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Kπ: Sour final night...two bad sessions (-3300, -1300) leaves me just slightly negative for the trip (-300)
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The Accomplice: (not counting the PERKS!)
b1-66er: Oh sure...
•Like the best massage you've ever had
•A fortnight in Vegas
•Enough chow for a platoon of gourmands
•And the glorious weather of a mosquito-less Mojave Spring...
...Is worth ANYTHING
Math Pro(o/f): A -3300 session is pretty serious. How big does he play?
b1: I don't know. When we're together I have a fairly good idea. I've been too afeared of the outside world. He's been on his own. I know he was playing $100 limit (he prefers 50)...
In his drinking days, decades ago, he woke up one morning after we'd been shooting dice all night. I went back to the room first. In the morning he said,
"I feel TERRIBLE. I lost about 2500 last night..."
"How much?"
"2500..."
MP: Whoa. I've blown $1000 in a night, but that is about the most. I did lose about $3k from peak playing way too high on Powerhouse Poker once, but I only started with $100, so no net loss.
b1: "well, Karpov, I have got good news for you. How much did you say, $2500 down?"
"Yeah. Somethin' like that..."
"No no. You're $1500 UP!"
And I slide over $4000 in Desert Inn chips on the dresser.
I knew he'd get blind drunk and lose it all...
...The big hint of the disaster to come you get is when someone drools and pontificates,
"BABY NEEDS A NEW SET OF DIAMOND EARRINGS!"
At the top of their lungs before shooting.
I was skimming his chip rack as he played.
MP: Well done sir!!
b1: Way way up there on the most ethically questionable things I've ever done in my life.
I regret it none.
MP: Totally ethically sound. 100%.
You put his interests first
He just didn't know you were at the time
I love it
b1: Bueno.
One thing I know, for sure, having grown up with, and watching people battle, addiction all my life is...
...unchecked it will create situations the key parties will regret...
... Big loss stings. Especially for people in their 20s. I feel if I can (easily and reasonably) help prevent that from happening, I should.
Counselors may paint it with their "codependency" crayon.
I use my Scrubbō and wipe that son of a bitchin mark right off.
MP: Just throw 25 Benjamins in the air and growl at the counselor,
I got your codependency right here
b1: What a great response•
"How much do you make an hour, bitch¹? THIS much?"
¹the word 'bitch' in this context is both gender and birth-sex neutral. Neither the MP, nor b1, intend to offend people by using it...
...In exactly the same way that Keith Richards is being nothing less than loving when he refers to Mick Jagger with the exact same label.
