My friend is 19 and a millionaire....

If you think about it, with his age and his career 3mil isn't really that much. In Canada, when you retire its pretty good to have 1 million (at 65 years). Costs to travel and to buy into games can become very expensive and he's not guaranteed to win. Honestly, it sounds as if you are bitter that you haven't received anything from his winnings (otherwise why would you bring up a specific number like 10k).

But at my age now (23) if I won 3 million I wouldn't hand out money to my friends. I would fix up my mom's house, maybe buy some land, go to school and then save the rest so I could have a good amount to retire on. As I got older, I would see who has stuck by me without asking for handouts or asking how I would spend my money and know that they were my true friends.

On the other hand, it sounds like he's turned playing poker into his career so you can't really say he hasn't worked a day in his life. Good for him for being able to do what he loves for a living. Would you be saying anything if he was working a dead end job as an accountant?
 
liquidtrend said:
i would do the exact same thing, except instead of a shack it would be a loft, and instead of the sea it would be in nyc. and instead of growing a big bushy beard, i would be in a nice spa getting a facial.
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and how would you plan on paying the other half of the loft?
 
haiggy said:
Anyways, long story but if you had ever won that much money what would you do with it? Would you give some of your close friends some cash? (Obviously not all of them) Keep in mind that $10k is only 0.33% of your money.
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That mentality is probably why he doesn't talk to you anymore. I have wealthy friends and I don't accept their charity as I don't want to even slightly risk ****ing up our friendship.
 
haiggy said:
Oh, and he's really good at math. Won tons of math contests, was very bright from a young age and was studying Actuarial Science at school. He left school after 2nd year to pursue poker and said he doesn't really plan on going back ever. Kind of a waste of a smart mind in my opinion.
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Many people say that because someone doesn't enter a traditional career path. Fact is though, playing a game like poker as a pro is probably better real-life experience in the matter of doing business with people. Once he tires of it, he'll probably make a success out of something else. Just so that you can be jealous of him some more ;)
 
Mord said:
That mentality is probably why he doesn't talk to you anymore. I have wealthy friends and I don't accept their charity as I don't want to even slightly risk ****ing up our friendship.
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Same here.

To be frank, I enjoy being around my wealthy friends because we have a reason to enjoy each other's company and share a mutual activity or hobby together.
 
What is his name? Somewhat uncool to have forgotten you.

Here in Austria we have a crazy kid like him, Niki Jedlicka, he won millions and today he is like 22... We are friends through Facebook, some of my friends know him from the casino... And what I see from his FB profile, seems like he is pretty much down to earth.... hanging together with "average" people of his age. I strongly assume lots of them gotta be his school friends... And Niki was winning like 4 millions a year or two ago...

Thumbs up for Niki, shame on your "friend"!

PS: Nothing is forever. People come together due to certain circumstances. And they go apart due to some other circumstances, that's life. But since you both were close firends, the least thing he could be doing is dropping by at your place, saying 'Hi' or at least give you a call fom time to time.
 
With that much money, i would:
1. Buy all the music that i have gotten in "other" ways
2. Give a (large)gift to my 5 closest friends, and they deserve it no doubt (my ipod touch got stolen, they got together and bought me a new one, and completely suprised me with it)
3. Payoff my parents house/make sure to take care of them
4. Get my finance professor (smartest man i know, by far) to invest it
5. Prob buy a nice used BMW and make it... BADDD, if you will

and yeah, thats all:)
 
If it was me, yeah I would give money, but really there are some people who aren't real with you and you can tell that they just want the money. I think that is what he may be finding from you. Like I live a pretty good life, better than most and some people at school chill with me and if they need some money here and there, yeah it's cool but some people ask for stuff all the time and you know that they aren't real, that's when I will say no. I think you should talk to your friend sometimes, say you want to hang out, he'll probably say yes, go to your favorite hang out place. He might lend you some cash, pay for whatever, stuff like that. I really don't think he would think much of it if he was with you. For example, one of my friends' lives an alright life, but his mom is single, his cousin broke his iPod, so instead of him getting him a new iPod he got him some crappy MP4, so I lent him my iPod Nano, which he lent to someone else (for a few days) and that got stolen, so he told me and I was like that's fine, two days later he comes with an iPod Classic and hands it to me, he said the guy who had his iPod before it got stolen gave it to him as compensation, I just told him to keep it since I knew he wanted a classic. That is the kind of thing that might happen with you, I wouldn't get all excited or even think about him giving you 10 k, it is a lot of money, 10 k is a lot of money if you have 10 k or if you have 1 million dollars, it is still the same amount, some people are more generous than others though so you need to know what kind of person your friend is.
 
haiggy said:
yes, 3,000,000 x 0.0033 = 9,900... but 0.0033 is 0.33% in decimal form... you have to multiply by 100% to get it in %.

so what you thought i did was 3,000,000 x 0.33.... but really i was doing 3,000,000 x 0.0033

0.33% = 0.0033
0.0033% = 0.000033

Edit: Yeah, Mr. lax has got it right
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which equals a grand total for you of..... zero dollars
 
liquidtrend said:
i would do the exact same thing, except instead of a shack it would be a loft, and instead of the sea it would be in nyc. and instead of growing a big bushy beard, i would be in a nice spa getting a facial.
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you'd probably owe money if you bought a NYC loft. A couple mil isn't a lot of money in that context.

And to the original poster: If I won millions, I'd get as far away from my friends as possible. Ever see what lottery winners go through? They're all friends until you have something that they desperately need. :)
 
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