There are two camps.. People who don't stake him and those that do/have.
For obvious reasons one camp can see future potential for a big score at whatever costs to others/him.
The others with no monetary interest can freely express what everyone thinks.
Shame on some people though, really tarnished themselves for the sake of $$.
I know this is a shit example but its about as good as I can put it being a thicko. When I was 16 I left school and went to work for British Gas, in those days it was still old school. First port of call for the morning was go to the pub, play darts, go see a few 'women', do a job in the morning (fit a gas fire etc) have dinner, do a job in the afternoon then go home early. It was a real cool job, an apprenticeship of life. Most of the men were sound as a pound but down to earth, they would tell you a spades a spade (it was in York so its expected).
I was unbelievably naive but very cocky, I would run down people I thought were not as clever or as cool as me, taking the piss out of anything, generally being a little above my station (or position as apprentice). I continued to act this way for a good 6 months, it must have rattled some of the older guys around the place but I was by now close with the cool chaps so I didn't realise I was doing anything wrong. On a normal dinner time we went to play snooker at the BG depot, most of the blokes were there eating, smoking, just chilling. I was playing doubles against someone and I said a snide comment about him missing and being shit. Before I knew it the geezer dropped me, in front of about 20 others, the pain of being slapped didn't matter to me but the fact it happened and a few said I had had it coming. No one helped me out so I just bogged off home and sulked.
The next day I didn't want to go in and face the music but I did. My friend who I sometimes worked with (he was in his mid 30's) came over and chatted to me, he told me that he knew this might happen some day, but it was an important part of growing up, learning a life lesson. He told me a was un liked by a fair few old guard workers, I was stunned and deeply upset I thought I was literally walking on water and nothing could bring me down. He went over things I could work on and learning to treat everyone differently and with the respect they deserved. I have to say those few weeks after this were some of the hardest in my life, realising I knew absolutely nothing, just because I was billy big bollocks at a few things it literally meant nothing to your average Jo Bloggs unless I acted in a manner of an apprentice and a young pleasent adult. I am so glad I got told what type of person I was before it festered on in my life past my teens.
I have seen so many young poker players who have a disillusioned prospective on life due to the fact they have never had the 'eureka' moment I was lucky to have at 16. I lol so hard when they perceive they have 'the lot' when in reality they have nothing I would want. Sure money is great but without respect for it and the game it is literally worthless. (I am not saying Marc is all of this, I can only judge him on his posts on blonde) But he really really needs a guardian imo, someone to check fold his attitude, that even after everyone has said hes wrong he posts saying he was right.
(ducks for flames)
As others have said, great post.
Similar thing happened with me when I was of a similar age, it hit home that I couldn't get away with being a cocky arrogant kid, and ever since I
have respected other individuals and their feelings a lot more.
I am not saying someone that "deserves" getting themselves put on their arse, (or the similar), is the way forward. As in my case it was more the
embarrassment of being stood up to in front of my peers that made me change instantly. But sometimes you can sense when someone hasn't had
this type of life lesson.
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