When blowing 2K is a good thing!

**spearmaster** · 5th April 2006, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Daffy

How sad to eat a burger while the casino eats your steak.

LOL... I actually prefer burgers to steaks...

Although a steak in Texas is an entirely different story - nothing beats that!

**Pinababy69** · 5th April 2006, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by spearmaster

LOL... I actually prefer burgers to steaks...

Although a steak in Texas is an entirely different story - nothing beats that!

LOL...me too Spear, although I try and avoid red meat as much as possible. Makes me too aggressive

**GrandMaster** · 5th April 2006, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by spearmaster

LOL... I actually prefer burgers to steaks...

Although a steak in Texas is an entirely different story - nothing beats that!

I remember some place in west Texas that offered a 70 oz steak free if you can eat it all.

**spearmaster** · 5th April 2006, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by GrandMaster

I remember some place in west Texas that offered a 70 oz steak free if you can eat it all.

Where? Lemme at it....!

**Sodax77** · 5th April 2006, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by spearmaster

...I think Kim was exaggerating a bit for the sake of making the read more interesting. Chronic or not, a compulsive gambler would:

a. Probably not have been able to put together such a detailed explanation or post - especially because they would have been too depressed to do so...

Just want to add this:

http://www.problemgambling.com/definitions.html

"Affective disorder: A category of disorders in which the individual experiences excessive depression or elation. Examples include depression and bipolar disorder (manic-depression). Affective disorders are often found among pathological gamblers."

**spearmaster** · 5th April 2006, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by Sodax77

Just want to add this:

http://www.problemgambling.com/definitions.html

"Affective disorder: A category of disorders in which the individual experiences excessive depression or elation. Examples include depression and bipolar disorder (manic-depression). Affective disorders are often found among pathological gamblers."

As you can see, Kimss exhibited neither elation nor depression - instead, he put together a very detailed account of what happened

I presume that Kimss has probably already deleted that casino with all of the others - and if he hasn't, as long as he's controlling his play with $50 deposits I don't think there's all that much to worry about

**managra** · 5th April 2006, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by spearmaster

As you can see, Kimss exhibited neither elation nor depression - instead, he put together a very detailed account of what happened

I presume that Kimss has probably already deleted that casino with all of the others - and if he hasn't, as long as he's controlling his play with $50 deposits I don't think there's all that much to worry about

I am with Spearmaster on this one. The cries in this thread to Kimss about him being a pathological gambler, that he ought to request all casinos to close his account, quit the internet altogether, are somewhat incongruous imho. Kim has recognized that he has a problem stopping after scoring some big hits(he has some savvy with the latter that i haven't mastered yet!) and he seems to be working on that problem. Is it much different from someone with a smaller bankroll having difficulty to stop when he has reached $500 or $1000? If you won $5K six months ago and proceed to lose it since then in a long procession of unlucky deposits aren't you really in the same boat as he?

I have really appreciated Kim's very honest, well written posts in the last couple of weeks. I found them refreshing, learned a lot from them, and found them a much needed antidote to the fairytale land, aka the Winning Screenshot thread, where none of us live "happy forever after". There are lots of people, not necessarily frequenting this forum, who have one problem or another: obesity, alcohol, adultery, illegal drugs, cheating on your tax return, the list is endless. What about these "astute investors" who poured lots of money in hot real estate that is now going south? If you want to label people, aren't many of them pathological gamblers, too, but disguised as astute investors who, sadly, just timed the market incorrectly? It just isn't helpful labeling and pigeonholing people.

None of us are saints. So, let's not pick on Kim just because he had the courage to display his dilemma in painful honesty.

**soflat** · 5th April 2006, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by managra

I am with Spearmaster on this one. The cries in this thread to Kimss about him being a pathological gambler, that he ought to request all casinos to close his account, quit the internet altogether, are somewhat incongruous imho.

I have really appreciated Kim's very honest, well written posts in the last couple of weeks. I found them refreshing,

Kimss claims to be "a cronic obsessive gambling addict".

Are you saying that is refreshing and Kimss should keep gambling?

Or maybe Kimss means something else when he says he is a "cronic obsessive gambling addict", but that is a pretty serious problem if it is true.

**jetset** · 5th April 2006, 06:31 PM

A polite correction here, Managra: No-one is "picking on" Kimss - the advice was offered with good heart and intention by those of us who think he might have a problem and should act appropriately.

**tennis_balls** · 5th April 2006, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by GrandMaster

I remember some place in west Texas that offered a 70 oz steak free if you can eat it all.

there was a place in Amarillo that had an offer like that......i believe you not only had to eat the steak but a giant baked potato and some other stuff too

not sure if that place is still there......this was 6 years ago when I was a trucker.....10-4