Students with money to burn?

DJ_Spider

I am expecting a flaming for this, but I thought students were always complaing they had no money? why is it then there ahs been a student poker tournament? Are these the students who have low course fees but large grants? Explain please?

opr

DJ_Spider wrote:

I am expecting a flaming for this, but I thought students were always complaing they had no money? why is it then there ahs been a student poker tournament? Are these the students who have low course fees but large grants? Explain please?

Did you ever consider that they win money playing poker ?

Opr

DJ_Spider

Oh is that why they have all those offshore bank accounts as well! No wonder there are so many students in switzerland!

valor

what the hell are you talking about?

opr

DJ_Spider wrote:

Oh is that why they have all those offshore bank accounts as well! No wonder there are so many students in switzerland!

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ?

I don't think that €50 ( I think thats the entry fee ) is exactly cause to have an offshore bank account.

Btw Many student survive of an income from poker.

Opr

Sangre

Many students have part-time jobs and spend their spare cash on past-times....like poker.

RoadSweeper

Some time we give up beer for poker

opr

Sangre wrote:

Many students have part-time jobs and spend their spare cash on past-times....like poker.

AH yeah some of them work too



but I think this is pretty uncommon

Opr

Hectorjelly

I saw a homeless man using a portable radio today, made me so angry I nearly smashed it for him

Mr. Flibble

Duh. We blow our money on poker; thats why we have none.

Phil-Dublin

a student tournament with so much value is what it is, a chance to win some serious cash - a bonus of cash in an on-line site - a bonus of a last longest competition for a $1,000 - other bonuses and all for a mere €72. thats why there is a student poker tournament and i for one hope it will be well attended so that the value will be increased and a new generation of poker players will emerge in a few years thanks to the likes of Steven McLean, who obviously really is doing what he has talked about, giving Value to players, putting all the takings back into the prize pool, dont get me wrong here, there are quite a few good tournament organisors but there are a few others that really do not give value. this one is definitely very good value for money. students generally dont have much money but at €72 for the value, its hard to beat.

some students have jobs, some students are not full time, some are given allowances, in any event, who the hell are you to decide how or where students spend their money. does anyone ask you how you spend yours??

you have little else to be doing with yourself if this is how you get your kicks, and for what its worth, someone is paying for my entry fee as a gift and doesnt expect anything in return except to see me have a great bit of fun and a possibility of making a small fortune.

get a life and leave students alone, you sad person.

Phil-Dublin

Hector

IMFAOL

SOOOOO FUNNY

opr

Hectorjelly wrote:

I saw a homeless man using a portable radio today, made me so angry I nearly smashed it for him

You just reminded me.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055031150&highlight=homeless

Opr

Trippie

DJ_Spider wrote:

Are these the students who have low course fees but large grants? Explain please?

wow a student championship! i can understand where you are coming from if its a grand in but its 72 dollars in i mean cmon i have spent more than that on a round in coppers.

Im a student however i never claim to be broke as i make enough from playing poker to sustain myself quite reasonably. People talk about students being broke all the time but i think you are confusing regular students with poker playing students & believe me there is a big difference.

I am happy to play against people like yourself because when i sit down at a table and am seen to be a student and buy in for 100 it is people like you that feel that that is all i have on me and that i dont want to risk losing it therefore you are willing to stick 100 in with sh ite in the hope that i will fold and when i call i am seen to be a fish and lucky.


end of reasonable thought process

max_power

Yeah it's a disgrace isn't it? What next? Student nights in night clubs? God forbid we might have fun while going through education. All students should really save every penny earned to pay back the tax payer for all our "free" education.

RoadSweeper

€900 fees is for photocopying paper and exam papers. :rolleyes:

ditpoker

Trippie wrote:

when i call i am .......... a fish and lucky.

touche gordon!

to original post (who i assume is someone who is bored and is just winding people up), there are alot of students who's only source of income is poker. they are better at poker than you. they will take your money. and thats how they can afford to buy into a 72 dollar event.

Trippie

ditpoker wrote:

touche gordon!

as soon as i saw what i posted i expected something like that but in fairness i have adopted a new approach to playing poker(i will always remain a crazy loose maniac at heart) but giving off the impression im a rock works as i cashed for another 1500 playing 1/2 in the jackpot yesterday.

Trippie

ditpoker wrote:

there are alot of students who's only source of income is poker. they are better at poker than you. they will take your money.

thats me!

or at least i pretend to.

pok3rplaya

Hectorjelly wrote:

I saw a homeless man using a portable radio today, made me so angry I nearly smashed it for him

Mellor

DJ_Spider wrote:

I am expecting a flaming for this, but I thought students were always complaing they had no money? why is it then there ahs been a student poker tournament? Are these the students who have low course fees but large grants? Explain please?

At least you got that bit right.
I'm a student too and this year money has been tight. Very tight. As I decided to quit my job and put more time in for my thesis. I need ed my savings from swiss acc, I had a nice packet saved up, but it nearly gone now. I had to spend quite a bit at the start of the year, its the jetsetting student lifestyle, europe is expensive to see (Paris, Amsterdam, Swiss bank)
I decided its at the stage where I use poker for a pastime, only playing low limit tourneys, and show a nice profit over 6 months. But I cant put BR on the line on the line as i need them very much in the short term atm, (USA, England)
Its awfully hard being a student.

Bandara

LOL, DJ-Spider displaying world class fishing skills......

pok3rplaya

DJ_Spider wrote:

I am expecting a flaming for this, but I thought students were always complaing they had no money? why is it then there ahs been a student poker tournament? Are these the students who have low course fees but large grants? Explain please?

Yo I make $250/hour. Student life is EZ. Holla

Hawk Eye

pok3rplaya wrote:

Yo I make $250/hour. Student life is EZ. Holla

EZ,Holla lol maybe you really are American

LuckyLloyd

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LuckyLloyd

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fobster

Poker-playing students who might play low buy-in games like the Jackpot €20 on a Thursday (very popular with 1st place getting paid in the range of €400-€500) will know that the €72 student poker tournament in the RDS is the best chance they have of playing a tournament with a structure that would normally command a buy-in of €500 and upwards.

€72 is hardly breaking the bank when the potential return on that investment runs into the thousands.

And yes I do happen to have a grant...:p

Mellor

fobster wrote:

And yes I do happen to have a grant...:p

Well for some,

pok3rplaya

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Eh...big up - my home boy.

It's all good in the hood.

pok3rplaya

Hawk Eye wrote:

EZ,Holla lol maybe you really are American

:eek: You do realise I'll have to hunt you down and assasinate you for possesion of this classified information!!?

How'd you know?

Marq

pok3rplaya wrote:

Yo I make $250/hour. Student life is EZ. Holla

Quit Academia.

RedXIII

Could someone link me to this tournies tread please ?

Sounds good.

shoutman

Marq wrote:

Quit Academia.

I disagree, what happens if one day you wake up and realise you dont like being an online poker pro and a change of lifestyle is what you need to keep your sanity. Having a third level qualification will make this a helluva lot easier.

rag2gar

I remember passing a homeless guy with a laptop and my mate pipes up "he must be begging online" I found thay most humerous

shoutman

He must be one of those cnuts who always rails the big games on tilt and asks for five dollars for a sng....

Poker really is a curse for some people.

phantom_lord

DJ_Spider wrote:

I am expecting a flaming for this, but I thought students were always complaining they had no money?

that'd be non poker playing students.

DJ_Spider wrote:

Oh is that why they have all those offshore bank accounts as well! No wonder there are so many students in Switzerland!

is this thread fueled out of jealousy?

pok3rplaya

shoutman wrote:

I disagree, what happens if one day you wake up and realise you dont like being an online poker pro and a change of lifestyle is what you need to keep your sanity. Having a third level qualification will make this a helluva lot easier.

I agree. Sometimes it's a struggle though.

Hawk Eye

pok3rplaya wrote:

How'd you know?

Played a little with you before xmas.
I remember you posted your sn on 2+2 recently and asked what others taught of your game.
And besides no one else from Ireland multi-tables mid stakes on party so it had to be you.

pok3rplaya

Hawk Eye wrote:

Played a little with you before xmas.
I remember you posted your sn on 2+2 recently and asked what others taught of your game.
And besides no one else from Ireland multi-tables mid stakes on party so it had to be you.

lol Good detective work.

Whats your SN?

Hawk Eye

pok3rplaya wrote:

lol Good detective work.

Whats your SN?

ShipItNReload mainly 1/2 these days.

aodea

hey student and non students alike moan about money and so fourth. As in all walks of life however some students are poor some are wealthy just like some accountants are poor and some are wealthy. not all studentsmoan about money just cause Ditpoker moans about a 200 buy in dosent mean Trippe will and so fourth.

anyhow anybody got any theories on the double jepordy of sales promotions?

4-1 for me to pass all my exams any takers?

RoundTower

most poker players are broke too, and yet there was a poker players championship last year in Las Vegas which attracted 9000 players for $10,000 each.

ntlbell

aodea wrote:

4-1 for me to pass all my exams any takers?

What course is it?

If it's comp-sci I'll have a flutter.

Trippie

aodea wrote:

4-1 for me to pass all my exams any takers?

ill stick a fiver on that.

is that all of your exams passed by repeat time or just xmas?

Trippie

ntlbell wrote:

What course is it?

**** i just remembered that you dont even know what you are doing.

marketing,management its one of them isnt it?

aodea

marketing or managment or business does it matter? im deadly at it i think!!!

ntlbell

aodea wrote:

marketing or managment or business does it matter? im deadly at it i think!!!

mneh I would need better odds than 4-1 any idiot could pass those.

carfax

RoundTower wrote:

most poker players are broke too, and yet there was a poker players championship last year in Las Vegas which attracted 9000 players for $10,000 each.

Just saw this thread now.

Thought this was the funniest post.....
RoundTower - With a dry cool wit like that you must not be a student.

carfax

RedXIII wrote:

Could someone link me to this tournies tread please ?

Sounds good.

Try any of these....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055031717&page=8

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055036051&page=2

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055037632

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055020122&page=14

or go to www.pokerireland.ie to save yourself the trouble.

MrPillowTalk

pok3rplaya wrote:

Yo I make $250/hour. Student life is EZ. Holla

Please dont infect this forum as 2+2 has been with this ridiculous jive talk.

lounge_lizard

pok3rplaya wrote:

If you are gonna have a dig, at least spell it right! Humorous! Sorry being picky! it is late or early!