River Junky 77

I'm a terrible poker player...
... trying to get better
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[Jan Jekielek @JanJekielek]

Scott McGregor just told me that Canadians have “no idea” about the CCP’s infiltration of their country.

“They have no idea about the depth of what’s going on… ”

And not only is no one addressing it, but “the opposite has happened.”

“Canada has buddied up to China.”

“We’ve got this strategic alliance now.”

“We’ve been trying for so long to raise this awareness.”

“We said we wanna do something about it.”

“The proof’s in the pudding.”

“I’m not seeing any arrests in Canada.”

“Most people don’t understand the depth of the threat, the nature of the threat, and the likely outcome.”China has a, a goal, an objective, and it's, it's not destruction at this point. It's disruption, and the disruption is working. They've outflanked us. We're fighting amongst ourselves. That's exactly what they want. So there's this division. Canada and the United States are at odds.”

[WSOP - World Series of Poker @WSOP]

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[Aaron Gunn @AaronGunn]

Canada’s Liberal government is planning to borrow so much money they will be forced to spend $80 BILLION each year just paying interest on the debt.

That’s taxpayer money that can’t go toward health care or education or infrastructure - that is instead being wasted.

That's more debt and more money squandered than even Justin Trudeau was planning to spend!

It’s time to bring fiscal responsibility and fiscal sanity back to Canada ASAP! 🇨🇦

[Nick Leaf @Derricktgoat]

Truth, the fact is Mark Carney was quoted as saying “Crude oil should stay in the ground” and Liberals have chased away $1 Trillion in capital since 2015.

A resource rich Country like Canada should be wealthy and not be running $63 Billion deficits.

[🇨🇦 Antonio Tweets @AntonioTweets2]

The past 11 years has taken a once strong democratic nation to its knees via socialism and communism agenda's. Liberal boomers and Marxist teachers continue to poison the minds of our youth. This country should be thriving, instead we're on the brink of economic collapse. #carneyfortreason #canadahasfallen #canada #forcanada2026

[Mario Zelaya @mario4thenorth]

Liberals were hit by community notes on X.

Not once

But twice

First they lied about affordability

Then they lied about Bill C22 not being a big deal

Who would ever trust the same party that illegally invoked the emergencies act?

Then fought the Courts over the ruling?

[The Matt Walsh Show @MattWalshShow]

When you've got AI and you've got data centers, politicians can just take your home from you.

[Ivano Defazio 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇺🇸 @DefazioIvano]

Compare Canada in 1985 vs 2026....Same country different reality.

[Mario Zelaya @mario4thenorth]

No money for healthcare.

No money for veterans.

No money for seniors.

But Carney found the budget to fast track identity changes for trans refugees.

A $100M priority.

Skipping the process every other Canadian goes through.

First one arrived in December.

IRCC won’t say how many since.

Nobody voted for this.

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

🚨 Canada is selling its airports & sea terminals.

Everyone thinks it’s about raising cash. It’s not.

Here’s what’s really happening 🧵🇨🇦

Video : @dsimieritsch

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Islamists and leftists are FURIOUS after Tommy Robinson gave the perfect answer

Q: What would happen if you become a prime minister tomorrow?

ROBINSON: "I would STOP Islam, I'd END foreign funding in this country. All the migrants would be taken out the hotels and sent back tomorrow by the military!"

Holy based!

"I would have re-migration. It's time for many Muslims to leave this country. You've got your homes to go to. This is our home. We've got nowhere to go to!"

"We're not allowing it to change any longer. You've seen today, people have fed up then. People are FED UP!" 🔥

This is the way, western man!

h/t Veronika Rogoyska @TRobinsonNewEra

[Elliot Daigneault @hrh_elliot]

Bill C-22 can turn your every device into a spyware for Creepy Gary to spy

Your phone? Too easy

Your Smart tv?
Your Ring door bell?
Your Apple Watch?

Nothing is safe

Meanwhile Liberals are happy to run secret committees and seal the record for 30 years

But your DM’s and phone calls… that’s fair game

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

Keir Starmer does NOT want the World to see how badly British Patriots want their country back

Would be a shame if it went viral on 𝕏

[Sulekha Tripathi @sulekhat95]

A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT.

He knows his time is running out.

So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour.

He died 5 months later.

This is that lecture.

The most important hour you'll watch this week. 👇
Bookmark it for later

[Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker]

Interesting read:

[River Junky 77 @RiverJunky77]

@ICuRaRook @FSOceanClub Unless the service was super next level... I respect the auto gratuity. If you want an appropriate tip... don't auto gratuity me.

[Daniel Negreanu @RealKidPoker]

Poker players used to want to hide how good they were so they could get action, and many cash game players still do.

Tourney players are different, and wanting to be seen as a winner feeds the ego.

Tourney players seek validation while most cash game players seek money.

“I play for money. My kids eat” -Joey Knish

Why else would you care what people thought of your game, if not for ego?

Wouldn’t it be financially beneficial to you to be underestimated?

Why would you care if people thought you were a loser?

It’s ego.

The more fragile your ego, the more you care.

And I say this from personal experience as a tourney player for three decades.

In my 20’s I cared too much about what others thought, to my own detriment.

In my 30’s I didn’t think I cared as much, but I still did.

Once you enter your 40’s and beyond, hopefully you get past that and gain the freedom of not caring at all what others think about your play.

With age comes wisdom.

If I said to you, “I think you are a losing player” and it bothers you, ask yourself why?

Why do you care?

Why does it trigger you?

If you take a deep look at the “why”, you will likely find some deep seeded insecurity and/or imposter syndrome.

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One of the things I admired most about Vanessa Selbst was she was fearless and made plays her peers may mock; but she never conformed.

She did her own thing, and while some of her peers did mock her, she just kept winning.

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Phil Ivey has never said he was the GOAT at any point- his peers did.

He didn’t play for validation, he played to break you mentally and win all the money.

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[River Junky 77 @RiverJunky77]

@WSOP @carykatz Congratulations Cary! A well earned bracelet, and thanks for all that you do to keep poker alive and well! Appreciate you 🙏

[River Junky 77 @RiverJunky77]

@Joeingram1 Well, super belated, but happy Birthday Joey!