|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Update
I started to write a very critical post, then remembered that we had a $5 Christmas buyin tournament that my 8 year old pwned everyone in (including me), so I guess I can't toss stones from my glass house.
|
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Update
[ QUOTE ]
I started to write a very critical post, then remembered that we had a $5 Christmas buyin tournament that my 8 year old pwned everyone in (including me), so I guess I can't toss stones from my glass house. [/ QUOTE ] That's *awesome*. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
Your wife displays the fear of most laypeople. Perhaps there is a shading there of how she feels about your own poker playing.
Personally I see no fault in your son playing but I would see it as a challenge to you to prove to both your wife and perhaps yourself too that there can be a greater good in and through poker(or in fact any other activity you chose. If your son was a chess or piano playing prodigy you would be in the same position{actually probably worse in real terms}but at least you'd have the approval of the masses). This is an excellent opportunity for you to teach your son about a lot of the basic tenets of life. "Winning" "losing" "maintaining ones equipoise(especially with respect to money)" and the fact that there is more to life than money. This is a great challenge for you and your son and I wish you both the best. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
[ QUOTE ]
Your wife displays the fear of most laypeople. Perhaps there is a shading there of how she feels about your own poker playing. Personally I see no fault in your son playing but I would see it as a challenge to you to prove to both your wife and perhaps yourself too that there can be a greater good in and through poker(or in fact any other activity you chose. If your son was a chess or piano playing prodigy you would be in the same position{actually probably worse in real terms}but at least you'd have the approval of the masses). This is an excellent opportunity for you to teach your son about a lot of the basic tenets of life. "Winning" "losing" "maintaining ones equipoise(especially with respect to money)" and the fact that there is more to life than money. This is a great challenge for you and your son and I wish you both the best. [/ QUOTE ] Nice post. I know I certainly didn't mature in terms of patience and respect until I really got deep into the game at the age of 20. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
[ QUOTE ]
He put $100 of his own money in the account and although I don't have the exact stats his account now has around $1100 in it. [..] He has a very good intuitive feel for the game. He understands the value of starting hands. [...] What does everyone think? [/ QUOTE ] Sounds like time to move up! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Seriously though make sure he doesn't miss out with the rest and becomes a greedy geek (at best) or a addicted gambler. as far as poker has proved for many people to be a career or a lucrative hobby, remember that the mast majority loses and a lot of people ruin their life with this. At 9 yers old his reality and perception of money could be destroyed by poker. The game itself is not bad for him IMO but just having a lot of cash and seeing gambling as an innocent act might be a burden for him in the future. Also your wife has to come to terms with it otherwise it is definitly -EV (assuming you like your wife and kid!) Just my two cents, I don't have a kid so I don't know what I am speaking about! |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
Set him up with a 2+2 account and let the little man post!
I suggest PrePubeProd for a SN [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] -o and you should have your parenting liscense revoked...at least keep him at the play money tables. Have you seen the college dropout rate of the big winners on this forum? Its obscene. I'd be willing to make a stiff wager that people with serious drug and alcohol problems have a better shot of finishing college than do winning poker player. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
[ QUOTE ]
Set him up with a 2+2 account and let the little man post! I suggest PrePubeProd for a SN [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] -o and you should have your parenting liscense revoked...at least keep him at the play money tables. Have you seen the college dropout rate of the big winners on this forum? Its obscene. I'd be willing to make a stiff wager that people with serious drug and alcohol problems have a better shot of finishing college than do winning poker player. [/ QUOTE ] People with serious drug/alcohol problems can get help & maybe recover; winning 20-year olds can only go broke [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
People give their kids a small amount of real money to invest in the stock market in order to teach them about investing all the time and nobody bats an eye...
|
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
What's his SN? We'll teach him what downswings feel like.
|
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Re: What to do with a Child who plays SNG\'s?
Hi Bruce.
I think that one of the main point is to find out where your son takes his pleasure from poker(it has been written in a previous post by someone else): is your son interested in taking good decisions, outplaying people, improving math and skills, having a good time sharing a hobby with daddy, or do you feel he just enjoys the thrill and excitement of gambling (ie with money); well, I won t give any opinion because I don't have any kids,but from what I read, the kid clearly shows an interest in advantage playing, or "getting the best of it" using his head in a strategy game, which I think is pretty good.A good friend of mine , who has two kids, plays sometimes some kind of three way tournament freeze out with them for fun, and I think the idea is great, because there is only the pleasure and the strategy here, no money involved; well, hope it helped, good luck. |
|
|