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11-15-2005, 05:28 PM
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Re: My typical day
I took care of my kid full time until he is 2. I think it's better he spend some time with other kids. My husband is a college teacher which means he has some days he doesn't have to go to office. but he is busy overall.
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#2
11-16-2005, 05:50 PM
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Re: My typical day
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I took care of my kid full time until he is 2. I think it's better he spend some time with other kids. My husband is a college teacher which means he has some days he doesn't have to go to office. but he is busy overall. [/ QUOTE ] Are you SERIOUS??? You honestly think it's better that he spend all day with other kids and a daycare provider than with his Mommy? Get a grip lady!! Have you ever thought of starting a play group? I am bothered by the fact that you pawn your kid of to a day care center so you can play poker. This is so wrong it should be illegal. But hey, think of all the great things he will learn from those other kids - espacially the older ones. Believe me, he will get enough interaction with other kids from K-12 and you can play poker all day for 13 years. He's what, 3?? Yeah, you're making a BAD decision!
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#3
11-16-2005, 06:11 PM
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Re: My typical day
Part of the reason I don't want to go working is now I can send him to daycare after he gets up, any time. I often puts him there 11am. And pick him up before 5 and have dinner ready for him. How can I do it if I work 9-5?
Also professors don't always make good money. We live in a small apartment and don't have much to spare.
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#4
11-17-2005, 08:35 AM
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Re: My typical day
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[ QUOTE ] I took care of my kid full time until he is 2. I think it's better he spend some time with other kids. My husband is a college teacher which means he has some days he doesn't have to go to office. but he is busy overall. [/ QUOTE ] Are you SERIOUS??? You honestly think it's better that he spend all day with other kids and a daycare provider than with his Mommy? Get a grip lady!! Have you ever thought of starting a play group? I am bothered by the fact that you pawn your kid of to a day care center so you can play poker. This is so wrong it should be illegal. But hey, think of all the great things he will learn from those other kids - espacially the older ones. Believe me, he will get enough interaction with other kids from K-12 and you can play poker all day for 13 years. He's what, 3?? Yeah, you're making a BAD decision! [/ QUOTE ] What is this?! The middle ages? The kid might well be better or at least no worse of at a day care center. Many people here play poker for a living. Many call themselves professional. If you see playing poker as your job and have kids, leaving the kids to day care while you are playing is a no-brainer. Welcome to the 21st century.
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#5
11-15-2005, 05:53 PM
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Re: My typical day
Clearly you believe that spending this much time on this activity is a waste.
When I start to feel that way I simply play less and/or do more of the other stuff on the internet while I'm playing. It appears you can make adjustments for the short term but you should be planning a major reduction in internet poker play in the future. I accept poker as a career providing a service for other players to compete against but that's a stretch that took me 15 years to achieve. It's also easier to accept after having a few other careers.
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#6
11-16-2005, 12:18 PM
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Re: My typical day
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I accept poker as a career providing a service for other players to compete against but that's a stretch that took me 15 years to achieve. [/ QUOTE ]That is SUCH a stretch, to the point that maybe it should count as a lie. I think you have to face the fact that you don't construct or provide anything in your line of work. That's ok; there are lots of jobs that earn money but don't necessarily add to society. But don't pretend you're "providing a service". -Sam
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#7
11-16-2005, 01:35 PM
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Re: My typical day
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[ QUOTE ] I accept poker as a career providing a service for other players to compete against but that's a stretch that took me 15 years to achieve. [/ QUOTE ]That is SUCH a stretch, to the point that maybe it should count as a lie. I think you have to face the fact that you don't construct or provide anything in your line of work. That's ok; there are lots of jobs that earn money but don't necessarily add to society. But don't pretend you're "providing a service". -Sam [/ QUOTE ] We provide the same service that Casinos do: entertainment. That's why people play blackjack, and that's why they play poker. They play for fun.
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#8
11-16-2005, 02:20 PM
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Re: My typical day
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We provide the same service that Casinos do: entertainment. That's why people play blackjack, and that's why they play poker. They play for fun. [/ QUOTE ] Sure, and they can play for fun against other people who are playing for fun, or they can play for fun against people who are constantly studying to improve at taking their money. This "we provide a service" line is pretty amusing to me. Remove all the 2+2ers from Party Poker and you'll certainly have more enjoyable and less costly games for the fish. Expert players ruin the experience just enough to make money, but not enough to scare the fish away entirely, and they use variance as a smoke screen. Let's not kid ourselves.
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#9
11-16-2005, 07:29 PM
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Re: My typical day
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[ QUOTE ] We provide the same service that Casinos do: entertainment. That's why people play blackjack, and that's why they play poker. They play for fun. [/ QUOTE ] Sure, and they can play for fun against other people who are playing for fun, or they can play for fun against people who are constantly studying to improve at taking their money. This "we provide a service" line is pretty amusing to me. Remove all the 2+2ers from Party Poker and you'll certainly have more enjoyable and less costly games for the fish. Expert players ruin the experience just enough to make money, but not enough to scare the fish away entirely, and they use variance as a smoke screen. Let's not kid ourselves. [/ QUOTE ] Like casinos and all other service businesses, we charge for the service we provide. That service is competition, gamble, and fun. That is, competition and gamble provide the fun for the fish. Fun (i.e. entertainment) is what they are buying. The fish could easily decrease the competition in their game by dropping down a level or two. But that would decrease the gamble, too. On the whole, they would have less fun, so they stay at the higher level, where they are destined to lose over the long run. But that's ok because they are there for fun, and their loses have simply paid for their fun. It is common knowledge that the casino has the edge in all table games. Yet millions of people play them anyway. Why? Because gambling is fun. Winning gives us a rush of euphoria. Apparently, for many people, that short-term rush is worth the long-term losses that are inevitable in those games. The same is true for the losing poker player. He is paying for that short-term rush with his long-term losses. It is his choice to do that, and there is nothing wrong with either the casino or the winning poker player charging him a fee for his fun.
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#10
11-16-2005, 01:22 PM
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Re: My typical day
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Am I wasting my life here? [/ QUOTE ] If you really like poker and love what you're doing, the answer is no. But given that you've looked for a "real" job before and given that you're posting about it on a message board, I'm thinking the answer is yes. (On a somewhat related note, I don't know how much programmers earn, but I'm guessing that anybody with the intelligence and discipline to consistently beat 10/20 could earn more than $20k per year in some other line of work.)
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