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sitting in front of a screen and knowing i might be playing poker against a 50 year old fart wouldve had me licking my chops 20 years ago

40+ in my book meant insta donk. no questions asked

and now here i am

almost 50

coming back to online poker after 6 years away

completely different life now. family. businesses. responsibilities. all the shit i didnt have to think about when poker was basically my entire existence

have i lost my mind

midlife crisis

very possible

since i started posting on here ive had a lot of younger players ask me some version of the same thing

is online poker still a viable path

is it still beatable

is there any dream left in it

solvers. ai. rta. everyone getting better

i honestly had no idea

so i stayed away from giving anyone an answer

im 48 now and somehow feel better than i ever have

and im going after the same thing i always did

becoming one of the best heads up players in the game

sitting the high stakes tables

keeping them

and fighting for them when i have to

against players younger than me and probably better prepared than me

i have absolutely no idea if i can pull this off

but thats kind of the point

because if a 48 year old dinosaur who hasnt played in almost 6 years can come back and still become one of the big dogs in online poker

then maybe the dream is still alive

enjoy the ride

or my public embarrassment

ever found $20k lying on the street out of nowhere?

this hand felt like that

i flop set of jacks and the money goes in on the turn for a $40k pot. against top set of aces. of course

im as dead as it gets, drawing to the last jack in the deck

already starting to process the pain of losing $20k

pocket change. but still

fine, lets run it twice. why the fuck not

i miss both rivers. obviously

but wait

holy shit

why the fuck are $20k in chips getting pushed my way?

did the site finally decide enough is enough and give this fish a $20k bounty or something?

i replay the hand

fml. i had two sets on the flop, jacks and 5s, and somehow binked the 5 for quads on one of the rivers

chopped the pot without even realizing it

umm. i still don't get why people call me a retard

what does a day in the life of alex and kristen foxen look like?

like do they discuss hand breakdowns over dinner?

or is alex like the rest of us, nodding along to a random story he stopped following 10 minutes ago?

the most underrated tennis player of all time?

jannik sinner. without a doubt

before you start yelling with rage, hear me out

all you hear about is either the big 3 or alcaraz. jannik's name mostly comes after a comma following carlos

i've said before that alcaraz and sinner are both better on-court players than the prime big 3 (excluding rafa on clay). that's just the evolution of the sport. doesn't mean either is greater than the big 3 (yet)

anyway, i'd be shocked if sinner doesn't eventually surpass carlos across the board

he has it all. the game, the mindset, the lifestyle. a true cold-blooded killer

one of the best parts of being a public twitter loudmouth is the love peers show me at the tables

20 years of nobody giving a shit about me to being your favorite poker uncle

if i didnt respond to your message during the game, please know its either

a 5 kid play date going on in the background

the wife nagging about something

or you put me on monkey tilt and i truly hate you