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[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@EvanKirstel @LakotaMan1 I guess most of the cattle ranchers probably elected this pos so maybe we should eat (Trumps) beef. Karma 🤷‍♂️

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@SBlanfqvm @EvanKirstel @LakotaMan1 You sound like a snowflake not anyone else here. What’s wrong with eating beef from American farms instead of another countries MR AMERICA FIRST MAGAT?

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@SBlanfqvm @EvanKirstel @LakotaMan1 I’m sure you never do that 😂😂😂

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@pokerorg @phil_hellmuth “IM SUPPOSED TO WIN” ugh

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@KingJames Wow didn’t realize how many kiss asses are out there.

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@saniyafatma1278 DONT BE THE KAREN OF THE STREET! 🤷‍♂️🤮 Unless you want everyone to hate your ass.

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@mchooyah @USNavy TRUMP AND HEGSETH ARE BOTH MASSIVE PIECES OF SHIT AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT. We are just fucked until at least November. God help us all and I’m not even exaggerating.

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@crleeusa @mchooyah @USNavy He didn’t even say anything bad. Wtf??

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@GarethGee4 @FarazJaka You know he’s talking about PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYERS not poker players in general. You are not a pro poker player if you have not played in four years cause you would have to play to pay your bills which is what a pro is.

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@ClubWPTGold THIS IS DUMB AF and the social media team for Clubwpt gold must not be too bright. I mean should be ClubWTF Gold.

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@ClubWPTGold I’m not play for years to finally win a good tourney or good score and then not even be able to get it. I don’t hear players complain about small amounts only big amounts and that’s after they do everything right and I believe them.

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@ClubWPTGold I’m not playing here anymore. I’ve now heard multiple people complain about finally hitting a good score and not being able to or have problems getting it out with no response from them after reaching out and they also say they are not even able to play like they froze the accoun

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@TheOnlyEsta2 My dog

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@9to5poker2 @FarazJaka @themouthmatusow 😂 yea that dude hurts my eyes and ears when I see him or hear him. Such a jackass.

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@madaddsllc @FarazJaka Holy shit bro you are weird af going around criticizing peoples posts as ai when it don’t effect you either way. And who gives af if it is if it’s very informative? You are a jackass sir!

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@IBookWins @FarazJaka Ur nuts! And wrong.

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@kathrinepoker @FarazJaka Economy is reason for the slight decrease in action.

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

I mean couldn’t say it better. 🤷‍♂️

[Faraz Jaka @FarazJaka]

All of these things ruined poker...

- Solvers
- GTO robotic kids
- Re-entries
- Coaches
- Cell phones
- Greedy live tours
- Incompetent online poker sites

At least that's what you'll hear.

But if these are the things you believe are holding you back, you might just be stuck in the past.

Here's something that's true far beyond poker:

Technology changes, social norms change, business models change, and the way people make money changes with them.

Whenever something becomes easy, comfortable, low-variance money, other people eventually figure it out too. They jump in, copy what works, and compete for the same opportunity.

Eventually the edge gets smaller, or disappears altogether. This isn't unique to poker.

It happens with credit card points. Email marketing. App Store growth hacks. Crypto. SEO. E-commerce. Investing. You name it.

Edges get discovered, exploited, and disappear. Then new ones emerge.

You can spend your time complaining that the old game changed and who's to blame, or you can start looking for where the new opportunities are.

Poker is a perfect example. When making a living purely as a poker pro got much tougher, some players kept trying to recreate the glory days.

Others adapted by doing things like:

- Changing game formats
- Switching between online and live poker
- Moving to where the best games were
- Investing more seriously in coaching/study
- Adding solvers and modern study methods to a game previously built on feel and experience
- Organizing their own games and finding new ways to bring value to players

Some were early to content, streaming and YouTube. At the time, they were putting in hundreds or thousands of hours with little to no immediate payoff.

Years later, some of those bets look obvious. But they weren't obvious at the time. If they were, everyone would have been doing them.

And that's really the point. The best opportunities usually don't look obvious until after the edge has already been diluted.

Every 5-10 years, you should be willing to question whether the things that got you where you are are still the things that will get you where you want to go.

What's changing? Which of my old edges are disappearing? Where are new edges being created? What am I resisting simply because the old way is more comfortable? And which of today's trends will actually last?

Reinventing yourself isn't a sign that what you did before failed. It's often what's necessary to survive and sustain success. And frankly, it makes life a hell of a lot more interesting.

The poker dream didn't die. The path to it evolved.

And it'll change again.

Adapt or Die.

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@FarazJaka Love it! Very well said sir!

[Dave @DaveOpoka]

@slipfanejc @DougPolkVids No wonder this comment don’t make sense. HE IS A WEIRDO ANTI VACCER RELIGIOUS NUT posting all kinds of weird shit.