Trump Economy and Poker

You don't have to pick a side in politics - you don't have to do anything - the sheep will follow the TV thinking they have to choose but most intelligent people are in the middle. If you don't see good and bad with both parties you're brainwashed - if Trumps words trigger you you're weak minded. I follow actions not words - words are meaningless. I think Trump is a clown but find it funny when he triggers people - you can see how angry the people on here get which is a sign of being weak. Dems have gone too extreme with their views and are screwed in 2028 - I would take a moderate Dem over Trump, but would take a moderate republican in a heartbeat. Focus on improving yourself and your family - politics is merely theatre for most, and posting on these forums nonstop gets you nowhere in life.

People who do not care about an issue, do not post about that issue. People who have no preference, do not express preferences.

And it isn't the "clowning" that triggers people. If some random old guy stood on a street corner yelling inanities, profanities and conspiracies all day long to an audience of none, very few people on this forum would care much. Most likely nobody would care.

Trump is hitting -40 net approval on inflation. I'm sure that's still consistent with better poker games given we invented some sort of "games were great specifically from 2021-2024" narrative..... but it's really hard not to look at the data and dismiss the claims of this thread as laughable. Especially since that made the most sense just based on Trump's campaign.

I guess one could argue that all the juicy games are private and live, but that would seem like cope. What we can see is that high stakes poker is completely dead online with fewer big live streams and fewer entrants into higher buy in live tournaments.

Any day now though

No part of me of literally any level of me thinks I owe anyone anything other than rants

Do I want to debate nuance with breathtakingly stupid people? Absolutely the **** not. PF claiming he thinks trump is vile and rapey claiming he just wants the sitting president to succeed proves my point. If lying through their ****ing teeth maga chuds are being intellectually dishonest why do I owe them grace?

No soul living will ever be able compel me to pretend these people are actual human adults and should be treated accordingly

BTW does Trump even play Poker? Or did do an celebrity poker events?

Daily fantasy in the US still looks to be putting up decent numbers despite the Trump economy. There's just so many issues with poker aside from legislation which of course Trump has done nothing about and the overall economy like lack of widespread mobile options....technologically the poker boom was so long ago. All of this was completely foreseeable and pointed out correctly by pretty much everyone. Thread is a good example of a key piece of advice people forget in analyzing businesses....."Don't be an idiot".

A lot of people playing daily fantasy used to play a lot of poker. I foolishly went on this path and ditched poker for a while. There are a lot of dummies only playing Best Ball now. These fools tie their money up for almost a year. Not a good investment but drafting is fun.

Poker should never have been on TV. I can’t believe people watch live streams. It was destined to die.

Why would you not want the President to succeed? Besides the fact that you have a really bad attitude and temper.

where are you getting this? i think you're looking at their sportsbetting revenues and not their dfs revenues

dfs is dead and been dying a slow death for years - covid and legalization of sportsbetting really finished it off

i don't know a single pro from my day who even bothers with it anymore, i was one of the last ones, hung on for years and then 2 years ago just stopped bothering, there were just so many higher roi ventures i could pursue elsewhere

it used to be 90%+ of my income, last few years before i quit it was less than 20%

It's not really a question of wanting or not wanting the president to succeed. That part is over. He has failed. The question on Iran, the economy and a host of other issues is how are we going to rebuild after the disaster.

Maybe he can turn things around if the ball room comes out great?

I think so, just let the man dance.

Are k-shaped economies good for poker?

A WSOP ME final table in the ball room would definitely be good for the poker economy.

April was the first time in 3 years inflation outpaced wage growth. And unlike supply chain crunches and bipartisan stimulus to prevent a depression, this is basically caused by idiosyncratic nonsense from 1 person. Like I could imagine President Vance going in on tariffs or President Rubio and invading Iran. But doing both is pretty nonsensical.

Ya well, stonks, libtard

Did either Vance or Rubio ever come out in favor of tariffs before hitching their wagons to Trump? Trump has pushed tariffs as a great thing going back to the 1980s.

Are k-shaped economies good for poker?

So close to the poker boom

Would Iran having a nuclear weapon even be bad for Poker? I feel games would be more loose if they had one.

I’ve played in poker rooms that had a nightly closing time, and yes the games did get good right before it was time to close.

Are k-shaped economies good for poker?