Woodbelly 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Let's say you were to win a WPT or WSOP tournament. Would you get sucked in to the poker star lifestyle? Would you abandon your current friends for poker pro friends and move to Vegas to live the life? It seems to be what happens when someone hits it big, all of the sudden they are on the scene, hanging with the big boys. I'm not sure how I would handle it. Sure, it would be cool. But I'd rather my friends like me for who I am and not my bankroll or how many tourneys I've won. I just wonder how many of those guys are REALLY friends. Link to post Share on other sites
STYLINHAWYN 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 If I won that much Money I'd fly all my friends out to hang out with me and party together. Link to post Share on other sites
chrozzo 19 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 If I won that much Money I'd fly all my friends out to hang out with me and party together. Link to post Share on other sites
Oziumrules 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Funny you should say that. I have a really close friend who was a decent college football player and when he hit it big in the NFL I stopped hanging with him...he cramped my style. I dump all my friends who hit it BIG! Im a very jealous person. Link to post Share on other sites
FoxwoodsPro 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I'd stake my best 2 friends(that play poker), then we all move to vegas, strippers coke> pepsi the whole thing. Give me 3 years I'll update in this thread. Link to post Share on other sites
mtdesmoines 3 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Let's say you were to win a WPT or WSOP tournament. Would you get sucked in to the poker star lifestyle? Would you abandon your current friends for poker pro friends and move to Vegas to live the life? It seems to be what happens when someone hits it big, all of the sudden they are on the scene, hanging with the big boys. I'm not sure how I would handle it. Sure, it would be cool. But I'd rather my friends like me for who I am and not my bankroll or how many tourneys I've won. I just wonder how many of those guys are REALLY friends.I like my friends. I'd keep them.I would probably take the winnings to fix myself up for life.And put them in a place where I couldn't touch them (cause I got the gambool) Then I would get an agent and try to secure some sort of endorsement (i'm saleable)My endorsement $ would be my new BR. If I lost that, ISAP, but I still don't SAL. Link to post Share on other sites
Merby 3 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I'll tell you when1 I win the *big* one.Cheers,Merby1For this post, the word when is redefined to have the meaning 'if'. Link to post Share on other sites
Bizzle 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Could we get an example of maybe one player who has actually done this? Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Could we get an example of maybe one player who has actually done this?David Williams Link to post Share on other sites
Bizzle 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 David WilliamsAlright, so you're premise is that David Williams had his normal, back at home friends, went to Vegas and won big, and dropped all of his old friends for new ones?See, for me the whole premise of this post is odd to me because for the most part the players who are hitting it big typically have a group of friends developed over the internet. For Williams, it would be Froelich and Boeken as the main ones that the media focuses on, but I'm sure there are other friends developed through Magic and poker that he had well before moving out to Vegas. The big score may have facilitated the actual move, but as for dropping a core group of friends at home and moving into a new circle, the claim could be made that he was already sliding in that direction.I think the premise behind this post is flawed as a whole, mainly due to the fact that it is rare for a player to be a total unknown before hitting it big. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Alright, so you're premise is that David Williams had his normal, back at home friends, went to Vegas and won big, and dropped all of his old friends for new ones?See, for me the whole premise of this post is odd to me because for the most part the players who are hitting it big typically have a group of friends developed over the internet. For Williams, it would be Froelich and Boeken as the main ones that the media focuses on, but I'm sure there are other friends developed through Magic and poker that he had well before moving out to Vegas. The big score may have facilitated the actual move, but as for dropping a core group of friends at home and moving into a new circle, the claim could be made that he was already sliding in that direction.I think the premise behind this post is flawed as a whole, mainly due to the fact that it is rare for a player to be a total unknown before hitting it big.I think your overuse the word premise is flawed. But who cares. (I mean that in friend jabbing a friend way not trying to offend) This is more a hypothetical post than calling out a particular player on how they have handled the success. The premise if you don't mind me using the word, is how would YOU handle it.I know only one of D-Dubs old boys here in Dallas, after he went big, guess what? Breaks up with g/f, high tails it to Vegas, gets into porn and doesn't talk to his pal anymore. Now that was a couple of years ago so I don't know if anything has changed since. Link to post Share on other sites
navybuttons 15 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 it totally depends on the exact situation.being that i live in l.a., i'm at the casino A LOT, but i still hang out with life long friends a lot. if i was an internet pro, i also would be able to hang out with my friends. if i was gonna play the tourney circuit i wouldn't be able to as much, but i would when i was home.it might be become difficult to relate to people who complain about $6 drinks when you've lost $10K+ that day, and vise versa.overall, i think the everything remains the same though. Link to post Share on other sites
Bizzle 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I think your overuse the word premise is flawed. But who cares. (I mean that in friend jabbing a friend way not trying to offend) This is more a hypothetical post than calling out a particular player on how they have handled the success. The premise if you don't mind me using the word, is how would YOU handle it.I know only one of D-Dubs old boys here in Dallas, after he went big, guess what? Breaks up with g/f, high tails it to Vegas, gets into porn and doesn't talk to his pal anymore. Now that was a couple of years ago so I don't know if anything has changed since.Yeah, sorry, I realized after I typed it out that I was being unfairly harsh. My point was that for a lot of players that hit it big and move to Vegas and live the life, they've already developed/been developing a group of friends who are in kind of the same situations. For me, it's not a lot different than graduating high school/college, moving away, and leaving that group of friends behind (for the most part). Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Yeah, sorry, I realized after I typed it out that I was being unfairly harsh. My point was that for a lot of players that hit it big and move to Vegas and live the life, they've already developed/been developing a group of friends who are in kind of the same situations. For me, it's not a lot different than graduating high school/college, moving away, and leaving that group of friends behind (for the most part).It's cool. I can't get mad a at fellow Ninja. Link to post Share on other sites
DonJ 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 See Jeff Madsen.... Me, I'm married with a son. I've got a good job. But damn it sure would be tempting!! Honey!! Seriously I think for a guy in my position, only winning the WSOP championship itself would change anything. Anything less and the fame is so much more fleeting. Like 10 minutes on a poker message board somewhere. But winning the big one, well, that changes everything. Bring on the babes and blow!! Link to post Share on other sites
SweetDaddyFreak 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Could I dump my best friends, my life and everything I've done just to move to Vegas and to play poker and party?-yes Link to post Share on other sites
KHSPoker21 0 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I'd probably buy a house, invest money, and find a $1000NL game to beat consistently for a living...Oh and party my a$$ off after the big win Link to post Share on other sites
bdc30 0 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I think the premise behind this post is flawed as a whole, mainly due to the fact that it is rare for a player to be a total unknown before hitting it big.cough - moneymaker - cough Link to post Share on other sites
freak2304 0 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Do you have all the same friends now as you did 3, 5, 10 years ago? I'd guess not. Some friendships are forever, but most are not. Sometimes the m o t h e r f u c k e r bangs your girlfriend. What's wrong with making new friends along that crazy road known as life. - by Jack Handy Link to post Share on other sites
Seany Gee 0 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I want to suceed at Poker because i love the game, it is my passioni dont want to suceed so i can be friends with a bunch of top players and be one of the cool kids, if you make any friends its always a bonus but not whats really importanti would just fly my friends and family to vegas and show em a good time Link to post Share on other sites
doox 15 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I think Danneman might be a good person to study as far as this thread goes. He came out of nowhere and took 2nd in the 2005 ME. Does he still play in his home game with his old friends? Link to post Share on other sites
HermanKahn 0 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Let's say you were to win a WPT or WSOP tournament. Would you get sucked in to the poker star lifestyle?.Hell no! I'm sure it would totally bring out the worst in me. If I won, I'd probably spend more time in Europe, but that's about the only difference in the way I'd live my life. WTF, come to think of it, I'm pretty happy with the way things are now: I enjoy spending my time reading, fencing, going to museums and the orchestra, painting, learning the ukelele and jazz dances from the 30s, strength training... I can do all that stuff already, and it hardly costs a thing. You only get so many hours in a day. Would you abandon your current friends for poker pro friendsNope: I'm 100% loyal to people who've proven they're loyal to me. Anyway, why on earth would pros want to hang out with me just because I won a tournament? Not seeing it. Most normal people find me a little hard to stomach anyway...LOLand move to Vegas to live the life?Bleagh, if I liked Vegas I'd live there now. The hookers, blow and nightclubs are all yours. haha Link to post Share on other sites
RichieValenz 0 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 am i the only one who found ozium's dan marino post funny? Link to post Share on other sites
Webslayer 0 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Let's say you were to win a WPT or WSOP tournament. Would you get sucked in to the poker star lifestyle? Would you abandon your current friends for poker pro friends and move to Vegas to live the life? It seems to be what happens when someone hits it big, all of the sudden they are on the scene, hanging with the big boys. I'm not sure how I would handle it. Sure, it would be cool. But I'd rather my friends like me for who I am and not my bankroll or how many tourneys I've won. I just wonder how many of those guys are REALLY friends.You've got friends? *Is jealous* Maybe I should leave my mother's basement from time to time.... Link to post Share on other sites
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