@chabotts When I was 10 years old, I picked the Sens to cheer just to do the opposite of my parents (Habs fan). Always stuck with them and it’s been nearly 25 years of pain now.
August 3rd. 9:34 pm, Shawn texts me. “Hey, I’m in some real trouble.” After a few texts I find out where he is. I quickly call Ian Mendes. Without hesitation Ian and our friend Rich, who works at the Royal Ottawa agree to help find Simmer. When we finally track him down, he’s appreciative that we’re there. It’s emotional. There are tears. While Ian stays with Simmer, Rich and I are on the phone, calling mental health professionals, doing everything we can to get him help.
That’s when I look back and see Ian and Simmer and I’m crushed. Ian is holding Shawn’s hand, telling him we will take care of him. This is a picture of what true friendship looks like.
Eventually, Ian and Rich take Shawn to the hospital and get him admitted. That night, as I drove home, I was an emotional mess. It was one of the hardest days of my life. What if we hadn’t responded?
For the next three days, we didn’t leave his side. Ian stayed with Shawn through the night. Rich came for a few hours. I sat with him during the day. We got him into a treatment program, and things started looking up. Simmer was doing great. We talked or texted every day. Yorkie, Rich, and I visited him and helped to celebrate his birthday. He had an aftercare plan, medication, and support. We hired him full-time on the podcast. We truly believed this was the help he needed.
Ian, Rich, and I had a group chat dedicated to helping Shawn, making sure we were always there for him and for each other.
But today, I feel like I let a teammate down.
People always say, "Make sure you check in." We did. But it wasn’t enough. Shawn, I’m sorry.
@ACR_POKER Hey! Random question about the Daily Double jackpot. Does it count as finishing 1st in the tournament if tournament finishes with a deal and we are 1st in chips when deal is made?
@TimmysSens@jasonyork33@Pierre_Larabie That game early in the season where it looked like he separated his shoulder or something by the look of it and went immediately in the room… Seems like he’s been covering something since then instead of having a surgery and sitting the season perhaps.
@OldSchoolRS Is there a particular reason why the Inquisitor's great helm is 1.5x the size of other headgears while in inventory/bank? Not a big deal of course, but it's not very pleasing on the aesthetic front.
Watching these Hustler streams from the last couple days, it might be time to finally wade into the waters of the GREAT GAME of POT LIMIT OMAHA
@Joeingram1 was right after all these years.....