[Onaflag]

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i will be the first to attempt to traverse this divine path of poker philosophy

think back to the first time we all played poker for money:

1-9 other guys voluntarily welcomed us to play them. now this says something, it is saying "we will let you play because we think we can beat you"

so if we knew what was good for us we would take their word for it and just not play, but did we? no

just as the OP has said "don't bother reading this", we read this

so in this thread burried somewhere lies the reason we all began poker, something we need to discover. and it's not just doing what we're told not too, i believe it's something deeper

and i will let others elaborate

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Whoa, this almost broke my head. How would YOU feel about brain matter splattered all over your ceiling? Me too. That's why I read it slowly. That way, nothing intense will affect my brainular equilibrium too quickly thereby avoiding the dreaded headburst.

That said, I do in fact remember the first time I played for real money. I don't remember who it was with or whether the money was in fact negotiable, but to kids, what does it matter? Now that I think about it, were we kids at all? Could that have been a movie I saw that now phucks with my brains memory allocation? Speaking of that, what gets allocated doesn't always get shared. Would you disagree?

Think about that for a second (and no longer). You get allocated "x" number of pocket aces during your lifetime. What if you get X-10? Who got the extras? Did they make money over their lifetime?

What if you got X+10? Are you going to heaven by default just because you're lucky? I think not. I believe X+10 is a curse in a blessing's disguise. Overconfidence leads to cruelty. Cruelty is obviously a sin. So is doing the neighbor's daughter, but that's on another board.

The thing I'm trying to say is this: Never think that what hasn't been proven isn't provable. Think about this.

Onaflag...........