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vegable United States. Dec 23 2009 22:32. Posts 2453

Hey guys its been a while. Well as you may or may not have noticed, I've been mia at liquidpoker for the past few months. Naturally, I've been playing less poker these past few months but heres a short run down on what I've been up to.

October was a great month of poker for me. I had been steadily growing my BR by patiently grinding and learning the game. I got the roll up to a peak of about 4.4k and was on the verge on taking shots at 200NL. from that point on, I thought to myself, "why not reward myself?"

From the middle of October till now I've been pledging for an asian interest fraternity for my University. as a poker player, life behind the 15.5" screen can get very lonely, very fast lol. In attending summer school at uni it wasn't much different than my earlier school days where just going to school/playing poker filled up most of my time. My 2nd semester at the uni was a chance to jump start my social life and a fraternity would do it. as the weeks of pledgeship progressed, the process got exponentially difficult. There was so much work involved in upholding every aspect of your typical fraternity, from wild parties to community service to philanthropy, and of course contributing to the fraternity itself. It was not unusual to give up 10 hours everyday for weeks on end to get projects done.

I made the decision to pledge for an extremely physically and mentally demanding fraternity. Do'nt get me wrong, I learned so very much about myself and interacting with others through this process and had more fun than the past year combined. No details are necessary but they are absolutely nojoke lol. after 10 long weeks, I found myself financially broke and borrowing against my bankroll to cover real life expenses with no income. This week was the final week of fraternity pledgeship, and after giving so much I quit at 95% of the way. It was not something I could see myself putting in any more effort in order to perpetuate their values. It hurt to swallow my pride in deciding to throw all that work away, all for nothing but I feel that personal integrity comes first.

So here I am, completely broke with a wrecked car and a $2k bankroll from poker losses/borrowings. I'm also a little bit wiser and aware of myself as a person. Succeeding with poker is a goal I set for myself first, and I'll let nothing take priority before this goal. I guess a small group of trustworthy friends is better for a poker player compared to eventually having to maintain a network of 1000+ people. I'm moving into the dormitories in 2 weeks to better experience other aspects of this huge university.There will be no shortage of awesome debauchery there

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joLin United States. Dec 23 2009 22:34. Posts 3818

where do you go?

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terrybunny19240 United States. Dec 23 2009 22:35. Posts 13829

lol what did they want you to do that made you quit?

vegable United States. Dec 23 2009 22:54. Posts 2453

university of washington

i could not see myself in good conscience making new pledges go through what i went through. there was no homo so we can check that at the door yo. one guy i was pledging with was pretty uncooperative and as the pledge class leader that can really jam things up. if you're lucky enough to get a decent group of chill dudes and pledge for kickass fraternity i would still strongly recommend the greek system to everyone else. consider it an LPer's endorsement for greek life in addition to all the positive things you would hear about in google. Though if you want at least an even return on going greek, prepare to give up lots of personal and grind time lol. if i were a little more financially able the monthly dues for association would totally be worth it

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k2o4 United States. Dec 23 2009 22:57. Posts 4803

glad to hear from you and that you're still alive =)

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Sanai United States. Dec 23 2009 23:17. Posts 643

Are you a LPHIE DP?

You can PM me if you want to talk. I'm a brother.

Last edit: 23/12/2009 23:19

WastedGate United States. Dec 23 2009 23:44. Posts 667

frats are mostly a conglomeration of stupid fucking assholes. ive had my fair share of run ins with frat daddies. most of it involved a group of cheap skate frats kids buying one cup for a keg and shuttling it between 5-10 people waiting outside. this was usually followed by a confrontation which was then followed by the police breaking up the party. fuck greek. just talk to people in class, go to their parties, and make friends that way. paying for friends is -ev.

wait wha?

Sanai United States. Dec 23 2009 23:51. Posts 643

On December 23 2009 22:44 WastedGate wrote:
frats are mostly a conglomeration of stupid fucking assholes. ive had my fair share of run ins with frat daddies. most of it involved a group of cheap skate frats kids buying one cup for a keg and shuttling it between 5-10 people waiting outside. this was usually followed by a confrontation which was then followed by the police breaking up the party. fuck greek. just talk to people in class, go to their parties, and make friends that way. paying for friends is -ev.

Generalizations and stereotypes are pretty -ev as well.