This is the most entertaining thread in recent memory. Newhizzle's reckless abandon coupled with free money's articulate and nitty arguments make it magnific.

freemoney,

I think you are right on the mark.

As far as this challenge goes, if I had xxx I wanted to gamb00l up at poker, I think it would be far more fun to go play short-stacked at some high-limit game and hope to get lucky and run it way up, rather than playing at lower limits and just pissing it away. This focus on most effectively losing the money just doesn't make sense to me.

There is no chance involved in lighting money on fire. Nobody would think it was funny at all for newhizzle to light money on fire. I think it's funny that he's playing every hand to the max, because he is winning some insane hands in bizarre fashion. And the hand where he got QQ cracked by running jacks to some dude who was all-in on the turn was riotously funny, if you ask me. But feel free to disagree.

I made one post, you don't realize how insulated many of you are within a community you have emerged yourself into. Its akin to body builder's approval of steroids, nazis approval of anti-semitism, and the like. The groupthink becomes an unfortunate byproduct of this forum.

Maybe this is not the forum for you?

TWP,

What was the other thread/activity?

As for pointing out how stupid people can be, I think this thread is as fine a place as any to point that out.

AC TR.

I browse through a couple of the forums, the whole point is it easy to become so close-minded when no one is telling you anything different. Its detrimental to your growth, so its pretty unfortunate.

It is very possible that this is the worst BB/100 loss rate in the history of online poker. Even playing every hand and trying to lose by capping all streets with ten high. I would think you would also have to run really bad at the same time in order to acheive -270BB in 100 hands.

Ok I'm done. I started 2-tabling after a while because it got too slow. I feel like I ran really bad during these 101 hands, since the few good hands I got came in second anyway (two pair vs higher two pair, straight vs flush, TPTK vs rivered set, TPTK vs trips etc). Also, my opponents managed to fold plenty of times postflop when I had them beat with some pair, but not very often when I had 4-high.



Edit: The reason I'm not at 100 VPIP is that I sometimes got to see a free flop in the big blind, of course.

What about a least/most variance prize?

the only thing that would make this better is if you play every hand with a post-it note covering your cards. 100 hands - 100% vpip 100% wtsd 100% blind.

I am some nit, some of this stuff is just mind-blowing to me. I am a 20 year old sophmore in college. I have an earning potential that is around 200/hr so I am not so far removed from the concept of dealing with much more money than ever previously accustomed to. The idea of dropping out/taking some time off has crossed my mind as I sometimes fall asleep in econ or do whatever I may be doing at 12 on a Wednesday rather then be in class. The more I read about the kids who have chosen to drop out , the more comfortable I am with the decisions I am making in my own life. These tools can be learned without college, but the academic and social interaction seems to be more valuable then $x dollars. I just think it is easy to get caught up and short-sighted as a young kid, making a lot of money. Newhizzle displays some characteristics that make me think college might be worth more then he can fully understand at this point.

Drunken donk-level NLHE from last summer:

in vegas i got blacked out drunk and pissed away about 5 dimes at 30/60. it makes me sick thinking about it. i just don't think it's worth it. i just wonder what motivation there is behind doing this type of thing (and what i did). at least when you play BJ or craps you have a chance at a big score because the negative edge is so tiny

everyone has their own intrinsic motivation for doing things, and i suspect his is something aside from "look at all the money i have" and "look at me, i'm so cool." that is a reason someone like themetetron would do it. maybe it's a desire to do something self-destructive or maybe he just felt like blowing off some steam. i'm the farthest thing from a psych expert so i could be way off

it's really sick what poker can do to our sense of monetary value. our hourly swings can be 10-15 times our hourly earn, so the money seems to be so much less valuable. compound that with someone who ran super hot for a while and the money almost has no significance. but there's a time when we will all run bad and it sucks to think back at that money you could've had.

I understand your perspective. I went to Princeton and have now graduated and am working full time. I personally agree with El Diablo that if I were to want to have fun donking around with some amount of money, I would rather take a shot at a higher game and try to run it up rather than play a ******ed session at a lower level.

However, the two things serve different purposes. Sitting at a higher game gives you a shot at a big win or a small loss. But if you run up a significant amount and then lose it going for a big score, you can feel pain. And the effort requires focus and discipline and playing your A game. Sitting at a lower game and donking around is just a fun way to blow off steam and have a laugh.

What if he had played with play money? Would you be as opposed? What if he were a billionaire so that the difference between 3K and play money was negligible to him?

Sincerely interested,
TWP

FYP

This thread is awesome. I like newhizzle and gildwulf, but here's where the idea went bad...

...newhizzle knocked the ball out of the park on the first try. Nobody is going to top that. Nobody. It was so gross it made the usual boneheads that push party BJ and party casino puke.

When did the posters of BBV become champions of morality and bankroll management? Its their money, if they want to have a little fun, so be it.

This thread rocks.

the 3k he "puts back into the poker community" is not giving it to his yes-men, its spitting into an ocean.

You're 20 years old, you think you're earning potential (while still in college) is 400k a year. I think I can wait till you at least graduate before I take you seriously. Oh, by the way, did you buy a soda this week? Why didn't you give it to Katrina victims? Same concept, not as much fun.

TWP,

I don't see why you think sitting in the bigger game donking away hoping for a big score requires any focus, discipline, or A game.

El D,

Otherwise it is very likely to be a very short shot and not very fulfilling of whatever I wished it to fulfill.

TWP

No, you need 100% flops seen, not 100% VPIP.