My somewhat different poker story (extremely tl;dr)
10-04-2012
, 12:03 AM
So cool you are going to Rosarito! I have a lot of players Id love to meet once I get there, and we almost crossed paths in Valencia, but I ended up staying in Barcelona.
Im probably moving next year, and Im also planning on visiting California as much as I can, LA mostly... Do you need a visa for the US being from Finland? Being from Uruguay I do, but I got it almost solved
gl on the 40hr trip!
Im probably moving next year, and Im also planning on visiting California as much as I can, LA mostly... Do you need a visa for the US being from Finland? Being from Uruguay I do, but I got it almost solved
gl on the 40hr trip!
10-09-2012
, 08:07 AM
I had to create an account just so i could tell that this thread is freaken awesomeness. I'd absolutely jizz in my pants if a movie about your story was made.
It's funny how I also almost ended up buying a working chair you were selling on a finnish poker forum couple of weeks ago (because of you're moving to mexico), just because of this thread and the fact that "CHUCK F****N BASS HAS ACTUALLY SAT THERE"..
..Then I realized how gay that would be
It's funny how I also almost ended up buying a working chair you were selling on a finnish poker forum couple of weeks ago (because of you're moving to mexico), just because of this thread and the fact that "CHUCK F****N BASS HAS ACTUALLY SAT THERE"..
..Then I realized how gay that would be
10-09-2012
, 10:30 AM
10-09-2012
, 07:40 PM
He's looking pretty good tho with his freeroll, god I'm dolt for setting myself deadlines that I know I'm never reaching when I'm too busy frying my brain in Mexico
Pretty sure I'm just gonna give up for now, pm him for Stars sn and do my best to at least meet the December deadline. I mean I technically have more than enough time, but I don't feel like writing at all and I don't want to rush some awful volume out.
10-12-2012
, 12:41 PM
10-15-2012
, 02:27 PM
10-23-2012
, 03:07 AM
Finally caught up after a span of a about a week reading on and off. Pretty surprised it's not finished to be honest. Props to everything you've written down Miikka, as many have said before me your writing is amazing, especially given 2nd language, and you're very good at leaving the reader wanting more.
I have a few things that have been lingering in my head after reading over 1500 posts in one thread from start to finish so I'll just jot them down.
1) Bro, you're an alcoholic lol. I'm not saying you need to go get help or even that you need to acknowledge that you are. But you are. In the one post when you said something like "I don't even like the taste of alcohol I just drink to get drunk"...that's basically the definition of alcoholism. And "I can't drink a few; once I drink one I have to drink 10 or more" is another perfect sign of alcoholism. I'm not trying to judge you, one of my best friends has admitted to, gotten help, and been clean from alcohol for over a year now, but you're like definitely an alcoholic haha. For all I know I might be too but I've kind of been trying to push it to the "meh I'm in college" side of things. I could be totally wrong there though.
2) Try not to ever tell yourself "wow I've finally made it past that awful stage in my life and I'm not a degen anymore!" I'm sure you've made progress and are probably as cured as you can be from playing table games and whatnot. But there's ALWAYS that chance you can go back and that will always be a part of you. I tried to quit online poker plenty of times when I was younger and I even went a span of about a year at one point without playing at all. I figured I was "cured" or whatever at that point in time. Now I simply live with the fact that I probably won't ever get away from the game but I try to make sure I don't let it consume me. Just make sure you do whatever you have to do / whatever you have been doing in the past to stay on that path you want to be on.
Thanks again for sharing your story. I always like hearing interesting stuff like this, especially when it comes from the perspective of non-Americans. That really helps me to get out of my little shell of existence here where usually I have to just hear about fellow Americans drone on about their normal boring problems
I have a few things that have been lingering in my head after reading over 1500 posts in one thread from start to finish so I'll just jot them down.
1) Bro, you're an alcoholic lol. I'm not saying you need to go get help or even that you need to acknowledge that you are. But you are. In the one post when you said something like "I don't even like the taste of alcohol I just drink to get drunk"...that's basically the definition of alcoholism. And "I can't drink a few; once I drink one I have to drink 10 or more" is another perfect sign of alcoholism. I'm not trying to judge you, one of my best friends has admitted to, gotten help, and been clean from alcohol for over a year now, but you're like definitely an alcoholic haha. For all I know I might be too but I've kind of been trying to push it to the "meh I'm in college" side of things. I could be totally wrong there though.
2) Try not to ever tell yourself "wow I've finally made it past that awful stage in my life and I'm not a degen anymore!" I'm sure you've made progress and are probably as cured as you can be from playing table games and whatnot. But there's ALWAYS that chance you can go back and that will always be a part of you. I tried to quit online poker plenty of times when I was younger and I even went a span of about a year at one point without playing at all. I figured I was "cured" or whatever at that point in time. Now I simply live with the fact that I probably won't ever get away from the game but I try to make sure I don't let it consume me. Just make sure you do whatever you have to do / whatever you have been doing in the past to stay on that path you want to be on.
Thanks again for sharing your story. I always like hearing interesting stuff like this, especially when it comes from the perspective of non-Americans. That really helps me to get out of my little shell of existence here where usually I have to just hear about fellow Americans drone on about their normal boring problems
10-23-2012
, 06:49 AM
10-23-2012
, 11:34 AM