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Adam West says congrats to you and Irieguy

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btw, just wanted to chime in on this thread:

I only started talking to/pming/etc Unarmed about a month ago I guess. Prior to that my only interaction with him was on the board discussing hands or just reading his posts.

Not only is he a good guy, and a talented poker player, he is clearly a student of the game in a way most are not. He takes time and care to make sure that he conveys what he is thinking is both eloquent and what he intends. This is a skill that is in some ways more important that always being correct. It makes people more likely to respond to you, more likely they will respond to you with care, and makes it more likely that people will read your posts in the first place.

He is amongst the few on this board who are constantly trying to push the level of the conversation, particularly in hands where the stacks are deep and there is post flop action to consider, and he is one of the few I can honestly say have made me and made me make myself a better poker player.

That poker, sngs, and maybe even something he may have learned from me in a tiny way, have made it possible to basically do whatever he wants with his life in the upcoming year makes me happier than he knows, just because he's a terrific person.

Congrats Unarmed, hopefully I'll meet you sometime.

citanul

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I do my share of searches. I think it's okay to ask a question once in awhile.

ps. your caps is on

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yeah, its ok to ask a question, but its usually better recieved if its not a blatant hijack.

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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to raise a ruckus. I didn't know that interjecting someone else's thread with a question was bad procedure. Anyhoo, congrats to Unarmed.

ps. Am I the only one who doesn't get the Batman/Adam West thing? nm, I'll do a search [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Congrats Unarmed, hopefully I'll meet you sometime.

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i assure you that it's not as rewarding as you might think. in real life, the conversation with Unarmed is weighted much more heavily towards how wonderful asian chicks are, as opposed to post-flop play.

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We could all use a little non poker talk every once in a while I'm sure.

The topic of hot asian chicks is a nice enough diversion I think...

citanul

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in that line, since yugo isn't here:

(i'm not as good at finding hot chick pictures as yugo, meh)

http://www.bullz-eye.com/gnd/2003/05Iris/Iris-02.jpg

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Hey I'm a pooh-bah. Right on!

To put it bluntly: Irie is the man. That's pretty much all there is to it. Before I met my poker career consisted of 125 Stars SNGs and some drunk strip poker, so he's basically molded my game from nothing. (note to the 452 people who PM'd me: I still have a looong way to go and am way too inexperienced to even be considering coaching someone)

I really don't think anyone needs to go slogging through my old posts, but if you haven't read everything Irie has ever posted (except that Star Wars ish on OOT) you have some work to do. He's been playing poker longer than some of you have been alive, and we're all pretty lucky that he bothers to post here.

Anyway, thanks for all the replies everyone, I'd still be f*cking around at the low limits if it wasn't for this forum. I'll give a shout out when I take down my first EPT event. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Oh and special thanks to Cit, Apathy, and Yugo for putting up with my IMs while you're 8-tabling. Excerpt from last week:

Unarmed: Yo Apathy how do you like this line?
Apathy: It's fine. F*ck I just lost 4k. I gotta go.

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EDIT: NH CITANUL - YOU'RE HIRED!!!

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We could all use a little non poker talk every once in a while I'm sure.

The topic of hot asian chicks is a nice enough diversion I think...

citanul

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it's a less appealing topic when he's banging them left, right and center, and you're not.

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Well thought-out response! Thanks :)

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Hey, that's better than our usual exchange:

U: Hey, what do you think about that hand I posted?
C: D-uh, I dunno.

citanul