Brad Booth

[T_Mar]

I genuinely feel sorry for him, and I felt sorry for Marc on here after reading his explanations of what happened and best of all I even felt sorry for blatch despite him nearly doing me out of 2k!!There will be people that argue my view is naive and gulable but I feel sorry for them because I think I can understand how they got there - The caveat to that is I'm only going on whats plastered all over the forums !  I'm not saying its right or that they should be excused, but I can understand it.  When people become desperate they lose control.. Its easy to say its dispicable and they are scum etc but not everyone is the same and not everyone is capable of controlling their emotions aswell as others. I dont know Marc but from what I've read I've got massive respect for him for working (and it is work imo) the hours he did to pay back all the money he owed, shows amazing strength of character to come back from something like that - I'm not sure about Brad, seems like a spin up playing wsop.. It maybe that playing poker is the best way for him to make a living and pay people back in the long run, but getting his down and grinding it out rather than suggesting he's going to win 500k this summer would be a better way for him to approach it I think

[Royal Flush]

He does grind a lot of hours playing 5-10 in Vegas, that's what makes this blowup so upsetting as he had grinded so hard for 6 months straight.

[AlunB]

First of all he's backed for the wsop so why would he not take the shot to get out?? He has a great opportunity to make money at something he's good at with no downside. As for the notion of him getting a 9-5 will cure his gambling problem that's just ridiculous.

I don't know the guy, and I appreciate you do. But I don't really get this.

1. How about the downside of a man who appears to have a gambling problem/addiction. Surely being removed from a gambling environment entirely would be good for him as opposed to be being totally immersed in it for 6 weeks. Binking a WSOP might solve his short term problems but exacerbate his long term problems.

2. Why would a 9-5 not help him?

[MC]

First of all he's backed for the wsop so why would he not take the shot to get out?? He has a great opportunity to make money at something he's good at with no downside.

+1000000

[AlunB]

No financial downside.

[millidonk]

As for the notion of him getting a 9-5 will cure his gambling problem that's just ridiculous.

Obv it takes a lot more to cure gambling addiction if that is at all curable, a 9-5 is about breaking the cycle of busto, borrow, bink, busto, borrow... especially when there are bits in the middle where you can't payback or take less than morale avenues to securing funds.

I can't be the only one who thinks he is odds on to do the exact same thing all over again if he binks in Vegas this summer?

That said if I was him I would snap be playing, it's a no brainer but that still doesn't mean it is the best thing for him to do overall.

[ManuelsMum]

As for the notion of him getting a 9-5 will cure his gambling problem that's just ridiculous.

Obv it takes a lot more to cure gambling addiction if that is at all curable, a 9-5 is about breaking the cycle of busto, borrow, bink, busto, borrow... especially when there are bits in the middle where you can't payback or take less than morale avenues to securing funds.

I can't be the only one who thinks he is odds on to do the exact same thing all over again if he binks in Vegas this summer?

That said if I was him I would snap be playing, it's a no brainer but that still doesn't mean it is the best thing for him to do overall.

This. So much to be gained by leaving that environment, as well as the sheer proximity that live poker brings to what made him busto in the first place.
As well as that, look at all you can gain in a 9-5. To rewind a little, the guy's problem probably doesn't start with a gambling problem, it could well be other issues that express themselves in the escape, risk-taking and impulsivity that gambling provides. So enter the 9-5, meet a different kind of folk, meet some stability, maybe do something to directly improve the lives of others, all +EV for the soul and some kind of exit from his current hell.
Probs won't win a bunch in the WSOP, and will be in the same place in a year, unless he moves to something different.

Apart from that, +111 to Camel's point about winning $ at WSOP in his current state. gl with that.