[Ipg-smz] My son Mike played his cards right ...

[David Needle]

Thank you ... believe me, no one is more impressed than me!
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.

On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 7:50 AM Barbara Krasnoff <bkrasnoff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Cool! (Quite honestly, I'd find that kind of contest very scare, so all
> power to him!)
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> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 8:11 AM Sharon Fisher <slfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The spreadsheet sounds cool. :)
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 9:46 PM David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you all! And specifically to Phil's comment: "That's impressive,
>>> David."
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 8:01 PM Sharon Fisher <slfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think that's better than Andrew ever did, back when he was allowed to
>>>> play.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 8:53 PM Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That's impressive, David.
>>>>>
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>>>>> *From: *"davidneedle" <davidneedle at gmail.com>
>>>>> *To: *"ipg-smz" <ipg-smz at netpress.org>
>>>>> *Sent: *Thursday, June 6, 2019 8:53:22 PM
>>>>> *Subject: *[Ipg-smz] My son Mike played his cards right ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This just in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Over 28,000 people paid the $500 entry fee to play in the World Series
>>>>> of Poker this week in Las Vegas.
>>>>>
>>>>> The tournament is still going on, but I'm happy to report just now
>>>>> that finishing 33rd is one Mr. Mike Needle.
>>>>>
>>>>> If he ever makes it to ESPN I'll be hosting a viewing party!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=2&grid=1622&tid=17283&dayof=7416&rr=3
>>>>> <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>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
>>>>> "Learning happens thru gentleness."
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