^ you're not a skilled roulette player as well?

Ha, my mother seems to think that online poker is directly linked to my bank account and that I could lose every penny I have in a single hand. I tried to explain how STTs work but I just got a warning that I should be careful not to lose all my money. /conversation.

It's a PITA how older ppl don't get what a "bankroll" is, nor seems to get that it's not linked to ur bank acc or something.

Also, some don't get sngs\mtts.
- So, how much u pay to play on this things?
- $10
- What happens if u lose?
- I lose $10
- But can't u lose more?
- Only if I choose to play another one.
- See? I told u, u can aways lose more. Only the "house" wins...
- Facepalm.gif alongside headassplode.gif

^ lol, that's almost word for word the exact conversation I had. I wonder where all these standardized misconceptions about poker come from.

On my 21st birthday when Moses still walked the earth, my parents took me to Laughlin.

I brought 200.00 and sat down at a blackjack table. By about 9pm I had been throwing greens in to my parents slot buckets and had easily over 1500.00 on the table.

I was sitting down on 1st base and my dad decided to take the seat next to me causing a rift so Monumental that I lost all but 300.00

He then turns to me and says, "Maybe you should try poker".

And so it started...

so i was just on a smoke break at work.

mate- "so how's the poker going?"
me- "not good, down just under a grand this year"
him- "but how much have you won?"

wat

...and the universe collapses upon itself.

Unless your mate was a fellow 2p2er and could pull off a sick level, this never happened.

At some college party having a smoke on the deck with my buddy. Random drunk kid comes out (brag - after I crushed him in beer pong):

kid - (just outta the blue, first sentence he says) - online poker is rigged, nobody wins. I know so many people who play and nobody ever wins.

me - people win, trust me.

kid - ya they say that, but I've never seen anybody make money.

me - I won a bunch in tourneys (didn't tell him I pissed most off in cash games)

kid - oh, (look of drunken disbelief, followed by long silence) - well my professor invented a system where he crushes roulette and blackjack at the casino.

me - unless he counts cards this is impossible.

kid - buddy u don't understand, this guy is really smart.



I'm about to go on a crazy drunken rant about how stupid this damn kid is - my brother knows this and looks at me shaking his head. I give up.

Also,

mom - some random comment hating on poker.

me - i'm up 90k in tourneys (...so shut the **** up)

mom - ya...but how much did u lose? (with a big smile on her face like she is a genius and I haven't considered this)

me - never mind (seriously thinking about making sarcastic ******* comment but i can't cuz she is my mom)

Canada doesn't tax poker winnings. The IRS however takes everything.

I don't get it tho, you admitted you lost it all in cash games. So isn't she right? Seems to me stories like this are exactly why people ask us how much we've lost?

Mark

But how much did you lose in cash games?

"me - i'm up 90k in tourneys (...so shut the **** up)

mom - ya...but how much did u lose?"

Epic.

Haha hilarious

yeah, this is definately one appropiate use of "but how much did you lose?"

guess so...but this was before i lost

Still, but how much did u lose???

cant tax losses

Hilarious

You can only beat roulette if you count cards

the way i am interpreting this is: he says," it is ok to call with 5-6 oh-oh-pee because ther aiser probably has high cards, so he wont expect it if u hit a 5." then, did you proceed to ask him," what does oh-oh-pee mean?" and he could not tell you?

If you actually pronounced it oh-oh-pee in real life then you're such a d-bag and I hate you so much

Nice. I actually missed that when I read it

The most annoying is when I see in their eyes .. well this guy should have gambling problem

devin are you talking to me or the person who orginally posted this? if the guy said " you shouldn't play 5-6 'out of position'" and then couldn't explain what being 'out of position' meant, then that is one thing and is most likely what actually happened. the scenario i would be just totally baffled about is if the guy actually said "O-O-P" and did not know what it meant.