<div dir="ltr"><br><div>Thank you ... believe me, no one is more impressed than me! </div><div>He's been in many tournaments already, but this is the biggie, by far. The cool thing was his best friend from childhood and kind of his poker mentor was at the same table and finished 19th. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 7:50 AM Barbara Krasnoff <<a href="mailto:bkrasnoff@gmail.com">bkrasnoff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Cool! (Quite honestly, I'd find that kind of contest very scare, so all power to him!)<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-1556082841054274092gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">--</div><div dir="ltr">Barbara Krasnoff<br><a href="mailto:bkrasnoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">bkrasnoff@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.brooklynwriter.com" target="_blank">http://www.brooklynwriter.com</a><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 8:11 AM Sharon Fisher <<a href="mailto:slfisher@gmail.com" target="_blank">slfisher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">The spreadsheet sounds cool. :)</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 9:46 PM David Needle <<a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidneedle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Thank you all! And specifically to Phil's comment: "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px">That's impressive, David." </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px">I have to say, all credit to Mike. Neither Lynne or I play poker, he's completely self taught. He's been a diligent student of the game, reading books on the topic, watching videos on tells, buying poker simulation programs, entering player's moves in a spreadsheet so he can learn their tendencies, etc. All to say when you finish that high, it has little to nothing to do with luck. You might win a few hands via luck, but luck, to coin a favorite Silicon Valley phrase, doesn't scale. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 8:01 PM Sharon Fisher <<a href="mailto:slfisher@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">slfisher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I think that's better than Andrew ever did, back when he was allowed to play. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 8:53 PM Phil Shapiro <<a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div>That's impressive, David. <br></div><div><br></div><hr id="gmail-m_-1556082841054274092gmail-m_-6140615695073497534m_8015254760469958283gmail-m_-1705205841641562297gmail-m_-3542792057942304857m_1754980893544810778zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"davidneedle" <<a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">davidneedle@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"ipg-smz" <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, June 6, 2019 8:53:22 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Ipg-smz] My son Mike played his cards right ...<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div><div><div><br class="gmail-m_-1556082841054274092gmail-m_-6140615695073497534m_8015254760469958283gmail-m_-1705205841641562297gmail-m_-3542792057942304857m_1754980893544810778gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">This just in. </div><br><div>Over 28,000 people paid the $500 entry fee to play in the World Series of Poker this week in Las Vegas. </div><br><div>The tournament is still going on, but I'm happy to report just now that finishing 33rd is one Mr. Mike Needle. </div><br><div>If he ever makes it to ESPN I'll be hosting a viewing party! </div><br><div><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wsop.com%2ftournaments%2fresults%2f%3faid%3d2%26grid%3d1622%26tid%3d17283%26dayof%3d7416%26rr%3d3&c=E,1,853bXvCm8ZLD-qVJif26j8KZd9f9k7qhmuB_VnI3SUMuN35EGK_ma-KegfhDI1M7T58D7KGLEih1JyuUEti8M0pZoVylU84HRORypPALfxAKVaqDsaQU8wpo&typo=1" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&grid=1622&tid=17283&dayof=7416&rr=3</a> </div></div><br><br class="gmail-m_-1556082841054274092gmail-m_-6140615695073497534m_8015254760469958283gmail-m_-1705205841641562297gmail-m_-3542792057942304857m_1754980893544810778gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div>
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