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Old 11-08-07, 10:09 PM
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dude...

Just one thing...

Remember that thread about you staying in school or doing what you wanted and liking the college life etc etc?

I would think this is a huge blinking billboard that you are not ready to "grow up" and get going on the rest of your life. Now, considering the amount of money you've been involved with over the past few years, you have been forced to use an amount of maturity that may not be present in most people your age.

However, you have to think about the rest of your life. You are being given the opportunity to do whatever the hell you want for the rest of your life all the while having your family and close friends taken care of.

The amount of people on this planet that can honestly admit that they are set for life at 20? We're talking LeBron James and Bill Gates territory here man.

I know it's mean to try and treat this as a "now sit down and look at how stupid this was" right now. And, the best thing is to probably go get drunk and not ever think about it again.

BUT

As a person reading all about your life for the past 2 years, I (and probably a few others on this forum) would be really fucking pissed if something like this affected your poker playing for months/years to come.

Of course, it probably won't. And I know you have money set aside and you will be able to move on and get past this with respect to your poker playing.

But damn man...we gotta work on your ability to just take things easy. I know at 20 it is a broken record, but honestly speaking...you gotta grow up about the taking chances things. You have to be able to look long and hard at your decisions and make sure you are doing the best for your future.

You have some innate gift that can literally give you anything you want for your entire life if you learn how to harness it and use it to the best of your abilities. Don't throw it away because a decent 10/20 player is sitting at a 300/600 table.

***I'm sure this is overly harsh and you probably have the money to absorb this sort of loss and I know I'm probably reacting differently cause I can not imagine losing 100k like that...but still...***
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