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A Very True Tale of Online Poker

And the fine line between addiction and success

Comments (3)
by , Jun 26, 2009 | 7:54 pm

As Kevin pointed out … great story (like true narrative from a non-poker person who kinda gets poker) in the New York Times Magazine about a mother trying to come to grips with her son’s extensive online poker play … and the transition from successful scholar-athlete to internet poker pro.

(What’s a mom to do when cutting a 19-year-old kid off financially carries no weight — other than follow his chipstack online while he’s playing live in the EPT?)


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  • Kevin Mathers

    I’m sure certain Congresspersons are going to find plenty of fodder for their point against online gambling in the early part of the article.

  • DanM

    yeah, that’s always the case … virtually all their arguments against us are taken out of context.

  • DanM

    i think the lesson here, that i take away, is that all cards are gonna be on the table.

    we (poker people) can no longer deny our naysayers’ beefs — whether they be cheating, addicition, degeneracy, tax avoidance, whatever …

    if it happens in poker it happens. and pretending it doesn’t only stands to hurt us.

    sadly, though, i don’t think this is the case for the other side.