Yeah guys, stop bumping the thread!!













But seriously OP, we need more!

Ok

I'm going through withdrawal here man

this

I shouldn't have read it all at once -_-

yep good idea we will stop now..

Great thread, and excellent post here

I've enjoyed your story up until 3/4 of the way but I think by now I kind of get it and I'll stop now because something dawned on me. You are a living example of why online poker should never be revived. I am glad you had the courage and strength to rise from the ashes, but how many others out there didn't? Thanks for coming forward with your story and I think it's a great one. The best part of it is the message that cuddling with online poker is probably not a way for a society to go. And "poker helps economy" maxim is BS: lost productivity, wasted lives, crime - the social cost is much higher than some phantom economic benefits.

As much as I love online poker and missed it dearly since the events of Black Friday, hearing your story makes me think twice of whether I want it back in the US.

You are a great guy and a hell of a writer, just try to remember the details a little better, they are always a frosting on the cake. GL!

Alex, USA

lol you must have been pretty ignorant to love poker but suddenly want it to stay away once you read this thread. who didn't know people were like this?

chuck, WHY WONT YOU UPDATE?!

Yeah, people are like this with alcohol, drugs, and gambling. And the less they are available, especially to kids, the better off those kids are. Like in Finland - no age restrictions for slot machines? What the hell are they thinking?

FYP

There is age restriction. It just used to be poorly supervised.

Via Miikka (Chuck Bass) Twitter:

"officially quit as a Pokerstrategy coach today... exciting news coming soon!"

Perhaps he is living out another volume right now?

This

Also:

chuckbasspoker Miikka Anttonen (from twitter)
ginger beer, choc chip cookies, two portions of chinese takeaway, caffeine pills, green tea, pepsi max. time to crush

Guess we won't get the next part tonight

Up to date.. FML

oh noooooo

Twitter chuckbasspoker

"i quit poker"

in before chuck won lottery

Looks like he just got a big downswong. Hopefully he will be too tilted to play and will post here xD

yeah.... he'll be too tilted to gamble .... have you even read a single post in this thread ?

Yeah sorry for the lack of updates... two reasons basically. First, this has been a pretty eventful week for me - I officially left my job at Pokerstrategy (althought I haven't really coached there for months) and started working on another project. I can't spill the beans yet, but this is something I've worked really hard for for ages and finally it's happening so I'm really, really excited. Although I've had a pretty ****ty year online results-wise I'm getting the kind of recognition I've always dreamt of as a poker player and I just can't wait to start as a _______. I'm sure you'll hear about it when the news is out, but anyway I've been really busy with this project and haven't even thought about writing really.

And second, I've been trying to grind a lot as I've had a really tough couple of months now despite actually playing better than I have for ages. I've been trying to grind myself up from this hole but Pokerstars sadly doesn't allow me to win a single flip. Well ok, maybe I won a couple at game 700.



I'm sure I'll get back to writing in the near future, I'm going to Greece for a week next week to play some live poker and chill (they have unlimited free drinks for 300 poker players for a week, if Greece wasn't bankrupt yet they sure will be after this?) and I'll probably get back on the job if I bust the tournament early, which seems quite likely with my run of late.

It's also a bad quality of mine to not be able to do anything when you "have" to do it. Whenever I write for fun, like it was with this thread in the beginning, I sometimes write for ages and don't even notice the time passing as I simply enjoy it. But every time someone demands something for me (as was the case with my bosses when I worked at the magazine) I just can't get anything done. I've had the next two pieces almost ready on a memory stick on my table for a week now and I haven't as much as plugged it in because with this unexpected audience I know I *have* to finish this story. I mean of course I like it and it fills me with pride when people ask for more, and I don't mean this in a bad way towards people commenting at all (it's actually very encouraging, at least I know my writing isn't ****), it's just how I am and I really wish I could change it.

Good luck and have fun in Greece Chuck

we really don't want to read any more of your stories nor want you to write any longer and post in this thread...

screw you I don't want to read anything you have to write













but fo real though can't wait for next update

Sorry to hear about your bad-run. Hopefully it turns around.

Excited about the upcoming news !

I really enjoy your thread and appreciate you write these stories but...

just sayin

anyways, enjoy Greece and GL

WOW the I have to do stuff so I dont do **** is THE STORY OF MY LIFE so far

It is exactly how I run. Whenever I have a project that interests me, I'll have the idea and be super excited about it, but when comes the part where I have to do it, before a certain date for example, I freeze and dont do it untill the last day. It has been this way in school and I noticed that I do exactly the same thing with things that I normally just do for fun; as soon as thses things become like a job or an obligation something stops me from doing them and then I usually rush do it, still well I must say, at the very last minute. Sometimes asking for extensions; and this for my most interesting projects.