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Originally Posted by TroothSayer
1. Do any particularly wild Commerce stories/regulars stand out from over the years?
2. What would it take for a live poker resurgence? What is the driving factor behind action being pushed to private games? Surely there will always be people who want the feeling of going to the casino and playing some cards; why are places like the commerce dying?
3. How old are you? Most men, even the most egotistical of us realize that at some point it’s worth trying for a family, or at least a partner to share things with. But maybe you’re the exception?
4. I don’t want this to land the wrong way, but it seems that you are both very proud of your accomplishments in poker but really quick to talk **** about it. Usually when people talk so negatively about their job they harbor resentment towards it. Is there a chance that you are resentful that you never were truly elite at any game? Or mad that you (maybe - or perhaps just didn’t care to) didn’t have what it takes to get to the top? It’s not like all poker is taking easy money from degenerates, you could choose to play against equally smart and talented players online at high stakes, or go try to play in Bobby’s room etc etc. did you ever want to push yourself and go that route?
5. Your work on Twitter is hugely admirable, I am impressed with how much time you put into going after the conservatives trying to ruin our country/democracy. Ever think about trying to go into politics? Or think about any type of second career/passion project?
6. Do you do any exercise or have any hobbies/activities other than poker and golf?
7. Are you friends with any other Commerce regs away from the tables?
1. wan lee was the wildest. He once told me, after i felted him, "i want you to get hit by a bus, but not die just get paralyzed, so when you wheel yourself back in here i can laugh in your face". I actually found him quite charming.
Matt Winnick pretty legendary as well. He felted a "pro" kid with a fishy call/suckout (standard) and the kid was berating him as he left table with no money. matt had one of those small corn cobs on a stick with his lunch. he told the kid he would give him all his money back ($6k) if they could go in the bathroom and he could stick the tiny corn cob up his ass. th kid was definitely thinking about it!!! Matt also used to play with his pediatrician who delivered him (bob landau) and would try to make bob tell everyone he had a big dick as a baby.
2. you'd need a prohibition lifted (even legalizing sportsbetting would help) but it would be short lived wherever it happens. the number of pros that can come in from around the world, the rising rake and the general increase in level of play from fish make PUBLIC poker a dead end no matter what.
3. 52. wife dog more than enough
4. I came to poker from card counting and booking, i never had any interest in being some top pro, that required winning tournaments (which i wouldn't play), all "top pros" were (and still are for the most part) judged by tournament wins, IN RETROSPECT I SHOULD HAVE PLAYED THESE TOURNAMENTS!!! I wanted as much cash as possible, for a while the meant trying to become an "elite" poker player but i figured out pretty quickly the real money was not being an elite gambler but an elite purveyor of gambling. then i moved quickly to wanting all passive income (rentals, etc) poker isn't my job and i dont speak negatively about it. i tell what is truly going on. nearly all "elite" players are doing now what i did then, running games live and online, running streams, owning pieces of card rooms live and online etc. its the opposite of not being elite, i teach myopic card players how to be elite at life.
5. i am unelectable. lololol. i get some good bets out of attacking lying scum. just so happens they are nearly all right wing. if you say, "biden is a criminal" or "trump is innocent" or "trump will be next president" or "election was stole" or "vaccines kill millions" or "covid was a hoax" or "america has open borders" or any of this right wing bullshit you are going to be challenged with a large escrowed bet. you can then put up or shut up!!!!
6. no
7. ostensibly