When your life alters...

[bernie]

for the replies. I appreciate it.

As hinted at in the 'my boss' thread, it wasn't a great year for me up to this point. Actually the last 4 years have been pretty taxing. Way too much to go into, and besides, everyone has their own crap to deal with. Many worse than mine. But the swing with my mindset took a whopper. Talk about extremes.

Im still trying to get my bearrings back a bit to get back to playing. It's finally slowly starting to hit me. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Funny how now everyone has financial advice. Even the people cashing their welfare checks so they can play the slots and the ones i hardly ever played with or saw in the cardroom. Out of the woodwork they come. Only 1 person has seriously tried to hit me up for a handout so far.

I hope everyone gets to experience something like this in their lives at least once. It's a great feeling.

Keep flopping aces and faces.

Take care.

b

[samjjones]

Congrats! That is a great story. See, good things DO happen to 2+2'ers!

[Ruddiger]

congrats! but there goes my plans on winning it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[DimensionPresident]

So what were both JPs total? How much did you actually get to walk away with?

Good job.

[slavic]

After paying my royalty fee for "counseling" I'm sure he'll be able to buy a 'slushy' or 2.

[img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Pre tax it should have been around $140K or so. Let me just say uncle sam is going to get his 37%, but then again it's a good problem to have.

[DimensionPresident]

Well, he said the super JP was $260k, for which he got half. Plus the bad beat JP. If you're saying he only got $140k, then the bad beat JP was only $20k ($260k + $20k) / 2 = $140k)) ? I thought the bad beat JPs were much higher than that.

[magithighs]

Bernie,

I remember you in the low limit forums a few years back trying to convince me that raising with small suited connectors in EP was a bad way to vary my play! Great patience on your part, and I see it's paid off.

I sincerely hope you continue to use the same patience to double it up, cause I know you can.

It's real nice to see some of the people I started associated with when I was starting my journey into holdem doing so well.

Congrats -- hope to meet you at next year's WSOP!
Magi

[wayabvpar]

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I thought the bad beat JPs were much higher than that.


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They can be, although it seems the one at the Muck gets hit all the damned time. Lowest one I have seen was at a table I got up from 10 minutes earlier (my buddy/ride was still playing)- it was just over $8k. Table shares were about $350, which would have nicely covered the two racks I 'recirculated'.

[Jordan]

people get married at the altar

[Gurney]

I've enjoyed reading your posts for some time now. Couldn't of happened to a nicer guy. Congrats on the jackpot!

Gurney