Different kind of staking

[Karabiner]

I find it pretty amusing that he was only threatening these players keyboard-warrior style after he'd done his money.

I had assumed from the header he was putting the strong-arm on them pre-event so that his bets would win.

[tikay]

I find it pretty amusing that he was only threatening these players keyboard-warrior style after he'd done his money.

I had assumed from the header he was putting the strong-arm on them pre-event so that his bets would win.

Yup, not the brightest of lads.

[GreekStein]

Boldie wouldn't even make the top 5 wrong'uns who've had accounts on here.

There's been paedos, wife beaters, con men, gangsters and fraudsters who all jostle for that hall of fame.

Boldie was just a boring old degen.

At least one murderer too.


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Gawd, he must due out soon. Wonder if he has British citizenship?

Nope, I dont believe he does.

He was given a 14 year sentence here in Thailand which gets reduced by a year every year on the King's birthday for each inmate that is well behaved, so effectively your sentence is halved.

He was released a few years ago and extradited back to the USA.

When I first arrived in Thailand it was not long after this happened. He was in the same Phuket Poker Player group that I was in so many of the people that I became friends with, had known or been friends with him. By all accounts he was a very strange character. Extremely broke during his Phuket days, some of the guys told me he would often him them up for $3 and $4 transfers on poker stars so he could 'grind'.

Another friend was arrested at the time and held for a few days because he matched the descriptions of the foreigner that was being looked for.

[GreekStein]

I can't be bothered to look through the thread to see if I had invested or not but seem to recall that I had.

Boldie had a bit of an ego, but so what? Half the forum did at one point or another, myself absolutely included. He was always nice to me in every thread or interaction, prior and post this debacle. I butted heads with loads of people that I wouldn't of I'd just fkn grown up a little bit quicker.

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

[ripple11]

Guinneas up later today as I'll be on holiday for a week and a bit

Wow 9 years ago.

Fun times 

[The Camel]

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

You're one of lifes good eggs Cos. This post reflects well on you.

[EvilPie]

Just checked the original list of stakers

Looks like I swerved this one as well as Sir Blatch

Sometimes you just know......

[EvilPie]

I can't be bothered to look through the thread to see if I had invested or not but seem to recall that I had.

Boldie had a bit of an ego, but so what? Half the forum did at one point or another, myself absolutely included. He was always nice to me in every thread or interaction, prior and post this debacle. I butted heads with loads of people that I wouldn't of I'd just fkn grown up a little bit quicker.

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

We can safely say that's a lock.

Agreed it's really bad. I've suffered it in a comparatively minor way myself with respect to casinos. Luckily I was always just about financially okay otherwise who knows what may have happened mentally. It took a couple of years to straighten myself out after my biggest spew years (not just gambling....) but there was always an income chipping away at the debts so it never got on top of me.

Thankfully I now find UK casinos boring and just treat the odd Vegas trip as something completely different. It doesn't even feel like gambling, just really good fun.

I know that if I go to a UK casino though it only takes a few spins of roulette and before long I could be in for upwards of £1000 having had no enjoyment whatsoever. Even if I win I won't receive any enjoyment so what's the point?

I could very easily have taken a completely different path so I really do sympathise with people who've gone down the true gambling addiction path. Very sad

[StuartHopkin]

I can't be bothered to look through the thread to see if I had invested or not but seem to recall that I had.

Boldie had a bit of an ego, but so what? Half the forum did at one point or another, myself absolutely included. He was always nice to me in every thread or interaction, prior and post this debacle. I butted heads with loads of people that I wouldn't of I'd just fkn grown up a little bit quicker.

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

We can safely say that's a lock.

Agreed it's really bad. I've suffered it in a comparatively minor way myself with respect to casinos. Luckily I was always just about financially okay otherwise who knows what may have happened mentally. It took a couple of years to straighten myself out after my biggest spew years (not just gambling....) but there was always an income chipping away at the debts so it never got on top of me.

Thankfully I now find UK casinos boring and just treat the odd Vegas trip as something completely different. It doesn't even feel like gambling, just really good fun.

I know that if I go to a UK casino though it only takes a few spins of roulette and before long I could be in for upwards of £1000 having had no enjoyment whatsoever. Even if I win I won't receive any enjoyment so what's the point?

I could very easily have taken a completely different path so I really do sympathise with people who've gone down the true gambling addiction path. Very sad

If only they had some dice at Gala.......

5 the hardway please!

[Karabiner]

I can't be bothered to look through the thread to see if I had invested or not but seem to recall that I had.

Boldie had a bit of an ego, but so what? Half the forum did at one point or another, myself absolutely included. He was always nice to me in every thread or interaction, prior and post this debacle. I butted heads with loads of people that I wouldn't of I'd just fkn grown up a little bit quicker.

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

We can safely say that's a lock.

Agreed it's really bad. I've suffered it in a comparatively minor way myself with respect to casinos. Luckily I was always just about financially okay otherwise who knows what may have happened mentally. It took a couple of years to straighten myself out after my biggest spew years (not just gambling....) but there was always an income chipping away at the debts so it never got on top of me.

Thankfully I now find UK casinos boring and just treat the odd Vegas trip as something completely different. It doesn't even feel like gambling, just really good fun.

I know that if I go to a UK casino though it only takes a few spins of roulette and before long I could be in for upwards of £1000 having had no enjoyment whatsoever. Even if I win I won't receive any enjoyment so what's the point?

I could very easily have taken a completely different path so I really do sympathise with people who've gone down the true gambling addiction path. Very sad

If only they had some dice at Gala.......

5 the hardway please!

They did have a pint-sized dice table for a while but it didn't have the same hypnotic appeal of a proper one.

[StuartHopkin]

I can't be bothered to look through the thread to see if I had invested or not but seem to recall that I had.

Boldie had a bit of an ego, but so what? Half the forum did at one point or another, myself absolutely included. He was always nice to me in every thread or interaction, prior and post this debacle. I butted heads with loads of people that I wouldn't of I'd just fkn grown up a little bit quicker.

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

We can safely say that's a lock.

Agreed it's really bad. I've suffered it in a comparatively minor way myself with respect to casinos. Luckily I was always just about financially okay otherwise who knows what may have happened mentally. It took a couple of years to straighten myself out after my biggest spew years (not just gambling....) but there was always an income chipping away at the debts so it never got on top of me.

Thankfully I now find UK casinos boring and just treat the odd Vegas trip as something completely different. It doesn't even feel like gambling, just really good fun.

I know that if I go to a UK casino though it only takes a few spins of roulette and before long I could be in for upwards of £1000 having had no enjoyment whatsoever. Even if I win I won't receive any enjoyment so what's the point?

I could very easily have taken a completely different path so I really do sympathise with people who've gone down the true gambling addiction path. Very sad

If only they had some dice at Gala.......

5 the hardway please!

They did have a pint-sized dice table for a while but it didn't have the same hypnotic appeal of a proper one.

Yes I do remember it, luckily I think they took it out before I realised just how incredible the real thing is!

[GreekStein]

I can't be bothered to look through the thread to see if I had invested or not but seem to recall that I had.

Boldie had a bit of an ego, but so what? Half the forum did at one point or another, myself absolutely included. He was always nice to me in every thread or interaction, prior and post this debacle. I butted heads with loads of people that I wouldn't of I'd just fkn grown up a little bit quicker.

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

We can safely say that's a lock.

Agreed it's really bad. I've suffered it in a comparatively minor way myself with respect to casinos. Luckily I was always just about financially okay otherwise who knows what may have happened mentally. It took a couple of years to straighten myself out after my biggest spew years (not just gambling....) but there was always an income chipping away at the debts so it never got on top of me.

Thankfully I now find UK casinos boring and just treat the odd Vegas trip as something completely different. It doesn't even feel like gambling, just really good fun.

I know that if I go to a UK casino though it only takes a few spins of roulette and before long I could be in for upwards of £1000 having had no enjoyment whatsoever. Even if I win I won't receive any enjoyment so what's the point?

I could very easily have taken a completely different path so I really do sympathise with people who've gone down the true gambling addiction path. Very sad

I dusted through my entire savings at Uni and the first few years of my job I pissed away so much money doing these things and in these places. While it took me to 0 a few times I never let it get me into debt. I'm glad I learnt my lesson then and eventually just stopped the nonsense completely.

And like you say, it really isn't even fun. You lose more than you win and winning feels much less good than losing feels totally shit, so the whole thing is just pointless and a waste of time.

Being real, UK casinos just don't contain a very nice element of people either and imo don't provide a particularly enjoyable environment to gamble in but they also don't need to and i dont blame them.

[GreekStein]

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

You're one of lifes good eggs Cos. This post reflects well on you.

Thanks mate, very kind words. Don't get me wrong, I find it hard to have respect for someone who doesn't pay back once they are in a position to do because everyone makes mistakes in life, but correcting them or apologising for them is a big part of what makes someone earn respect with me. Honouring a debt is not just part of being a good gambler but being a good person. However, I've no idea of what Boldie has been advised to do in a professional sense and less idea of the path his life has taken him on since this so I bear zero ill will and I hope he has stopped gambling and is doing better, that's all.

There are many people I got into it with in the past that are good people and it's whatever. There are some scum of the earth, beyond help type gamblers like Riverdave who I honestly hope remain as close to broke as possible, forever.

[celtic]

Mental health and gambling addicitons are no joke and I think this debacle will probably bother him in the back of his mind. I think it may help him feel right if he ever squared everyone off. I would donate the money to a mental health charity if he ever did.

Anyway I wish him well, hope he's turned his life in a positive direction and doing well.

You're one of lifes good eggs Cos. This post reflects well on you.

Thanks mate, very kind words. Don't get me wrong, I find it hard to have respect for someone who doesn't pay back once they are in a position to do because everyone makes mistakes in life, but correcting them or apologising for them is a big part of what makes someone earn respect with me. Honouring a debt is not just part of being a good gambler but being a good person. However, I've no idea of what Boldie has been advised to do in a professional sense and less idea of the path his life has taken him on since this so I bear zero ill will and I hope he has stopped gambling and is doing better, that's all.

There are many people I got into it with in the past that are good people and it's whatever. There are some scum of the earth, beyond help type gamblers like Riverdave who I honestly hope remain as close to broke as possible, forever.

Think I preferred it when Cos just called people *****