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Pretty good poker article, by phil laak

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  1. spiderweb80 spiderweb80 is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 9:40am)

    I enjoyed it, thought id share... Im too retarded to actually make it a link, so i guess u will have to copy and paste.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker...amp;id=4381359
     
  2. AllenZ AllenZ is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 10:07am) in reply to spiderweb80

    Great read. Thanks for sharing the link
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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 10:27am) in reply to spiderweb80

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker...amp;id=4381359
  4. HeHateThee HeHateThee is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 12:16pm) in reply to dealace1

    Excellent read alot of grinders can resonate with..... Interesting to see where such a great poker player has come from and how he got to playing in the nosebleed stakes.
  5. Weakfish06 Weakfish06 is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 12:36pm) in reply to HeHateThee

    "great poker player" - Laak is soft in every sense of the word
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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 12:38pm) in reply to Weakfish06

    good read
  7. bluffslv bluffslv is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 12:38pm) in reply to Weakfish06

    sick article, ty
  8. 33mikemcg 33mikemcg is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 1:14pm) in reply to Weakfish06

     
    Originally Posted by Weakfish06 View Post

    "great poker player" - Laak is soft in every sense of the word

    WAT?? GTFO!
     
  9. TC_Clueless TC_Clueless is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 1:20pm) in reply to spiderweb80

    Entertaining read. Reading about him spreading his money around (the bank, mom's freezer, etc.) reminded me of the time he was crashing with us at the card castle in LA and for the better part of the week he was just walking around with a sick look on his face. Totally convinced he'd lost a wrapper, he had us all thinking our buddy Mitch had pulled a fast one on him. After several days the money turned up stashed away in his backpack in the closet or something. lol Phil, you're a trip.

    The real takeaway seems to be this book recommendation though -- Fortune's Formula, anyone read it?
     
  10. garyak1 garyak1 is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 1:54pm) in reply to TC_Clueless

    I'm forty eight yrs old and took me quite a few failed homerun swings before I realized this same thing. It is soooo true - great article.
  11. Stone316 Stone316 is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 2:18pm) in reply to spiderweb80

    That was a good read.

    While you can criticize Laak in comparison to some of the other upper echelon players in the game, you can't really knock a guy who built himself back up from nothing essentially playing games the whole way up.
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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 2:23pm) in reply to Stone316

     
    Originally Posted by TC_Clueless View Post


    The real takeaway seems to be this book recommendation though -- Fortune's Formula, anyone read it?

    Its a great book, very interesting. Its one of those books that you just want to keep

    reading.
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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 2:35pm) in reply to t4a2n0kk

    When I first met Phil, it was when he was living in San Jose, back around 2002. Dutch was renting out his room while he was in New York. He let Dutch use his car, which was the most brutal poverty level vehicle around. I asked Dutch why does Phil have such a POS car if he is so successful at poker? Dutch told me that when it comes to edges and Phil has one, then he is very liberal with that money, but for things that aren't essential (such as a vehicle), he is the biggest tightwad ever. After reading that article I now see why.
     
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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 2:42pm) in reply to JJDude

    great read I need to be more like phil
     
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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 2:45pm) in reply to spiderweb80

    I heard he won Jen Tilly in a late night poker game with Sam Simon.
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    Aug 14th, 2009 (8/14/2009 3:24pm) in reply to AllenZ

     
    Originally Posted by AllenZ View Post

    Great read. Thanks for sharing the link

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