Comments on: Three Types of Players and How Young Grinders Live http://www.pokersift.com/general-poker-articles/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/ Home of the BigPoker Bloggers Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: joethepro http://www.pokersift.com/general-poker-articles/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/comment-page-1/#comment-596 joethepro Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:10:03 +0000 http://www.pokersift.com/azn-cutie/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/#comment-596 i've only played live about 3 times and every time i played the atmosphere creeped me out. to see degenerates in person is much more saddening then playing with graphical pictures of people online. i just felt a lot of greed, addiction and pent up aggression in the air. i just make believe that everyone online is just having a go for fun at poker for half an hour here or there and that the regulars are gentle nerds. i’ve only played live about 3 times and every time i played the atmosphere creeped me out. to see degenerates in person is much more saddening then playing with graphical pictures of people online.

i just felt a lot of greed, addiction and pent up aggression in the air.

i just make believe that everyone online is just having a go for fun at poker for half an hour here or there and that the regulars are gentle nerds.

]]> By: greedo http://www.pokersift.com/general-poker-articles/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/comment-page-1/#comment-570 greedo Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:40:28 +0000 http://www.pokersift.com/azn-cutie/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/#comment-570 Hehehe... well at least your wedding day will have a happy ending! Next time I am in Vegas I will take you out for drinks and we will try and find you a nice girl! Hehehe… well at least your wedding day will have a happy ending!
Next time I am in Vegas I will take you out for drinks and we will try and find you a nice girl!

]]> By: Azn_Cutie http://www.pokersift.com/general-poker-articles/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Azn_Cutie Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:37:07 +0000 http://www.pokersift.com/azn-cutie/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/#comment-568 Planning on marrying from the massage parlour pool Planning on marrying from the massage parlour pool

]]> By: greedo http://www.pokersift.com/general-poker-articles/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/comment-page-1/#comment-566 greedo Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:11:24 +0000 http://www.pokersift.com/azn-cutie/three-types-of-players-and-how-young-grinders-live/#comment-566 Great post about Orel Hershiser on your non-poker blog! I totally agree with what you are saying about kids that start serious poker (or any sort of gambling) at a young age... especially if they have experienced some success. I have a good friend that started out doing some sports betting during university. He met with a lot of success... so much so that he dropped out of school and sportsbet full time. He was rolling around in the cash and he did not understand the value of money, much less have any idea of how to save it or heaven forbid invest it. For example, one day he decided he was going to buy a nice TV. So he went to the Sony store and asked for their best TV (at the time was about $7000), which of course they didn't have them in stock... but that's ok he would take the floor model. Then he decided we wanted to buy some DVD's to watch on his new tv... so he bought 300 DVD's (about $6000)... many of which still remain unopened today years later. Having that much money at a young age causes you not only to lose your grip on reality, but also not to learn some of lifes valuable lessons. Ya, it might be easy to regularly visit the massage parlour for a happy ending... but is that going to help you meet your future wife? What are you doing to avoid this trap? Great post about Orel Hershiser on your non-poker blog! I totally agree with what you are saying about kids that start serious poker (or any sort of gambling) at a young age… especially if they have experienced some success. I have a good friend that started out doing some sports betting during university. He met with a lot of success… so much so that he dropped out of school and sportsbet full time. He was rolling around in the cash and he did not understand the value of money, much less have any idea of how to save it or heaven forbid invest it.

For example, one day he decided he was going to buy a nice TV. So he went to the Sony store and asked for their best TV (at the time was about $7000), which of course they didn’t have them in stock… but that’s ok he would take the floor model. Then he decided we wanted to buy some DVD’s to watch on his new tv… so he bought 300 DVD’s (about $6000)… many of which still remain unopened today years later.

Having that much money at a young age causes you not only to lose your grip on reality, but also not to learn some of lifes valuable lessons. Ya, it might be easy to regularly visit the massage parlour for a happy ending… but is that going to help you meet your future wife?

What are you doing to avoid this trap?

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