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...When Paik started out, he gambled with $25 buy-in games on partypoker.com, his site of choice, playing four hands at once. By the height of his playing, however, Paik was playing the same four hands but with buy-ins of between $200 and $400—he even “dabbled” in $600 to $800 buy-ins. The need to increase the size of wagers can be a sign of a pathological gambling problem, according to researchers...
...Like Paik, Goodkin knew he could make “like $30 to $40 per hour with little chance of losing” in low stakes games. But Goodkin became drawn to the higher buy-in games, where there was simultaneously the challenge of playing better competitors and “the chance to make serious money...
...individual experiences and qualifications, within and without the council. We are concerned, though, that their platform lacks in clarity and attainability what it makes up for in concision and simplicity. For example, Grimeland and Hadfield propose a $10 million undergraduate investment plan, without presenting plans on how to achieve buy-in from the College. Their proposal to raise student-group-specific money from Harvard alums also lacks crucial specifics that would convince us of this plan’s feasibility. We are also worried by the candidates’ apparent carelessness in contacting the College administration, which they have...
...average I play 10 to 15 hours a week, max 30,” said Jason J. Wen ’05, an economics concentrator who plays at a $100 dollar buy...
Setting aside content for a moment, the reality is that no matter what decisions are made, Harvard cannot change for the better unless students “buy-in.” Left to their own devices, the administration and faculty will probably come up with an acceptable alternative to the Core (it would be hard to dream up anything less successful). However, unless students both contribute to that decision and agree with the rationale behind it, the new general education requirement (the current proposed successor to the Core) will become unpopular long before the next review. We can tinker...