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Hey vic,....Do you still want to have a little side bet on the Full Tilt leaderboard...? How much would you like to bet...? I'm thinking $5 kinda thing...
You were always way ahead of me chip-wise in the PP tourneys,...but I would have beaten you if I had those 8 days worth of tourneys back due to late registration to PP...
Here's a little story to set the mood...! I'm sure you've heard this Aesop's Fable in your childhood...! There was also a Bugs Bunny catoon spin-off I think it was....
Aesop's The Tortoise And The Hare:
Once upon a time there was a hare who, boasting how he could run faster than anyone else, was forever teasing tortoise for its slowness. Then one day, the irate tortoise answered back: “Who do you think you are? There’s no denying you’re swift, but even you can be beaten!” The hare squealed with laughter.
“Beaten in a race? By whom? Not you, surely! I bet there’s nobody in the world that can win against me, I’m so speedy. Now, why don’t you try?”
Annoyed by such bragging, the tortoise accepted the challenge. A course was planned, and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line. The hare yawned sleepily as the meek tortoise trudged slowly off. When the hare saw how painfully slow his rival was, he decided, half asleep on his feet, to have a quick nap. “Take your time!” he said. “I’ll have forty winks and catch up with you in a minute.”
The hare woke with a start from a fitful sleep and gazed round, looking for the tortoise. But the creature was only a short distance away, having barely covered a third of the course. Breathing a sigh of relief, the hare decided he might as well have breakfast too, and off he went to munch some cabbages he had noticed in a nearby field. But the heavy meal and the hot sun made his eyelids droop.
With a careless glance at the tortoise, now halfway along the course, he decided to have another snooze before flashing past the winning post. And smiling at the thought of the look on the tortoise’s face when it saw the hare speed by, he fell fast asleep and was soon snoring happily.
The sun started to sink, below the horizon, and the tortoise, who had been plodding towards the winning post since morning, was scarcely a yard from the finish. At that very point, the hare woke with a jolt. He could see the tortoise a speck in the distance and away he dashed. He leapt and bounded at a great rate, his tongue lolling, and gasping for breath. Just a little more and he’d be first at the finish. But the hare’s last leap was just too late, for the tortoise had beaten him to the winning post.
Poor hare! Tired and in disgrace, he slumped down beside the tortoise who was silently smiling at him.
Posted by demodawggy: Hey vic,....Do you still want to have a little side bet on the Full Tilt leaderboard...? How much would you like to bet...? I'm thinking $5 kinda thing...
You were always way ahead of me chip-wise in the PP tourneys,...but I would have beaten you if I had those 8 days worth of tourneys back due to late registration to PP...
Here's a little story to set the mood...! I'm sure you've heard this Aesop's Fable in your childhood...! There was also a Bugs Bunny catoon spin-off I think it was....
Aesop's The Tortoise And The Hare:
Once upon a time there was a hare who, boasting how he could run faster than anyone else, was forever teasing tortoise for its slowness. Then one day, the irate tortoise answered back: �Who do you think you are? There�s no denying you�re swift, but even you can be beaten!� The hare squealed with laughter.
�Beaten in a race? By whom? Not you, surely! I bet there�s nobody in the world that can win against me, I�m so speedy. Now, why don�t you try?�
Annoyed by such bragging, the tortoise accepted the challenge. A course was planned, and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line. The hare yawned sleepily as the meek tortoise trudged slowly off. When the hare saw how painfully slow his rival was, he decided, half asleep on his feet, to have a quick nap. �Take your time!� he said. �I�ll have forty winks and catch up with you in a minute.�
The hare woke with a start from a fitful sleep and gazed round, looking for the tortoise. But the creature was only a short distance away, having barely covered a third of the course. Breathing a sigh of relief, the hare decided he might as well have breakfast too, and off he went to munch some cabbages he had noticed in a nearby field. But the heavy meal and the hot sun made his eyelids droop.
With a careless glance at the tortoise, now halfway along the course, he decided to have another snooze before flashing past the winning post. And smiling at the thought of the look on the tortoise�s face when it saw the hare speed by, he fell fast asleep and was soon snoring happily.
The sun started to sink, below the horizon, and the tortoise, who had been plodding towards the winning post since morning, was scarcely a yard from the finish. At that very point, the hare woke with a jolt. He could see the tortoise a speck in the distance and away he dashed. He leapt and bounded at a great rate, his tongue lolling, and gasping for breath. Just a little more and he�d be first at the finish. But the hare�s last leap was just too late, for the tortoise had beaten him to the winning post.
Poor hare! Tired and in disgrace, he slumped down beside the tortoise who was silently smiling at him.
�Slowly does it every id.
The tortoise and the hare classic story 5 sounds good you have a point in taking it slow in these should i say donk fest tournaments but i always go out with premium pockets KK always no good on this site lose too 22 or up against AA just won a .50 cents satellite free roll on Party Pooper lots of sitter outs looking forward too crushing in the standings
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Okay, $5 sounds good...! Just a 'little' something to make it interesting.
I keep a healthy balance in PS, FT, and now PP,...so if I lose out, I could transfer you $5 from either one you want,... Doesn't matter to me the other way around if I should win.... $5 from any of the 3 above accounts you have $5 in would be fine...!
...So when I finish ahead of you,...the $5 you WILL be paying me will be like the cherry on top, or the icing on the cake... <heheeee... CHING
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Haha love the banter. Also tortoise and hare caught my attention, that's why I am posting here to check up what is the craze with the turtles and what not! By the way love the story between the hare and the tortoise and how the tortoise always win.
I agree, if you keep persevering in poker you will becomes a winning player someday compare to somebody who is riding an upswing and gives up on the first sign for an obstacle. Cheers nice long story good luck and have fun!
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Posted by hazeform:
Posted by demodawggy:
Posted by Theapple: o,o someone mentioned a turtle :o
You really loves the turtles eh apple-dude...!
Remember THIS Flintstone's episode...?
oh boy what a great Flintstone's remembrance...!!!! thank`s demodawggy... i love it
Cool...!
If you remember,....Fred was playing marbles with that little bratty and cocky kid from the neighbourhood who Fred just COULD NOT beat and kept betting and betting and betting that he could...and kept losing and losing and losing...!
Great cartoons the Flintstones was...and is,...I guess it's still on in some places...!
5 hours of poker and a final table with Demodawggy that was sick how you went out but gg i finished in 3rd place my QQ All in was no good against AK i should crack the top 30 with next update
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Ya....That guy didn't even need the king that came on the river...! His AK had my AQ,... I just saw that ace on the flop and had to go for it if it was gonna be a tortoise and hare heads up finish...!
When I got to the final table,...my first thought was...'Mmmm....I wonder if vic is here...?' A quick scan around the table revealed you and you MONSTER stack...lol...
THEN...I thought...'Mmmmm....anybody got a good recipe for cooking rabbits...?' < heheee...
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Yo Vic....!
Looks like I'll be paying you $5 as we wagered...
I was waiting for the final leaderboard results to show,...but I'm pretty sure you clobbered me...
Until about the final 10 days I was ahead of you by about 2.55 points,...then you came outta NOWHERE and got about 3 or 4 final tables.....
I was going to offer you another go at $5,....but I see you took one down last night...!!! THEN went really deep again today,.....so the jump you got on me is pretty significant.... If I can get an approximately equal score in the next little while,...maybe we can bet another $5
I'll probably send you the $5 by player transfer at Full Tilt.... Sound good...?
Congratzzzzz to Vic for winning our bet and making the money on the board,....and to everyone else who was playing the leaderboard and won a tic or $$$...!!!
Eh demo i took a seven day break from these free rolls probably finish top 10 first time finishing in top 30 on Full Tilt once i had 18 points and finished 40th or so and had 16 points in the last one got close too 7 points in the new Leader board if you get close in the next couple weeks we can bet another $5 no problem bet Congratz too all that participated and thx too Bankroll Mob for fast payment and good luck for the upcoming top 200 free roll
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Hi, everybody.
If a little to modify Aesop's fable and to tell an old Jewish joke which essence in volume "To Earn One Million Dollars It Is Possible to Sell Brilliants and It Is Possible to Sell Laces to Footwear". For one transaction with brilliants it is possible to earn a huge a lot of money and on laces to footwear this money is earned very slowly, but it is almost imperceptible for people around.
And still there is at us such proverb "More haste less speed"
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$5 sent through Full Tilt dood....!
Did you get it...?
I see your tearing up of the poker tables continues into the new leaderboard.... It'll be easy to stay atop the leaderboard now that you are there....(2nd)
Got it thx yes nice start too the new leader board not complaining only complain when someone shoves K Q against my AA and hits two pair on the river then when i fold Q 10 against AA KK would beat both hands with 2 pair then someone shoves 55 against my 99 and hits a 2 outer this game is all luck 95 percent luck 5 percent all in bluffing skills good luck in the new Leader board time too knock out some of those face book parasites
5 sounds good you have a point in taking it slow in these should i say donk fest tournaments but i always go out with premium pockets KK always no good on this site lose too 22 or up against AA just won a .50 cents satellite free roll on Party Pooper lots of sitter outs looking forward too crushing in the standings 
will be like the cherry on top, or the icing on the cake... 
CHING 
the turtles eh apple-dude...! 
