Death of Common Sense

The fate of Common Sense is in your hands…

Common Sense died as we entered the Naughties; six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment
for kissing a classmate, teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch, teacher fired for
reprimanding an unruly student, schools required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a
student, honor student expelled for having a table knife in her school lunch, a government plan to ban
inhalers from 14 million asthmatics due to a trace of a pollutant that may be harmful to the environment.
 
Common Sense gets resurrected here and now.

US gambler loses $30,000 poker haul

Posted by Extremo on January 22, 2008 under Current Events

US gambler loses $30,000 poker haul

They Say:
“A young American gambler, Jason Potter, robbed of his $30,000 poker winnings at knife-point yesterday believes he was stalked inside Crown complex. Jason Potter, 22, who placed 31st of a field of 780 at the Aussie Millions poker tournament, had cashed in his winnings at Crown’s cashier desk about 4am. After buying some takeaway food, Mr Potter began strolling back to his hotel across the Spencer St footbridge.

He said the man then brandished a 30cm knife in front of his face and warned him not to call police. “I did briefly go to fight back until I saw the knife but . . . no amount of money is worth (the risk),” said Mr Potter, who has earned about $345,000 in poker tournaments in America. The Oklahoman, who abandoned a political science course to take up poker full-time, said the theft, during his first overseas gambling trip, “definitely hurts really bad”.

The 11-day tournament, which ended on Sunday, earned Mr Potter a $25,000 cash-in plaque and a $5000 chip, which he’d put in a safe in his room at Crowne Plaza. But when hunger struck in the early hours, he headed over to Crown for some food. Since he was due to fly home at lunchtime, he decided to cash out at the same time. He said he hadn’t inquired about taking a cheque instead, and often carried large wads of cash in Las Vegas. ”

We Say:
This makes me sick to my stomach, how some arsehole could mug this dude for this winnings, his WINNINGS!!! It’s not like he was some fuckwit that sat in the casino pushing a button on a pokie all goddamn night and finally got lucky on 2 million-to-one odds… Poker is a game of skill and luck, but it takes more fucking skill than pressing a fucking button, my heart goes out to this dude, that’s just fucking unlucky… It’s just a pity you don’t see more Asians getting rolled for their pokie winnings… This dude kicked ass in a poker TOURNAMENT for fucks sake! It’s not everyday a dude kills it at a poker tournament, these are hotly contested and clear-cut winners of multiple tournaments are hard to find…

I sure hope this dude decides to come back to Australia, it’s his first trip overseas for a poker tournament… I fear he might not do it again… Which is a real pity, Crown was gaining a good rep for poker, with the likes of Joe Hachem who also hails from Melbourne winning the 2005 WSOP bracelet… And now this… To the guy that rolled this dude… FUCK YOU!

When I read this story I felt bad to be a Victorian, to think another Victorian would do such a thing… I sure hope he’s not a Victorian… If he wanted to make some quick cash while fucking someone over he could have done any number of the following:

  • Work as a Victorian politician, they do a good job of fucking us all over… Public Transport anyone?
  • Male prostitute… Hey, he’s got no problem with taking others from behind…
  • Carlton AFL footy coach… Promise so much, deliver so little…
  • Australian Tax Office employee… Go find irregularities in others tax returns, you bastard!

Oh and just in case you missed it… To the person who perpetrated this crime… FUCK YOU, YOU’RE AN ARSEHOLE!

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