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Old 09-11-2005, 08:56 PM
RodSerling RodSerling is offline
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Default ADVICE NEEDED

There an old friend that I hang out with a few times a month, and tonight we went out the casino. Well, I lost about $50, no big deal. However, my buddy dropped, I think about $1200, and appearantly this is very typical. When we were playing blackjack(its all he plays), I got a call on my phone, and because you can't be on the phone and on the table at the same time, I asked to wait until the next shoe and took the phone call. The person on the other line was much closer friend of mine, and I told him where I was and who I was with.

Well, I told him, he said, "Your out there with him huh, that is no surprise." I asked what he was talking about, and he told that appearently this guy is out there 4 or 5 times a week, and in the past year has lost like $15,000.

When I came back to the table, I just kept playing about $5 to $10 hand, but he started laying down $50 to $200 bets.

I usually don't go out there with him, he merely suggested it and it sounded okay to me. I knew that he like gambling, but after hearing this information and after what I saw tonight, I think it's safe to say there might be problem here.

What is probably most unsettling, is that on the ride home, he seem totally disconnected with the fact he had just lost that much money, which is really a month's house payment. At the time I didn't want to add insult to injury, so I just made conversation like nothing at all happened. However the more I think about this the more and more unsettling it is that this guy is pissing his money away like this.

Really though, I don't know if I want to be in this position, because I'm almost certain his wife doesn't even know about it. When she called him, he made no mention of being out at the casino, he said he was, "hanging out with the guys tonight." (Which as all us men know, is code word for being somewhere or being with someone that you don't others to know about)

I don't really know if I should get involved in this, because I'm not his family, and while I'm his friend I wouldn't say we are great friends. Also, I don't want him to go bankrupt and end up on the streets.

Any advice here or even just similiar experiences would helpful.
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Old 09-11-2005, 11:19 PM
Kaeser Kaeser is offline
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Default Re: ADVICE NEEDED

Your in a difficult situation and If you feel so strongly about confronting this guy then I would recommend contacting your local chapter of gambler's annonymous. They have professional counselors who can give you advice on how to help him.

On a side note I watched my boss lose 50K over the course of a year. There's just not much you can do if he doesn't want to help himself.
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Old 09-12-2005, 04:37 PM
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Default Re: ADVICE NEEDED

Tell him about Party Poker.
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Old 09-12-2005, 05:23 PM
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Default Re: ADVICE NEEDED

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Tell him about Party Poker.

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Then post his screen name.
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Old 09-12-2005, 07:59 PM
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Default Re: ADVICE NEEDED

limits he would play would be too high for me. lol [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 09-12-2005, 08:17 PM
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Get together with some other friends of his, and his wife, and have an intervention, where you all tell him he needs to join gamblers anonymous.
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Old 09-12-2005, 08:36 PM
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Is your friend maybe much richer than you think? It seems odd to me that he didn't seem to care about losing... most degenerate gamblers I know are very emotional with the swings.
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Old 09-12-2005, 10:56 PM
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Is your friend maybe much richer than you think? It seems odd to me that he didn't seem to care about losing... most degenerate gamblers I know are very emotional with the swings.

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Maybe he hit Mike Caro's threshold of pain. He probably kicked the cat as soon as he got home.
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Old 09-12-2005, 10:59 PM
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Default This is the Texas Holdem folder you friggin Jackass

[censored] you, seriously. [censored]. You.

-Matt
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Old 09-12-2005, 11:10 PM
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Default Re: This is the Texas Holdem folder you friggin Jackass

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[censored] you, seriously. [censored]. You.

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Oh really?
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