for televised cash games. Always entertaining for me

Agreed. It took me some time to get used to, but his play is good for TV. Wild and reckless.

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05-13-2018 , 04:25 PM

#158

William Murderface

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,268

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Originally Posted by boobies4me

This doesn't make a whole lot of sense considering that he's been dusting off tons of $ on televised games (SHRB) going back to at least 2015, before the big bitcoin boom.