Originally Posted by
Amesja
Why anyone would jump out of a perfectly good airplane without a non-com pushing you from behind is totally beyond me...
I know a guy who put himself through medical school and had enough money left over to buy a new car doing online poker. The dude is crazy smart with the maths. You don't want to play any board or card game with the guy because he always wins. Don't even THINK of playing
Dominion with him. He cleans up every time.
The only game I can hope to beat him at is
Tangoes -I can usually solve any tango puzzle as fast as I can lay the pieces down as the solution just "pops in my head." But this guy plays card games the same way and just can figure probablities and what cards work together and such like Rain Man. Some people are just
goodd that kind of stuff. There is no way I'd ever make money gambling. I've got a perfectly good toilet at home to flush money down...
You are pretty sharp!
I think you called it right on the head. I used the term "pro gambler"...That means it was my job. The difference between a gambler and a pro gambler is the same difference between a lion in the zoo and a lion in the jungle. The pro gambler is like the lion in the jungle, he has to be good because his survival depends on it. Whereas the lion in the zoo, he is going to get three squares no matter what..
If you ever saw the movie "Cicinatta Kid" and "the hustler", they described my sub-culture and former profession to a tee. I was that good.
On the airplane bit, fun thing. Period. Hoping to do another one this year..
You see I jumped in my motorcycle boots..
Originally Posted by
Catnap
lolll massive thread derailment
An understatment!
