Can anyone else here not stand itera?

[higgmond]

Not a poker player myself, but greatly enjoyed the movie High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story. There is one part where he comments on how much he loved seeing young finance hotshots coming into a game because he knew he was going to take everything they had.

[lxwarr30]

@higgmond

Not a poker player myself, but greatly enjoyed the movie High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story. There is one part where he comments on how much he loved seeing young finance hotshots coming into a game because he knew he was going to take everything they had.

Sounds good. Thank you for the recommendation I want to watch it now. This is why I stick to the lower cost tables it’s not worth most really good players time to slum it down at the 1/2.

[higgmond]

^ I highly recommend it. I think it’s on HBO this month again. The scene with Pat Morita is really good.

[bchad]

@Sweep_the_Leg

@busprof

@S2000magician

@isildurrr

@S2000magician

@isildurrr

Likewise ;). We can make it a foursome if you wish.

Bridge, or golf?

C’mon old timer ;). No limit hold 'em is the game of the youth.

My mistake: I keep forgetting that they’re not smart enough or crafty enough to play bridge.

I’ve taught my daughter - chess for the strategy, poker for the psychology (and as a girl, if you act dumb enough, you can probably take a lot of the guys’ money). My younger sister was captain of her HS cheerleading squad and valedictorian. She went on to get a 3.97 GPA in math/actuarial science. And she won a LOT of money in poker games in college.

You must be really old. Like bchad old.

Hey! I got carded the other day (admittedly, it was for Medicare).

[Griingo]

@busprof

@whatsyourgovt

@busprof

@S2000magician

@isildurrr

@S2000magician

@isildurrr

Likewise ;). We can make it a foursome if you wish.

Bridge, or golf?

C’mon old timer ;). No limit hold 'em is the game of the youth.

My mistake: I keep forgetting that they’re not smart enough or crafty enough to play bridge.

I’ve taught my daughter - chess for the strategy, poker for the psychology (and as a girl, if you act dumb enough, you can probably take a lot of the guys’ money). My younger sister was captain of her HS cheerleading squad and valedictorian. She sent on to get a 3.97 GPA in math/actuarial science. And she won a LOT of money in poker games.

I must ask, how old is your daughter?

She turns 14 in October. She’s currently in a one-week summer camp learning intermediate HTML, Javascript, CSS, and PHP with her friend. She’s a great kid (I call her the Master race) - she’s got my quant skills (could divide any 3-digit number by 2 in her hear by fall of 1st grade) and her mom’s people skills. She WILL rule the world some day.

I bet that some wild shit goes down at that camp…

[busprof]

@whatsyourgovt

^You sound german haha. Jokes aside, you seem like great parents.

We’re just hanging on. I’ve come to realize that a lot of how parenting goes is driven by your kids’ basic makeup (intelligence, emotional makeup, strengths and weaknesses, etc…). We’re been lucky - she’s a great kid (levelheaded, insightful, and smart/logical as hell). OTOH, the Boy-child is a 5 year-old barbarian: lots more emotional, a lot sillier, and a lot more physical. He’s also got a pretty good disposition in general. So in short, lucky parents.

As for background, no German. I’m your typical American Mongrel - Eyetalian immigrant on my dad’s side (grandparents came over on the boat in the early 1900s), Canuck/Swamp Yankee on my mom’s (grandfather was old Yankee, grandmom was from Quebec), and grew up in a New England Mill Town with a bunch of yahoos that seldom considered college (I was only the second of my generation to do college, out of about 30 cousins).

[busprof]

@gringo\_bob

@busprof

@whatsyourgovt

@busprof

@S2000magician

@isildurrr

@S2000magician

@isildurrr

Likewise ;). We can make it a foursome if you wish.

Bridge, or golf?

C’mon old timer ;). No limit hold 'em is the game of the youth.

My mistake: I keep forgetting that they’re not smart enough or crafty enough to play bridge.

I’ve taught my daughter - chess for the strategy, poker for the psychology (and as a girl, if you act dumb enough, you can probably take a lot of the guys’ money). My younger sister was captain of her HS cheerleading squad and valedictorian. She sent on to get a 3.97 GPA in math/actuarial science. And she won a LOT of money in poker games.

I must ask, how old is your daughter?

She turns 14 in October. She’s currently in a one-week summer camp learning intermediate HTML, Javascript, CSS, and PHP with her friend. She’s a great kid (I call her the Master race) - she’s got my quant skills (could divide any 3-digit number by 2 in her hear by fall of 1st grade) and her mom’s people skills. She WILL rule the world some day.

I bet that some wild shit goes down at that camp…

Hardly - they’re in a computer lab right across the parking lot from my office, and I know the instructors. I’m a bit obsessive with due diligence where my daughter’s concerned - at least so far. I’m sure I’ll loosen up in the next few years, but so far, no.

[S2000magician]

@busprof

@gringo\_bob

@busprof

@whatsyourgovt

@busprof

@S2000magician

@isildurrr

@S2000magician

@isildurrr

Likewise ;). We can make it a foursome if you wish.

Bridge, or golf?

C’mon old timer ;). No limit hold 'em is the game of the youth.

My mistake: I keep forgetting that they’re not smart enough or crafty enough to play bridge.

I’ve taught my daughter - chess for the strategy, poker for the psychology (and as a girl, if you act dumb enough, you can probably take a lot of the guys’ money). My younger sister was captain of her HS cheerleading squad and valedictorian. She sent on to get a 3.97 GPA in math/actuarial science. And she won a LOT of money in poker games.

I must ask, how old is your daughter?

She turns 14 in October. She’s currently in a one-week summer camp learning intermediate HTML, Javascript, CSS, and PHP with her friend. She’s a great kid (I call her the Master race) - she’s got my quant skills (could divide any 3-digit number by 2 in her hear by fall of 1st grade) and her mom’s people skills. She WILL rule the world some day.

I bet that some wild shit goes down at that camp…

Hardly - they’re in a computer lab right across the parking lot from my office, and I know the instructors. I’m a bit obsessive with due diligence where my daughter’s concerned - at least so far. _ I’m sure I’ll loosen up in the next few years _, but so far, no.

As the father of a now 28-year-old girl, I can say from first-hand experience: no, you won’t.

[whatsyourgovt]

@lxwarr30

I want to play higher stakes, but I’m so nervous of the stakes and I know it would effect my style. When I’m in AC I stick to 1/2 mostly. I may go to 2/5 if I’m feeling rich but I really just can’t bring myself to put at least $1000 on a table. I think I’m risk averse because I consider myself a good player to sit at probably another tier higher table. WYG do you ever get nervous playing at the higher stakes? How did you transition from where I am to 5/10?

I am an adrenoline junkie. To me, it’s not about the money per se, it’s about what is at risk. If i make money, ok, if i lose i am highly dissappointed and angry at myself. I grew up near the casinos so i was playing 1/2 since the age of 14, graduated to 2/5 during college and started 5/10 the end of my college years. I should have prefaced i played for a living until my parents threatened to disown me as a child haha. I do get nervous when i play the underground games of 10/25, i tend to play too timid and it hurts my game but since the players are aggro, i can sit back and pick my spots with quality hands. I suggest, if you have the bank roll, to have a friend buy half your stake in 5/10 to split the variance and see how it goes. This will be equal to a 2/5 and you get a feel for the game.

[Turd_Fergeson]

Yo gov - that sounds like a formula for unhappiness - asymmetric utility of winning vs losing. What’s the point? I think that Belzarian dude cited this reason for quitting.

[whatsyourgovt]

^You’re 100% right, but i’m too into my body to do drugs and i need my st fix.

[Turd_Fergeson]

there’s always sellin’ stocks & slayin’ box. no downside there.

[brain_wash_your_face]

Back on topic, Itera is really unbearable.

[whatsyourgovt]

I like both, but imho there is no rush greater than gambling. If i could only trade…

[system]

^

Amen to that, I can only imagine what Blom felt when he ripped through Durrr for 4 million + in one week.

[comp_sci_kid]

AF AC trip anyone? I am down mid august

[former_trader]

I got 99 problems with this site but Itera ain’t one.