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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (179466)	1/16/2012 1:38:02 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542171

No, I minored in philosdophy, but have enough units for a major, and a major in psychology and a masters degree. I am hoping that will be enough. We shall see, I may do nothing and just go on the road and play poker. It is funny, but when I am on the road playing poker I always have a pocket full of hundreds. Money becomes like chips with no real value, so I give a lot away to the poor. I stay in hotel rooms and often get to know the maids who are usually Hispanic and make sure to tip them. I know their lives are hard. When I was at the Pepper tree in Auburn I tipped one very nice maid $100 before I left. She was so grateful. IN 07/08 I spent the winter on the road playing poker between Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. One kid was still in college and the other was just out, and poor. So I had my younger daughter self address a bunch of envelopes to her and her sister, and each night I would divide my winnings in forths and send 1/4 to each kid, so when they went to the mail box they never knew if dad had won the night before and there would be some money. It was like christmas to them. When I drove back to Eugene and Portland, to rest between games, I would take their poor roomates out to the best restaruants and let them order anything they wanted. They all got a kick out of that. Me too as I would get stoned before we went, so it was like a magical mystery tour to me. I found I play best if I only play about 4 to 6 hours a day and rest a week every 14 days. Money never meant much to me as long as I had enough. I was always satisfied with a good middle class life.