Poker without money haram. The Standing Committee has issued a fatwa (15/231) stating that it is haraam to play cards, even if it is not for money. This was also stated in a fatwa by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him). See Qadaaya al-Lahw wa'l-Tarfeeh by Madoon Rasheed.
I've been in kind of a life funk lately. Luckily in my line of work, I have an abundance of free time whenever I want it. So escaping to attempt to get back in the right state of mind is only a few mouse clicks, and a short drive to Borgata (and its free too!). Alas, here I am.Mythos restaurant greer. We limit how often you can post, comment or do other things in a given amount of time in order to help protect the community from spam. You can try again later.
- Total life earnings: $127,457. Latest cash: $1,008 on 10-Jul-2020. Click here to see the details of Sean Wallace's 29 cashes.
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I'm confused about certain aspects of my life, and its transferring over to my playing poker well, or playing at all quite frankly. Poker is something I have dedicated so much time into getting good at, so when things aren't going well in that area of my life I beat myself up more than most people probably do. See poker is a game that's very high in variance. To put what I mean by that into perspective for non-poker players, take an MLB hitter. The top of the line hitters fail ~65-70% of the time. Because of this high failure rate, slumps are bound to happen. Poker is quite a bit like that in the aspect that slumps just happen, and there's nothing you can do about it. As difficult as it may be, the only way to get over these slumps is to put the past behind you, choke up on the bat, stand a little closer to the plate, and call your shot. Or in my case, stop feeling sorry for myself, sit on my ass, and put in the hours.
For me that has always been the most difficult thing. Rather then focusing on the path ahead and how to mold that into the future I want. I catch myself stuck in the past pondering upon what could have been if particular spots went my way. Not up until recently did I realize the people I respect the most in this game, are the ones who can wake up every day, regardless of their short term results sit down and play their A game. That work ethic is what I want to strive for. Hopefully writing this and admitting I don't have it, is one step in the right direction.
As I was writing this post, I realized I don't want this to turn into exclusively a poker blog. I want anyone who stumbles upon this to be able to relate in some way. With that said I do think it's inevitable that it does happen, at least in the back plot of a lot of what I have to write about. Hopefully when it does happen I'll be able to do it in a way understandable for anyone who doesn't play poker :).
Sean Wallace Poker
I'm confused about certain aspects of my life, and its transferring over to my playing poker well, or playing at all quite frankly. Poker is something I have dedicated so much time into getting good at, so when things aren't going well in that area of my life I beat myself up more than most people probably do. See poker is a game that's very high in variance. To put what I mean by that into perspective for non-poker players, take an MLB hitter. The top of the line hitters fail ~65-70% of the time. Because of this high failure rate, slumps are bound to happen. Poker is quite a bit like that in the aspect that slumps just happen, and there's nothing you can do about it. As difficult as it may be, the only way to get over these slumps is to put the past behind you, choke up on the bat, stand a little closer to the plate, and call your shot. Or in my case, stop feeling sorry for myself, sit on my ass, and put in the hours.
For me that has always been the most difficult thing. Rather then focusing on the path ahead and how to mold that into the future I want. I catch myself stuck in the past pondering upon what could have been if particular spots went my way. Not up until recently did I realize the people I respect the most in this game, are the ones who can wake up every day, regardless of their short term results sit down and play their A game. That work ethic is what I want to strive for. Hopefully writing this and admitting I don't have it, is one step in the right direction.
As I was writing this post, I realized I don't want this to turn into exclusively a poker blog. I want anyone who stumbles upon this to be able to relate in some way. With that said I do think it's inevitable that it does happen, at least in the back plot of a lot of what I have to write about. Hopefully when it does happen I'll be able to do it in a way understandable for anyone who doesn't play poker :).
I feel like 2 posts in 3 days is pretty a pretty good start. I am just going to write whenever I feel like I have something interesting to say, or I want to get something out. Hopefully that will be more often than not, but at the same time I don't want to write because I feel like I have to. Seeing as it's a lot easier for me to cop out behind a keyboard, rather than connect with someone face to face, I like the chances.
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See ya soon. PEACEEEEEEE.