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Chobohoya

03-03-2005, 04:41 PM

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"Andy Price, 16, a sophomore at Lawrence Central High School, likes to wear sunglasses inside after he saw poker players doing so on television. "

ROTF

GoblinMason (Craig)

03-03-2005, 05:01 PM

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"Andy Price, 16, a sophomore at Lawrence Central High School, likes to wear sunglasses inside after he saw poker players doing so on television. "

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OMG that's hysterical.

GoblinMason (Craig)

03-03-2005, 05:07 PM

Even better:

"Matt Wood, 15, shuffled his chips like his favorite professional poker player, Dutch Boyd"

nolanfan34

03-03-2005, 05:09 PM

This was my favorite quote:

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Greater Zionsville Area Youth Ministries recently added "intentions to play poker" to firearms and illegal drugs on its "forbidden" list that students must sign before attending a retreat.

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This is good too:

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Ken Winters, a professor at the University of Minnesota and an expert on adolescent gambling, said parents should look for warning signs of gambling addiction by asking these questions:
• Does my child spend a lot of time thinking and strategizing about poker when he or she isn't playing?

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MLG

03-03-2005, 05:13 PM

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This is good too:

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Ken Winters, a professor at the University of Minnesota and an expert on adolescent gambling, said parents should look for warning signs of gambling addiction by asking these questions:
• Does my child spend a lot of time thinking and strategizing about poker when he or she isn't playing?

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Well, if they're gonna play, we might as well make sure they're bad at it.

TimTimSalabim

03-03-2005, 05:38 PM

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Ken Winters, a professor at the University of Minnesota and an expert on adolescent gambling, said parents should look for warning signs of gambling addiction by asking these questions:
• Does my child spend a lot of time thinking and strategizing about poker when he or she isn't playing?

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If it were my child, I'd be more concerned if he were playing regularly and the answer to the above was "no" /images/graemlins/grin.gif.

Voltron87

03-03-2005, 05:45 PM

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Matt Wood, 15, shuffled his chips like his favorite professional poker player, Dutch Boyd. Instead of cigars, some of them played with pretzel logs hanging out of their mouths.

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dlk9s

03-03-2005, 05:58 PM

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"It's something that keeps us out of trouble,"

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I love this part of every "kids playing poker" article. As if they would steal cars and kick dogs if they didn't play poker. I never played poker when I was a kid and I didn't get into trouble.

It's easily one of the easiest justifications a kid can give to adults.

Turning Stone Pro

03-03-2005, 06:11 PM

I can't get past the first photo. I'm gonna try again . . .

"Oh yeah we got trouble, right here in River City, with a Capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for Pool."

Funny how the more they say the times are different, they seem to basically stay the same . . .

TSP

Justin A

03-03-2005, 10:00 PM

Hey Sponger,
Finally a game with stakes low enough for you to play in! I bet you could mop that game up.

Sponger15SB

03-03-2005, 10:28 PM

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Hey Sponger,
Finally a game with stakes low enough for you to play in! I bet you could mop that game up.

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http://uploadyourimages.com/img/584903winrate.jpg

MicroBob

03-03-2005, 10:42 PM

Didn't read the article...just the various stuff in the thread:

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Greater Zionsville Area Youth Ministries recently added "intentions to play poker" to firearms and illegal drugs on its "forbidden" list that students must sign before attending a retreat.

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My ex-wife is from Zionsville and we got married there!

Somehow this quote doesn't surprise me for that area.
Very conservative, upper-middle class suburb just north of Indianapolis.

My ex mom-in-law wouldn't have been responsible for such an addition to the 'forbidden' list ....but I suspect she's probably good friends with the people who were.

Hell, I might have even met them at the wedding for all I know (am I allowed to say 'hell' in Zionsville?? probably not).

Oh yeah....the kid in the shades is hilarious.

Burno

03-04-2005, 03:50 AM

<<<<<<<< Can't believe no one claimed this beaut.

my favorite line, in reference to one of the weekly low buy in games amongst teens.

"Some adults find value in the game,"

Ten7offsuit

03-04-2005, 04:06 AM

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Matt Wood, 15, shuffled his chips like his favorite professional poker player, Dutch Boyd. Instead of cigars, some of them played with pretzel logs hanging out of their mouths.

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God this is hilarious.

ToneLoc

03-04-2005, 04:28 AM

10$ buy-in --> 1$ shades.
On top of that these kids are real puss, they don't even play enough to be in real trouble... f00kin waste if you ask me...

theBruiser500

03-04-2005, 05:02 AM

Neal Hennessy, a 15-year-old Lawrence Central sophomore who plays weekly with Price, said, "I don't know any guys at our school who haven't played. It's extremely prevalent."

daryn

03-04-2005, 09:56 AM

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"Andy Price, 16, a sophomore at Lawrence Central High School, likes to wear sunglasses inside after he saw poker players doing so on television. "

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awww come on guys.

jakethebake

03-04-2005, 12:15 PM

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Matt Wood, 15, shuffled his chips like his favorite professional poker player, Dutch Boyd. Instead of cigars, some of them played with pretzel logs hanging out of their mouths.

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I played $1/$2 NL with a kid in Tunica last weekend that sat there with an unlit cigarette like Farha. He told us he didn't smoke. It was hilarious. He looked and acted like he was about 17. We all kept asking to see his ID and he never would show it, but insisted he was 21. He drank about 7 long islands before he finally busted out and just staggered off with that cigarette in his mouth.

B00T

03-04-2005, 02:32 PM

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Matt Wood, 15, shuffled his chips like his favorite professional poker player, Dutch Boyd

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Couldn't read after that line. Good find.

colgin

03-04-2005, 04:52 PM

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Matt Wood, 15, shuffled his chips like his favorite professional poker player, Dutch Boyd
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Couldn't read after that line.

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I'm still laughing at that.

ChrisCo

03-04-2005, 06:01 PM

I am once again embarrassed to be young and play poker. These kids make a mockery out of the game. /images/graemlins/mad.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

deacsoft

03-04-2005, 06:08 PM

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"Andy Price, 16, a sophomore at Lawrence Central High School, likes to wear sunglasses inside after he saw poker players doing so on television. "

ROTF

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OMG that's hysterical.

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I agree. That's the funniest part of the whole thing.

Greg (FossilMan)

03-04-2005, 08:07 PM

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Instead of cigars, some of them played with pretzel logs hanging out of their mouths.

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Were we all that pathetic at that age? Because that sure isn't how I remember it.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

SomethingClever

03-04-2005, 08:25 PM

What the heck are you guys laughing at?

MicroBob

03-04-2005, 09:00 PM

That was pretty clever.

Burno

03-04-2005, 09:32 PM

Ahem.

cianosheehan

03-04-2005, 11:45 PM

I say fair play to the little chaps. The way the article is presented makes them look quite pathetic, but that isnt their fault. I would have loved to have an enthusiasm for the game at that age, and chances are by the time any of these kids are 21+ we could have a few great players on our hands with a considerable amount of experience behind and ahead of them!!!

In saying that, the photo is a tad hilarious. Poor guy /images/graemlins/grin.gif

lighterjobs

03-05-2005, 12:10 AM

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Even better:

"Matt Wood, 15, shuffled his chips like his favorite professional poker player, Dutch Boyd"

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haha this isn't even close to the kid wearing sunglasses.

edit- this is deinately better:

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Instead of cigars, some of them played with pretzel logs hanging out of their mouths.

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the sunglasses and chip shuffling is funny, but pretzel logs are ridiculous.

tek

03-05-2005, 05:47 AM

Yeah, the only thing more pathetic would be if the kid had raymer-glasses /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

BTW, I was at the Bellagio a few days ago. Just like all good casinos, they have security at the elevators. I guess Raymers kidnappers were stealth Ninjas /images/graemlins/wink.gif

MyMindIsGoing

03-05-2005, 06:37 AM

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Yeah, the only thing more pathetic would be if the kid had raymer-glasses /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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Yes you are right /images/graemlins/wink.gif

http://tatari.ath.cx/glasses.jpg

David04

03-06-2005, 01:37 PM

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I am once again embarrassed to be young and play poker. These kids make a mockery out of the game.

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DesertCat

03-06-2005, 06:31 PM

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Yeah, the only thing more pathetic would be if the kid had raymer-glasses /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

BTW, I was at the Bellagio a few days ago. Just like all good casinos, they have security at the elevators. I guess Raymers kidnappers were stealth Ninjas /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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Let it go, Tek. He won his title, you will never win yours. Letting jealousy eat you up is no way to live your life.

PoBoy321

03-06-2005, 07:53 PM

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Instead of cigars, some of them played with pretzel logs hanging out of their mouths.

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Christ, when I was 15 I was smoking a half a pack of Camels a day. What a bunch of pussies.

PoBoy321

03-06-2005, 07:59 PM

This article just made me realize that I was a really badass 16 year old.

NJchick

03-07-2005, 01:43 PM

Does he spend the weekend locked up in a mental hospital, like his idol Dutch?

imported_stealthcow

03-07-2005, 07:42 PM

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I am once again embarrassed to be young and play poker. These kids make a mockery out of the game. /images/graemlins/mad.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

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i dont see why you should be embarrased. if the trend continutes, most of your opponents will think you know more about dutch boyd then you do on actually playing the game.

stealthcow-

ddubois

03-10-2005, 11:33 PM

Pretend-smoking a pretzel log definately seems like something I would have done when I was a kid. But I'm defining "kid" loosely - at my age, nostalgia doesn't properly differentiate between 16 and 11.

dakine

03-11-2005, 10:06 AM

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10$ buy-in --> 1$ shades.
On top of that these kids are real puss, they don't even play enough to be in real trouble... f00kin waste if you ask me...

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Did you by chance get your "Arse" kicked playing with those kids? Bitter-Bitter! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/grin.gif