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  1. The Lab Rat The Lab Rat is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 2:08am) in reply to wilLplay4mOnies

    Money
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  2. zamboni1724 zamboni1724 is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 2:43am) in reply to The Lab Rat

    Take a break. enjoy life until u miss poker. it always feels good to get back to something when u missed it. Playing until it feels like a 40hr a week job takes the soul out of it.
  3. MarleyGroup MarleyGroup is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 3:23am) in reply to zamboni1724

    strippers and blow
     
  4. ShipThisPLZ ShipThisPLZ is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 3:55am) in reply to MarleyGroup

    being a balla,
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  5. fly44 fly44 is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 5:01am) in reply to ShipThisPLZ

    I want to be like jymaster or mement_mori
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  6. udunwantnun udunwantnun is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 9:34am) in reply to fly44

    -student loans/bills
    -my ego
    -not wanting to work for some company/some1
    -money (not my motivation but a necessity i.e. I dont need to be bill gates rich to have a good life)
    Edited By: udunwantnun Oct 30th, 2010 at 09:47 PM
  7. donkthorne04 donkthorne04 is offline Disabled account

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 9:52am) in reply to udunwantnun

    My dreams and money.
  8. cracker9ball cracker9ball is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 11:08am) in reply to donkthorne04

    Goals, money, P5s Badges, good looking stats
     
  9. Yeshaya Yeshaya is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 3:26pm) in reply to cracker9ball

    looking at daprofessional or gboro's OPR pages (which I have bookmarked)
    Edited By: Yeshaya Oct 29th, 2010 at 03:30 PM
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  10. Jymaster0011 Jymaster0011 is offline

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    Oct 29th, 2010 (10/29/2010 11:14pm) in reply to Yeshaya

    One thing I do is try to find something I want to buy and I won't buy it until it's only 10% of my networth, I think spending more than that at one time is too much of your bankroll....Personally I just want to be the best or atleast be as good as I possibly can, I mean the rankings are cool but I realize I'm not the 2nd best player online; it would just be silly to think that....I can think of a lot of players that are better than me and I just wanna be as good as them so that's what keeps me grinding everyday. Oh, and I love money.
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  11. TUCCI007 TUCCI007 is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 12:36am) in reply to MarleyGroup

     
    Originally Posted by MarleyGroup View Post

    strippers and blow

    ummmmmm ya im with him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  12. apestyles apestyles is offline Moderator

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 5:04am) in reply to TUCCI007



    Its a little corny but I watch this video alot...
    Edited By: apestyles Oct 30th, 2010 at 05:05 AM
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  13. hiroshi_87 hiroshi_87 is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 5:41am) in reply to apestyles

    I haven't won a real MTT yet... that's my motivation.
  14. skeptix skeptix is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 7:39am) in reply to hiroshi_87

    I have OCD, one of my compulsions is winning mobnies.

    Also, weed and loud music.
  15. dag21 dag21 is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 7:42am) in reply to skeptix

    smoke weed everyday
  16. SICKTIGHT311 SICKTIGHT311 is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 8:51am) in reply to wilLplay4mOnies

    Money and the never ending process of learning and trying to improve. Poker is kind of sick like golf in that way.
  17. LiquidSw0rd LiquidSw0rd is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 2:52pm) in reply to SICKTIGHT311

    i just want to build a sick sharscope graph to show to my fish friends how big of a beast i am.


    more seriously, obv mainly money but i feel i still got some love for the game itself.
     
  18. 4Aces1King1 4Aces1King1 is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 3:19pm) in reply to LiquidSw0rd

    For me, the question is WHO keeps you motivated, and the answer is the top 10 list on p5's.
  19. Passiveplay Passiveplay is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 3:33pm) in reply to 4Aces1King1

    Money is why I play but it's not really my motivation. If I were to play 2 tournies the first I took 3rd for $4500 and the other I won for $3200, depending on how I played I would be much happier about the win. I would probably lose sleep over the 3rd, especially if I felt like I didn't play well. There have been a few times I was doing decent in an MTT and wasn't into playing. I would pull up the lobby and try to talk myself into caring by saying look your playing for a lot of money, but I don't find it that inspiring. I like to listen to podcasts with great players and I love the stories of how they came up also railing them deep. Their success inspires me.
     
  20. iCONoFpOKER iCONoFpOKER is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 4:06pm) in reply to Passiveplay

    i like that vid
  21. the real roks the real roks is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 9:10pm) in reply to iCONoFpOKER

    wow that video is really sick ape
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  22. danimal703 danimal703 is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 9:40pm) in reply to Passiveplay

     
    Originally Posted by Passiveplay View Post

    Money is why I play but it's not really my motivation. If I were to play 2 tournies the first I took 3rd for $4500 and the other I won for $3200, depending on how I played I would be much happier about the win. I would probably lose sleep over the 3rd, especially if I felt like I didn't play well.

    This. My friends dont understand this at all, they think, "Damn, you just won $1500 off a $10 buy-in, who cares if you got 2nd." I care and thats my motivation. I want to win.
  23. Czu81 Czu81 is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 9:57pm) in reply to iCONoFpOKER

     
    Originally Posted by iCONoFpOKER View Post

    i like that vid

    me too.
    Edited By: Czu81 Oct 30th, 2010 at 09:58 PM
  24. cracker9ball cracker9ball is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 10:34pm) in reply to Czu81

    Will Smith is awesome, great vid. Today is the first day of the rest of your life!
     
  25. CrankFueled CrankFueled is offline

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    Oct 30th, 2010 (10/30/2010 10:45pm) in reply to flushdraw09

     
    Originally Posted by flushdraw09 View Post

    adderall


    this...
  26. wivawat04 wivawat04 is offline

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    Oct 31st, 2010 (10/31/2010 12:41am) in reply to MarleyGroup

     
    Originally Posted by MarleyGroup View Post

    strippers and blow


    needs some love, marley has far and away become my new favorite poster

    vid is quite inspiring btw ape, good looks
     
  27. zander zander is offline anomaly in his crotch

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    Oct 31st, 2010 (10/31/2010 1:30am) in reply to iCONoFpOKER

     
    Originally Posted by iCONoFpOKER View Post

    i like that vid

    that vid is awesome... thanks ape
  28. uga7211 uga7211 is offline

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    Oct 31st, 2010 (10/31/2010 2:43am) in reply to zander



    pretty powerful stuff imo
     
  29. Pafnutka Pafnutka is offline

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    Oct 31st, 2010 (10/31/2010 3:32am) in reply to ialmost1

    Those 45-mans make me want to shoot myself after a 3-hour session, regardless of results. That's why I mostly play MTTs.
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