I know this has already been discussed before but I don't know where the discussion ended up..

why don't we compile/edit the stories into a compilation novel I think this thing would fly off of shelves and we could use profits for a bbv fund or something tbd. i'd be willing to edit/compile fwiw or is someone already doing this?

Donate it to a charity that helps gambling addicts.

Or hookers and blow for all.

Actually I like that idea of donating to a gambling addict charity of our choosing (not GA obv) and am willing to do the editing/compiling but would have no knowledge of actually publishing the book. Any one up for it or helping out and getting it going?

You guys can't be serious, what a horrible idea. If someone wants to read these stories then they can open this thread. Plus With all the time you have wasted talking about that ******ed idea you could have copy and pasted all the entries.

but we could make the monies and teach our kids how not to degens

Update.

So yesterday "Lee" was doing the beggar's Trifecta. First he was begging to get staked in yesterday's tourney at 9am. Then he was begging for gas money. Then he ended the day (and I mean day as in 9pm) begging for rent money and actually spent his entire day following regs to the cage as we cashed out begging for $50 and telling us his "I need rent" story.

Fast forward to this morning, I'm in line for a tourney (first place is $10k+) and there is Lee, in the same clothes as yesterday begging away working his degen magic. He's got the begging down to an art.

Interesting the floor allows that my friends tried to get a few bucks after they busted to get into a cash game and almost got kicked out.

Seriously how does the casino not intervene?

He's got it down to an artform. He is a blackbelt Super Saiyain begging Jedi master, able to simultaneously get on your good side, tell you his hard luckstory, promise you the payback on his next tourney score, apologize for the money he still owes you and or his late repayment, and make you want to help him all in just a few seconds.

He's like a begging ninja, lurking in the shadows waiting for the right moment to strike... And then afterwards, he disappears like vapor...

It's uncanny...

But what is funny is every casino I've ever played at has a few "Lees". All they do is hang around all day long skimming money off all the regs they know. Eventually, they find someone who will stake them or they get enough $20/$40 hand outs to short buy into the 1/2nl game

I solved the whole begging issue long ago. Hit a bad beat jackpot once for about $3500. Guy I have seen around but don't even know his name asks me for $200. I simply say "...I have a personal policy of not loaning or borrowing money..." and walk away. Usually only takes once.

I do give my wife money to gamble with but only because she sleeps with me.

I had about 40K in stock market investments at the time of this, but no other money available...none. I would often go into the weekend short because I didn't want to sell any stock to live on.

So, Sunday comes around and I have ZERO dollars. Not a penny. And I am telling you that I have zero food in the fridge or cupboards. But what was worse was that I didn't have any soft drinks, and I was getting a headache for lack of caffeine.

The problem is making it until Monday so I can sell some stock and transfer to account. All other options you can dream of, for various reasons, could not be attempted (like writing check at grocery store, etc.). I was officially without access to cash.

Here is what I did. I had less than a quarter of a tank of gas, so I could drive somewhere and back, but that was about it. I drove about 20 minutes away to a record store that also bought CD's. I'm not a big collector of music, though I love music, but I had about 5-6 automatic winners in my car at the time. Stuff like Bob Marley, Notorious BIG, Elton John, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson. So, I knew that I was essentially a cinch to get something, even if only a few dollars.

When I got there I decided I really didn't want to part with my best stuff, so I took the 3rd string into the store, plus a few decent ones. It was kind of humiliating, as there was a decent line of about 8 people, and many had big boxes of stuff, and here I am scrapping around for a few bucks. For some reason, it felt more desperate than it really was.

As I waited I could watch the workers and how they dealt with the people. You could tell that one of them was more ruthless and negative and would be condescending while talking about worthless, scratches, whatever. I hoped I didn't get this person.

Of course I did, and I then went down in flames. I think I got $2 for a few of my CD's, and rejected on the rest. This isn't enough to eat with, let alone get loaded up on Caffeine. I went back to the car and got a few of the money makers that I didn't want to part with and went back to the store.

I get near the front again, and am hoping that I don't get the same person, and I am sweating it a bit, but something worse happens. He sees that I am in line again and mentions that I was just there. He says it in a way that suggests that I am attempting to take the same CD's in the hopes of getting another worker who might give me a few bucks instead of denying me because of the condition.

I sensed what was developing so I quickly explained what I did, and got to the front of the line, felt humiliated again, but did get another $3, and got the hell out of there wit the CASE $5. I was relieved to be out from the embarrassment, but also feeling like I robbed a bank, as I was just giddy that I could get to the store, get some food, and get some caffeine. But to accomplish all of the above, I still needed to maneuver.

I get to the grocery store (big chain) and start walking the aisles. Now, for sure, I need caffeine, so I was able to get a nice big bottle of my favorite diet soda/pop for 99 cents. Now, because it was early in the day, I was going to need two meals to really get through comfortably. So, I got a pack of Rice A Roni for $2. I have now spent $3 of the $5 that I have. But there is a problem. You must have butter to be able to cook the Rice a Roni. Now, butter is pretty expensive, so I was pretty much dead in the store, but I quickly thought of a plan.

I knew that there was a Kentucky Fried Chicken right down the street. They sold very small sandwiches for $1 each. I could go through the drive through and order two of them....that would use up the final $2 and be my first meal of the day. But I still needed butter for the Rice A Roni, for my meal later, right?

So, from the psychological safety of my car, I ordered two chicken whatever for $1 each at KFC. I said nothing else. I get to the window, and as the person is just about to hand me my food I say: could ya throw a few sticks of butter in there....I like to butter the bread. It was classic. It went smooth as could be, and the worker, who likely made $7 an hour, had no idea that the person in the drive through in the somewhat new SUV was more desperate than her, at least on that day.

I have a million more like that, but this one involved so many different locations, and brought out so many different emotions, that I will always remember it, and the memories are good.

^ thats like the worst 1st world problems degen story ever.. i hope this was a level lol:
cliffs
- guy had 40k in stock couldnt withdrawal til bank opens monday
- had no money sunday
- sells cds for $5
- buys food and gets butter for his rice-a-roni at kfc
- monday comes and problems solved wtf u suck

The story was more degen than the degen himself.

No, it is a great story because I had to have every single dollar invested in one stock, and was willing to torture myself like an idiot because I had to have every single dollar invested.

I have 1,000 other similar stories when dead broke. The point is that I was willing to have zero dollars available, and jump through a million hoops just to eat, all because I had to have everything on the line all of the time.

just stop now...

LOL they have like 25 vids on there too, this girl seems pretty cracked out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPZX...hannel&list=UL

I really hope someone tries the roulette system (not really, I don't want scammers to have more $$$) but their videos are just so darn convincing and ridiculous that you can't help he curious as to how hilarious it would be.

your story is bad and you should feel bad

Love reading these storys ive got afew of my own, I deposted 11$ and played .1/.2 cash tables and slowly moved up, I ended up with $280 in my account and this was the first time I had ever managed to run up a decent bankroll I took a pretty bad beat with (flopping the nuts straight with a redraw to a royal flush) someone shoved with a set and hits quads on the turn.

Anyway I end up chasing losses and playing HU for 60$-100$ I get all the way down to 7$ and feel so sick id just lost 240$ which is the most id ever lost I was so angry with myself as I work part time whilst being at College so losing that ammount of money made me feel like a total idiot and sick to my stomach.

I thought to myself "ive lost it all so **** it"

I played heads up with my roll

7$ Won
15$ Won
30$ Won
60$ Won
100$ Won
100$ Won

Within 30 minutes of playing Hyper-Turbo heads up matchs I had got back up to the ammount I started with and the grin on my face could not be recreated I was so happy with myself.

I remember losing one or two thousand and feelin really bad and this thread always helped. I have a thread for mine lots of u have Probly read it. Anyway the jist of it was grinding away with 17000$$$ to my name at 2/5 in Venetian and ended up doing a few small ($1000) blackjack bets which progressed to losing my $17000 plus $15,000 cash advance on my cc. I made sure I didn't have a single dollar to my name before calling my bro (does same job as me and has $100k cash saved) and got him to book me a flight

I remember sitting at cut steakhouse eatin a $500 meal by myself in my dirty clothes. The comp didn't cover a tip so I pretended to call my credit card even though I knew it was maxed. I called two days later And left a big tip btw. Anyway I was super depressed for a week but right now I feel the same being 15k in debt as I did with 15k in the bank

Oh and btw any of these stories with losses or swings of less than $1000 are annoying. When I come here to feel better about five
Figure losses I want something to relate to not some gay college kid who lost his allowance for the month

Hey bro don't feel bad, I've lost more than you with pit games.

Good to hear lol it sucks got any good new ones?? Just annoying to see posts like the ones above mine.

People posting $1000 losses are on the same relative plane as you posting five figure losses.

The money total doesn't matter so much as the percentage of their complete life roll does.

$1000 should be about a paycheck for a decent ft job. Losing $30000 is 6-9 paydays for me depending on bonuses