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I think the worst part about this propbet for you is the sheer amount of macdonalds you will end up eating in the process. And having just lost 40lbs is this really what you want? - I'm very concerned those 40lbs will come storming back.

Although it is a very good bet, which i would also accept pretty quickly at 200:1 :-)

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01-21-2009 , 01:14 AM

#177

ToWW

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random question that popped into my head, will you have to pay taxes over that 100k?
any idea how much that will be?

if you would spent that same amount of time studying poker and playing poker you would definitely have at least the double of that propbet amount

but i can see why you'd go for the less risk approach
gl with the whole bet though, hope you make it

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01-21-2009 , 01:14 AM

#178

societymax

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hate to be a downer but it sounds like you made some really bad financial decisions and are in total denial about that fact. instead of blaming your failure in vegas on some kind of cosmic bad beat why don't you just take responsibility for your results? i understand how sick variance can be but it seems like you put yourself in a situation where you couldn't afford to run bad.

gl this year though, pullin for ya.

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01-21-2009 , 01:16 AM

#179

uncleshady

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I bet there's more than one mcdonalds involved...

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01-21-2009 , 01:22 AM

#180

983

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gl, be funny if 2+2 finds the location and visits him.

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01-21-2009 , 01:27 AM

#181

the_main

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I cant help but be slightly worried for you, as I'm reminded of an old 'twilight zone' episode.

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Colonel Archie Taylor, a member of an exclusive club, bets another member, a young talkative man named Jamie Tennyson, half a million dollars that he can’t stay quiet for an entire year

if you want to watch:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=l4A3r4TdJzI

spoiler in white:
some dude severs his vocal chords to win a year long 'no talking' prop bet, and then the guy ends up stiffing him b/c he's broke. I have no reasons to believe snakekilla wouldn't pay, it would just suck to waste a year working at mc'd

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01-21-2009 , 01:29 AM

#182

SABR42

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Originally Posted by ALReturnsLOL

How I won 6 figs in 09, and proceeded to still go broke. Then I made love to my current gf and now I am going to have a kid. All while going busto at the same time.

Wow, where to begin.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...e-pics-159053/

I moved to Las Vegas in Feb 08.

Things went well all spring and summer and then an unprecedented series of financial events hit me like a tsunami. My car that I paid 3k in cash for (outlined in the first thread) broke down after 2 months. Leaving me with no car, wasn't a huge deal and I was still pretty ballin. So I rented a car. This cost me about 1.5k a month. And I did it for 2 months. All of a sudden this stupid little car that was supposed to cost me 3k, ended up costing me close to 10k. I shrugged it off for the most part and continued to grind.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/30...3/#post6534860

I invested much of my savings in undiversified holdings, this was fall of 07. When stocks were at their high points. I ended up getting hammered in the market all while starting to lose at poker.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...ut-car-310114/

Then I paid for that car in cash. I still was comfortable at this point, but I really streched myself financially to pay for this all at once, ( I can't blame myself, I was paying for that rental car at the time).
On top of this I had moved into a luxury apartment. Things were getting more stressful by the moment. I started eating healthier in order to curb stress, it helped some, but I lost a lot of my appetite. While all this was going on, I was losing at poker. In face I went something like 120k breakeven. This is mostly due to the fact that I had an uncontrollable sense of tilt now. I was starting to crack under the pressure and I needed the money more than ever. The good financial security blanket I had setup had backfired in my face.

I stopped posting in 2p2, stopped playing poker. I decided to pack it in and go home. I was sick of the stress and I no longer had any fun playing poker. It had been a huge whirlwind, and sometimes things just don't go your way.

I came back to West Virginia in early Nov. Just lived a normal life etc, tried to relax a bit. But all this time I know I am going to have to pay taxes in 09 and nearly a 6 figure income and I am nearly broke.

Then she came.

Some girl I knew from HS, she wasn't the hottest by bbvs standards. But she has a great heart and we really kicked it off. We hung out everynight for a week in nov, and sooner or later we became bf/gf. It was pretty nice. All this time I still have bills to pay back in Las Vegas, and I continued to get hammered whenever I went on the tables. Keep in mind I had beaten nl200 for like 4ptbb over like 400k hands, so I am not some variance noob or something. I just had uncontrollable tilt, it was all a little too much. I could have done things better for sure, but I ran badly. I swear if you run my vegas scenario 1 million times, I go broke like 4%. So my new girlie and me obv mess around or whatever and just 1 week ago she told me she was pregnant. I felt like the guy from “unforgivable”. Jesus, what am I going to do. Now I have a kid on the way?! God damn. And to top it all off my conservative Christian parents who don't approve of my poker life style decide they REALLY don't approve of my premarital sex lifestyle and want me out of the house.

So now I have to find a ****ty apartment and I am basically out of money (down to just a few g's most of which are in my roll). So was living at gf's parents house LOL.

Then it occurred to me, snake and I never settled our bet. When we first made it, it was half joke/half serious. No jokes anymore, now I needed that money. Snake and I discussed the bet, and decided we needed some new terms. Then the hookup of the century came. One of my friends was talking about this thread with some kids we graduated from HS with. One of them was a manager at McDonalds. After talking it over with him, he said he would hook me up.

So here we are, this started as a half/joke aka 5 buyin downswing. Now its much more serious, thanks for the support.

Epic TR.

GL OP. I hope you do well.

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01-21-2009 , 01:29 AM

#183

Beerocrat

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Countdown to McRobusto

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01-21-2009 , 01:31 AM

#184

Brian O'Nolan

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Living in West Virginia should give you extra motivation... like, wtf else cool would you be doing if you weren't working at McD's?

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01-21-2009 , 01:31 AM

#185

Bambiboi

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01-21-2009 , 01:33 AM

#186

Bass_Turd

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Originally Posted by ALReturnsLOL

One of my friends was talking about this thread with some kids we graduated from HS with. One of them was a manager at McDonalds. After talking it over with him, he said he would hook me up.

Did the manager ask for a cut since he already knows about the bet? If so he basically controls your destiny and could make you his gimp.

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01-21-2009 , 01:40 AM

#187

Pasterbator

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I'll ship you $500 if you name the kid Pasterbator

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01-21-2009 , 01:45 AM

#188

wangpirate

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cheeseburger stakes imo.

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01-21-2009 , 01:58 AM

#189

GoCobbers95

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Originally Posted by Pasterbator

I'll ship you $500 if you name the kid Pasterbator

Anyone down for a little "pick the name prop bet"?

Sick prop bet. I am 100% pulling for you to win this.

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01-21-2009 , 02:00 AM

#190

aoFrantic

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This is sure an interesting way to turn your life around.
gl

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01-21-2009 , 02:01 AM

#191

snagglepuss

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paster,

i really want to outbid you for a different name but wont for the time being.

al,

if you put the baby's name up for auction you might be able to make a decent amount of money

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01-21-2009 , 02:01 AM

#192

suzzer99

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Al, if you get fired and immediately go to work at another McDs, are you still good?

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01-21-2009 , 02:10 AM

#193

ALReturnsLOL

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Al, if you get fired and immediately go to work at another McDs, are you still good?

likely no, because I have a special hookup at the mcdonalds I am at

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01-21-2009 , 02:13 AM

#194

Diamond Lie

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sick TR

gl Al

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01-21-2009 , 02:13 AM

#195

Pasterbator

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Originally Posted by snagglepuss

paster,

i really want to outbid you for a different name but wont for the time being.

al,

if you put the baby's name up for auction you might be able to make a decent amount of money

yea, im not sure why i immediately jumped to $500 for the name. Guess this kid is gonna make Al rich after all.

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01-21-2009 , 02:14 AM

#196

Pasterbator

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Originally Posted by Pasterbator

I'll ship you $500 if you name the kid Pasterbator

LOL i didn't even notice it, but im SOOOO glad this was my 7000th post.

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01-21-2009 , 02:15 AM

#197

bobboufl11

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Al, if you get fired and immediately go to work at another McDs, are you still good?

That would be almost impossible even if he didn't know the manager

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01-21-2009 , 02:16 AM

#198

SoulPower

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Originally Posted by ALReturnsLOL

friend I met from HS is manager at MD. Snakekilla is who the bet is against

What % of your success do you think hinges on your friend not getting fired or promoted away from the store for the entire year? Did you offer him a % to make sure neither of these things happen?

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01-21-2009 , 02:19 AM

#199

bobboufl11

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I think the price on this is good but the odds are a little steep, should be like 15-1 or 20-1 imo. Say your risking 1500 to win 100K and you come up short one week are you now risking ~1700 or are you only set to win ~98K

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01-21-2009 , 02:33 AM

#200

CCuster_911

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Originally Posted by SoulPower

What % of your success do you think hinges on your friend not getting fired or promoted away from the store for the entire year? Did you offer him a % to make sure neither of these things happen?

this is prob key.....

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