When did smoking weed stop giving you that creative genius flow and just turn you into a couch vegetable scrolling TikTok for 3 hours? I miss actually finishing projects while high.
@SussexHenryVIII The great thing about a stable democracy is that it spares you from thinking about politics. Thatโs why so many ppl in other countries are obsessed with the subject. Itโs life or death on a daily basis with them. Here we shrug it off unless thereโs a crisis. Trump changed that.
Immediately cutting communication with his best friend of 20+ years after learning of his sexual offensesโฆโฆ..denouncing Isr*elโฆโฆ.rolling a joint in less than 5 secsโฆโฆ..you aight white boy.
๐จ๐ฃ๏ธ GARETH BALE: โIn football, there was a moment that changed my view of competition. While I was struggling with a chronic muscle injury that kept haunting me throughout my career, I received an unexpected message from Real Madridโs fitness coach. He said, โLeo is asking about your condition and wants to help you.โ
โWhat happened next? A personal call from Messiโs personal doctor, offering me a proven treatment protocol, sharing rehab exercises that Messi himself used in 2013. A recommendation for a specialized clinic in Barcelona that treats many players from the football world, where competition is fierce.
This situation taught me that true professionalism transcends teams and colors, and greatness is measured by what you offer to others even your opponents. Messi is a human being before he is a legend. At a time when many see the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona as a war, Messi reminded us that football is a beautiful game! Some moments donโt need goals just humanity!โ
Poker has no future other than private games.
These bot rings and unethical behavior online make it extremely unpleasant for most to play the game. And operators really donโt police it.
In the live arena these grinder dorks ruin the experience for any recreational that wants to enjoy the game. And then thereโs all the cheating (at private games and casino ones) that has recently been exposed that make every game feel untrustworthy.
I am going to make poker fun again through nosebleed private cash games with some of the most successful and accomplished businessmen, investors and entrepreneurs, all gathered around the table talking shop. @PokerGO has been a big ally in that regard and I plan on working with the @HCLPokerShow team as well to bring recreational players into the game. I have even been approached by the ownership of @WPT to collab on a reality TV/docuseries type thing similar to Drive to Survive to attract more recs to the game.
The media needs to focus on how poker is a game that brings together many skills critical in life - bankroll management, cost benefit analysis, probabilistic thinking, emotional IQ, etc.
But the upside isnโt the EV made playing a hand. Itโs the soft skills developed playing the game and the relationships made on and off the felt.
Everyone in my network will only play poker with friends or friends of friends (ie has to be vouched for). I think that is increasingly becoming the future of the game.
There are so many โcoachesโ and old poker pros turned influencers who are trying to convince you that the money is made playing a hand a certain way but the EVs run so slim that when you add in rake + variance, very few people can make a living playing poker. Even the guys shilling you instructional videos and trying to get you to watch their content are barely afloat.
Being a short term EV hunter or chiseler doesnโt get you shit in life. Ask any of these pros making GTO videos if they get invited to the high stakes private games. They donโt. So they spend 80 hours a week honing their craft to battle against other top pros honing their craft and having to somehow have enough edge against them + overcome rake + have enough of a bankroll to survive the variance.
They rely on selling you the false dream of making a living playing a game that they themselves canโt make a living playing (why do you think they are always wearing patches and hunting for sponsorship deals).
Be smart. Have fun playing poker. Enjoy the media of it (itโs entertaining for sure). And then go get a real job so you can enjoy the game for what it was designed to be- a hobby.
Btw even people who can play the game profitably likely have made more money in outside business ventures is my guess.