potato i have met the great rickysteve on several occasions
it is a fukin real-deal experience
not a lot of words, no extraneous facial expressions
buries people like I have never seen
i dont mean buries morons, i mean buries all comers, upper tier guys
at that level guys don't "get" buried, they bury themselves in the presence of superiority
guy doesn't bury them with effort, just by being him
guy is a fukin jedi ninja of gambling
zero emotions, pure EV, inefficiencies almost undetectable
walk through a casino with him it is amazing
guy is looking at payout tables on machines as you walk, will also have a book full of freebie coupons in his hand he got from somewhere, will casually remark how unbelievably profitable bodog poker used to be, etc etc
fukin understated, but not stone-faced, smiles if you joke around
the vibe is very "managing director interacting with the lower employees at the company christmas party"
it is a fukin intense experience
is he way more intelligent than the rest of us? way more disciplined? way more rational? way more entrenched in reality? I don't know but he's way more something than most of the rest of us that's for damn sure
i highly recommend hanging out with him
discuss anything intelligent at your own risk
me i just joke around to protect myself, and then get serious once in a while, and brace myself for the burial
i feel awful about myself and exhilarated at the same time