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bma_mat99 · Nov 29, 2005, 08:53 PM

Anyway, im 17 years old, and i heard of a poker tournament in a local casino (new casino, just oppened, and guaranteed 4,000 cash prize first place, 3,000 second place, 2,000 third place, and 1,000 fourth place), 110 dollars entry.

Anyway, im 6'2, quite tall for the country im living in (Panama), so i grew my beard (i heard of the tournament 1 week before it started), and i head off to the casino.

Seems i had no problem getting in, and was not asked for "cedula" meaning "ID". Anyway, got in, signed up, and would you know it, i got all the way to third place with a few well played hands, a bit of luck, etc.

Anway, now i have 2,000 dollars cash lying around, no idea what to use it for

any ideas guys?

WOOOT, 2,000 bucks rock!

rozwado1 · Nov 29, 2005, 08:57 PM

Easy. Coke and hookers.

Tesseract · Nov 29, 2005, 08:57 PM

You are posting on a Mac forum... you should be able to predict what most of us will suggest without even asking.

bma_mat99 · Nov 29, 2005, 08:57 PM

Oh, and for anyone suggesting Apple items, I already have the following: iPod mini, powermac g5 (dual 1.8ghz), 21" screen, sound system is nice. KK, those are currently the only Apple items i have (only 512 ram).

rozwado1 · Nov 29, 2005, 08:59 PM

So let's have everybody suggest non-computer stuff for you.

Coke and hookers.

bma_mat99 · Nov 29, 2005, 09:05 PM

nah, not into drugs, but hooker, why not

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 29, 2005, 09:11 PM

My suggestion would be move out of panama.

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 29, 2005, 09:11 PM

My suggestion would be move out of panama.

starman · Nov 29, 2005, 09:12 PM

EDIT: nm

cjrivera · Nov 29, 2005, 09:17 PM

You're on a roll, so buy 2000 $1 lottery tickets!

rickey939 · Nov 29, 2005, 09:35 PM

Baseball cards. Preferably from the early 1980's.

KeriVit · Nov 29, 2005, 09:40 PM

17- 2K..... hmmm... save it?

naw, that's no fun...

Big TV!!!!! Yeah!!!!! or pretty big TV and game system.

Yup that's it!!! Decided. Move on.

MacMan4000 · Nov 29, 2005, 09:42 PM

Nikon D200 - $1700
Nikon 18-200 VR lens - $700
SanDisk Extreme III 1gb ComfactFlash card - $100
---------------------------------------------
Total - $2500

Keep saving

MacMan4000 · Nov 29, 2005, 09:44 PM

ok, the above is actually my Christmas list... my suggestion is too throw a massive party, preferably when your parents are out of town...

2 grand can buy a lot of beer

sek929 · Nov 29, 2005, 09:54 PM

Big TV, xBox 360, nice surround sound.

If I had 2 Gs myself I'd put it in the bank, but as stated before, that's no fun.

hickey · Nov 29, 2005, 10:14 PM

i've always wanted the huge bigwheel bike that gallagher the comedian used to ride around on after his set ended. Anything large and useless is perfect.

JoshuaZ · Nov 29, 2005, 10:15 PM

Invest half of it in something long term. Blow half of it on something fun. Coke and women.

bma_mat99 · Nov 29, 2005, 10:17 PM

I already have a large tv, an xbox360, a nice surround sound, a digital camcorder, but coke and women sounds fun

(maybe wthought the coke, im quite into sports, it would f me up)

sek929 · Nov 29, 2005, 10:20 PM

f ing you up is kind of the point of coke.

IceEnclosure · Nov 29, 2005, 10:42 PM

Rule #0: Buy the coke FOR the ladies.

jeez.

iREZ · Nov 29, 2005, 10:43 PM

the feeling of giving to a needy cause by donating 2gs to the iREZ fund

Spliffdaddy · Nov 29, 2005, 10:44 PM

At least buy a twenty sack of chronic and a 40oz Olde English.

Sage · Nov 29, 2005, 10:54 PM

New house! Erm, wait…

IceEnclosure · Nov 29, 2005, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

At least buy a twenty sack of chronic and a 40oz Olde English.

turn the 40oz. into a bot'l of Johnnie Walker Black and we got a deal!

realmeatychunks · Nov 29, 2005, 11:55 PM

Invest it.

(I was going to suggest something cool but you seem to already have everything)

- - e r i k - - · Nov 30, 2005, 12:08 AM

Wait for the new media center minis

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 30, 2005, 12:20 AM

I have an idea. Bribe your way to become the president of Panama. You should still have some money left over... maybe purchase Mexico after that?

ghporter · Nov 30, 2005, 07:44 AM

They still call them "cedulas?" Interesting. I thought that was one thing that would have changed with the new government.... The last time I heard "cedula" was in December, 1989, a few days before I left Panama.

By the way, I never trusted the casinos there then, and I'd still be a little leery of them today.

Big Mac · Nov 30, 2005, 07:49 AM

Congrats. That's windfall profit you've got in your hands.

Originally Posted by realmeatychunks

Invest it.

(I was going to suggest something cool but you seem to already have everything)

I wholeheartedly agree. You can certainly spend some of it, but it's best to save/invest and try to habituate a savings attitude toward money.

Dork. · Nov 30, 2005, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by rickey939

Baseball cards. Preferably from the early 1980's.

You mean like this one:

I actually have that one, it's one of the few in my collection worth anything. But nobody wants it anymore, since Johnny Damon's so much better.

Still, I'd sell it to our friend from Panama for $2000. It would impress the ladies, I'm sure.

andreas_g4 · Nov 30, 2005, 08:35 AM

Music.

Madrag · Nov 30, 2005, 09:17 AM

donate to charity...

...and go to the casino to win more

scaught · Nov 30, 2005, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

At least buy a twenty sack of chronic and a 40oz Olde English.

hell ya.

brapper · Nov 30, 2005, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by scaught

hell ya.

dr. dre?

shabbasuraj · Nov 30, 2005, 06:43 PM

buy ass

hickey · Nov 30, 2005, 06:51 PM

spend 1000 bucks on strawberries, 500 on powdered sugar, and the last 500 on a constant supply of yuengling.

bma_mat99 · Nov 30, 2005, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

They still call them "cedulas?" Interesting. I thought that was one thing that would have changed with the new government.... The last time I heard "cedula" was in December, 1989, a few days before I left Panama.

By the way, I never trusted the casinos there then, and I'd still be a little leery of them today.

Ya, still calling them "cedulas", and it's a new casino, cool owner. Called the "Vaneto" casino if im not mistaking. Oppened up a few weeks ago, hosted the tournement in hopes of luring the big time poker players. I just played since the inscription was not too expensive (110 bucks). Another tournament today actualy, (10 grand to enter), im not that crazy

Anyway, i think i might spend like 500 bucks on clothes, and the rest on "levantando las mujers", let me see how to translate, um, "getting the chicks".

Anyway, i got a bit lucky, it was texas holdem no limit. Had a few good hands, got a bit lucky, and made it third place for 2 grand. all i can say is "WOOOT", cause it's my first time entering a big tournament.

hickey · Nov 30, 2005, 08:30 PM

sounds like a winning idea to me, and congrats on winning the tourney

funkboy · Nov 30, 2005, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by hickey

i've always wanted the huge bigwheel bike that gallagher the comedian used to ride around on after his set ended. Anything large and useless is perfect.

Would you believe he brings that with to his performances, and that I got to drive it? It was hilarious and awesome.

hickey · Nov 30, 2005, 08:59 PM

incredible, how did that come about? howd you make it back stage for that?

funkboy · Nov 30, 2005, 09:04 PM

Didn't even go backstage. He came out to sign CDs, and at prompting by the audience he brought it out. He came out, forget he said he'd get it, then brought it out front. We drove it around in the front entryway of the civic center where he was performing.

Still a funny, grouchy guy.

hickey · Nov 30, 2005, 09:14 PM

hes still one of my favorite comics, Carlin probably tops my list though. Speaking of which, I went to a Carlin book signing last year, and one attendee told him he was god, carlin had his way with that comment and annihilated the guy.