NoSup4U 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 hahaha reading the forum not logged in so I can see avatars. Tosh I love that pic/thread!!!I love the gecko, meh on caveman, hate the bundle of money.im running like god tonight. up over $5k at 5/10nl weeeeemark Link to post Share on other sites
Fluffdog87 2 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 That was fantastic :ChrisitopherEcclestonImpressionFace:In regards to new/private forums. I will follow this thread wherever it goes, it is probably the most important poker thing for me at the moment. All this said with the assumption I'd be allowed in the new forum, I've been here a while and I don't think people hate me.The way I went from loser to winner in live games was as at a private game where I got to talk with a bunch of the winners there, both about poker and not. It was a really fun time and let me translate some of the stuff I had been reading about. I still remember when everyone folded to my limp rerarise with AA and someone said read less books or something like that. I really can't justify with words the way I feel about this time in my poker career and it is a real shame that I've mostly lost contact with those guys. The problem is that the game closed down and I'm not good with AIM and MSN and stuff.This leads to this thread. I became a winning online player after I busted my roll playing tourneys and started posting at FCP. Then I found this thread. This is a place where I can talk strategy with awesome players, but also just hang out and shoot the shit. It was the replacement for the loss of that private game. Replacement might be the wrong word, I can't exactly head out to pancakes at 2am with you guys, but you guys provide something that I need. Anyway, the forum to me is more important than AIM and Skype. I have somewhere between 10 and 20 FCPers on AIM but I don't really talk to anyone for two reasons, I'm in a inconvenient timezone (mostly, it's not that bad but I have to get up early to talk to most of you) and I don't really like IM'ing. Even with non poker friends. There was a short period in highschool where all I did was MSN but then I just got over it. That being said if anyone ever wants to talk to me I'll talk back, I mostly just don't like initiating conversations, or talking when I'm busy, but I will talk to you if you want to. If you want my AIM pm me. Or guess it, it's not that hard. I'm on all the time, which is kind of weird seeing as I hardly use it.I can definitely see reasons for making this private, and if posters like Hoosier were to come back I'd almost say it's worth it right there. But there are definitely arguments to keep it here. I haven't looked to verify this, but have a look back at the early stages of this thread, there were a lot of different posters, a lot of us have been around for a while (I include myself because I'm sure I was here within the first 50 pages, probably less) but we have had a lot of new blood so to speak join along the way. If the forum was to be private, I'm sure we could still get new blood, but it wouldn't be some random lurker who had something to contribute, it would be someone that somebody else already knew and thought should join. This is not necessarily a bad thing, look at Lobster, he was Mark's friend and is now a most valued poster, just something I think deserves mention. It can definitely be argued that this is okay if Hoosier, JC, et. al. come back though.I will follow this thread anywhere, but I won't leave FCP entirely, I like a lot of people in OT. But if this thread left that would be the end of FCP for poker for me. This is actually the only place I talk about poker anyway, I mostly stay out of NL strat, I check General strat for goals threads and anything interesting, and I lurk the 2+2 HU forum. But I lurk there because they aren't you guys. I want to post here, I'm not part of that community, I'm part of this one. A lot of my life is googleable under this SN. I can definitely see arguments for being private, but I don't hide who I am. If I wanted to I could play on FTP and no one would know who I am. I actually don't completely understand why people are so secretive of their sn's. Can someone like Mark explain it? Surely it will become obvious to your opponents that you're a thinking winning player after a small sample of hands? I understand why Rick's annoyed. He is called out a lot, especially by people who really shouldn't be saying anything. It's part of his personality that inspires jealousy. The people who post in here understand what Rdog is trying to say and will agree with it or provide logical argument why we disagree. The people who are calling him out are disrespectful and illogical for the most part. I can tell it would be really frustrating, and why would you want to keep helping these people, passively or actively? If Rdog was to leave and everyone follow, I would still be happy, because I'd still have my thread. But the thread is bigger than one person, and maybe everyone doesn't want to leave. No matter what happens the Cthread at FCP will be quite different and maybe even worthy of a R.I.P.Obviously this is tl;dr, CLIFFNOTES: All of you mean very much to me and I will follow the thread wherever it decides to go, here or somewhere else.R.I.P challenge thread etc. "But the thread is bigger than one person, and maybe everyone doesn't want to leave."JC left because he said spent to much time on forums. I don't plan on leaving.Dr. Who is awesome obv!But there are definitely arguments to keep it here. I haven't looked to verify this, but have a look back at the early stages of this thread, there were a lot of different posters, a lot of us have been around for a while (I include myself because I'm sure I was here within the first 50 pages, probably less) but we have had a lot of new blood so to speak join along the way. If the forum was to be private, I'm sure we could still get new blood, but it wouldn't be some random lurker who had something to contribute, it would be someone that somebody else already knew and thought should join. This is not necessarily a bad thing, look at Lobster, he was Mark's friend and is now a most valued poster, just something I think deserves mention.This is why this thread is great!A lot of my life is googleable under this SN. I can definitely see arguments for being private, but I don't hide who I am. If I wanted to I could play on FTP and no one would know who I am. I actually don't completely understand why people are so secretive of their sn's. Can someone like Mark explain it? Surely it will become obvious to your opponents that you're a thinking winning player after a small sample of hands? I don't understand this at all. Very good 2+2'ers post hands all the time. It doesn't both me one bit. Non-issue imoThis is not a reason to leave the thread. 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zimmer4141 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Sigh, down $2900 tonight. There goes the weekend of rungood. I forgot to listen to Kenny Loggins tonight, keepin that shit on loop tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
Snamuh 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 hahaha reading the forum not logged in so I can see avatars. Tosh I love that pic/thread!!!I love the gecko, meh on caveman, hate the bundle of money.im running like god tonight. up over $5k at 5/10nl weeeeemarkJoin the Facebook group! Link to post Share on other sites
checkymcfold 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 sober .50/1 hunl: -450drunken 2/4 minbet: +250see you in another life, guys. Link to post Share on other sites
troyomac 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I haven't played any poker in a week now (except the 5.50 go allin every hand tourney the other night). The plan is to not play for a few more weeks. I'm also starting a new diet on Tuesday. I've been eating nothing but shit for far too long now, so I made a deal with my mom and her friend to buy all the groceries and they'll prepare all my meals. It's going to be super hard, but worth it if we can stick with it. Hopping back on the exercise trail too and probably going to get another trainer at the gym in a couple weeks. (Going to rock out on the elliptical at home for a couple weeks to get back in the mode before spending money on a trainer). Link to post Share on other sites
RDog 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Ray is gonna be dreamy come series time. Yummy . Link to post Share on other sites
troyomac 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Ray is gonna be dreamy come series time. Yummy .I'm like 235 or so now, I'll be super super super psyched if I could be like 210 in June (and I know I could do better if I really put the effort in). I'll be super super depressed if I give up the effort and am still 235 in June. Link to post Share on other sites
RDog 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 GLGL Link to post Share on other sites
GrinderMJ 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 man that is an absurdly cute baby Link to post Share on other sites
RDog 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Having a kid is too much fun.. Ava made this for you Kinger. It's a little blurry which sucks because I used youtube's beta HD uploader I like how the cat was trying to groove too. And wait until Ava gets older and finds this. Amazing that she just goes along the entire time. Awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
Jordan 1 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 kids do the darndest things Link to post Share on other sites
king1305 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I haven't played any poker in a week now (except the 5.50 go allin every hand tourney the other night). The plan is to not play for a few more weeks. I'm also starting a new diet on Tuesday. I've been eating nothing but shit for far too long now, so I made a deal with my mom and her friend to buy all the groceries and they'll prepare all my meals. It's going to be super hard, but worth it if we can stick with it. Hopping back on the exercise trail too and probably going to get another trainer at the gym in a couple weeks. (Going to rock out on the elliptical at home for a couple weeks to get back in the mode before spending money on a trainer).If you get rid of your badonkadonk and your curvaceous figured before we elope to Vegas in May, there will be hell to pay. Link to post Share on other sites
troyomac 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 If you get rid of your badonkadonk and your curvaceous figured before we elope to Vegas in May, there will be hell to pay.Don't worry, I'm going to miss my ass after I lose it so I'll prob end up getting butt implants. Link to post Share on other sites
king1305 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Don't worry, I'm going to miss my ass after I lose it so I'll prob end up getting butt implants.I'll fill your ass you big dirty man.too far? not enough? you be the judge. Link to post Share on other sites
gilbertology 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I haven't played any poker in a week now (except the 5.50 go allin every hand tourney the other night). The plan is to not play for a few more weeks. I'm also starting a new diet on Tuesday. I've been eating nothing but shit for far too long now, so I made a deal with my mom and her friend to buy all the groceries and they'll prepare all my meals. It's going to be super hard, but worth it if we can stick with it. Hopping back on the exercise trail too and probably going to get another trainer at the gym in a couple weeks. (Going to rock out on the elliptical at home for a couple weeks to get back in the mode before spending money on a trainer).hmmmm...seems like you are making some life changes at the same time as me. gl with the training, pretend there's a mexican beer at the end of the treadmill!I haven't smoked in two weeks and don't intend to ever again. Also only been drinking one beer a day at most. Maybe we can make some sort of propbet that if you get down to your intended weight I will not smoke the entire time in Vegas or pay you a penalty if I forget. Link to post Share on other sites
KHSPoker21 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'll fill your ass you big dirty man.too far? not enough? you be the judge. Link to post Share on other sites
troyomac 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'll fill your ass you big dirty man.too far? not enough? you be the judge. Depends how I do in round 2 hmmmm...seems like you are making some life changes at the same time as me. gl with the training, pretend there's a mexican beer at the end of the treadmill!I haven't smoked in two weeks and don't intend to ever again. Also only been drinking one beer a day at most. Maybe we can make some sort of propbet that if you get down to your intended weight I will not smoke the entire time in Vegas or pay you a penalty if I forget.That's awesome, I'm proud of you. How come you quit? I've been drinking a fair amount, but I'm going to be quitting that too (while I'm eating good, not forever I love beer too much). I don't really want a propbet on that, but I'll prpb bet you that I won't play a single pit game in June if you don't smoke in June. Link to post Share on other sites
Snamuh 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 +1 Link to post Share on other sites
Snamuh 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 hmmmm...seems like you are making some life changes at the same time as me. gl with the training, pretend there's a mexican beer at the end of the treadmill!I haven't smoked in two weeks and don't intend to ever again. Also only been drinking one beer a day at most. Maybe we can make some sort of propbet that if you get down to your intended weight I will not smoke the entire time in Vegas or pay you a penalty if I forget.Are we talking cigarettes or pot? Why would you wanna give up pot!? Link to post Share on other sites
Naismith 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 So, the guy I stake to play HU...he put in a long session today of 1-2NL HU. Link to post Share on other sites
gilbertology 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 That's awesome, I'm proud of you. How come you quit? I've been drinking a fair amount, but I'm going to be quitting that too (while I'm eating good, not forever I love beer too much). I don't really want a propbet on that, but I'll prpb bet you that I won't play a single pit game in June if you don't smoke in June.I feel like that propbet would be me stealing money from you , but I'm down. Didn't you have the same idea last summer of no blackjack? If you did I don't think it lasted that long. Once a degen pit player....IM me for reason behind quitting, cannot discuss it here. Link to post Share on other sites
gilbertology 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Are we talking cigarettes or pot? Why would you wanna give up pot!?I can't stand cigarettes, which is weird cuz I have such an addicting personality. I don't "have" to give up pot, and in an ideal society I would continue smoking everyday, but quitting will definitely help my health like ten years down the road, plus it will help keep me out of trouble, and I'll be more energetic in general about everything I do(such as putting in a good volume of hands, hopefully). Link to post Share on other sites
troyomac 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I feel like that propbet would be me stealing money from you , but I'm down. Didn't you had the same idea last summer of no blackjack? If you did I don't think it lasted that long. Once a degen pit player....IM me for reason behind quitting, cannot discuss it here.I don't remember about last year.I mean I have an absolute blast degenning it up, but a few of the last trips to Vegas or LA I haven't won money on the trip because I spend too much time playing blackjack. It's fun to drink and gamble my money away, but I became a professional poker player because I had an edge in the game and to make money at it. The pits not only take my money, but they take away my time spent earning money on the poker tables. I just feel like it's time to smarten up. Link to post Share on other sites
albertoflamingo 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 lol most epic session ever. all at 200nlhad position on a huge fish and was 1.6k deep with him. he's lost over 250k lifetime at msnl and ssnl. such a sick day.nicelife.net andddddd sleep Link to post Share on other sites
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