Michael Perrone, PsyD

Holy shit I just won my first WSOP bracelet…

Sophisticated angle shoot. He knew exactly what he was doing here and it worked. Stay vigilant out there guys!

@n_zappala4 @ProfBZZZ Would have been impossible to keep up w it all

@ProfBZZZ FWIW, basically no one I knew in college did the required reading

A student today at my elite university admitted to me today that she took a class so she could work on reading for more than 20 minutes at a time. She can't read. She mainly skims and summarizes, she says and still gets A's. This student is, by professional standards, illiterate. Gonna have high GPA when she graduates. This conversation was had after 6 of 22 students dropped my course because the maximum reading per week in one week was over 100 pages. What people aren't grasping is that this is literally *dangerous*. These people are going to be come doctors, engineers, etc. They are - by any metric - vastly less capable than prior generations. These effects are cumulative over a lifetime. This grade inflation is part of the problem, but not even close to the entirety. And the problem obviously starts in K-12. Students don't know history because, you can't actually become historically literate on the advice of 'never assign more than 30 pages a week'. You can't develop any of the skills that came with literacy. This is, quite honestly, a civilizational catastrophe.

In a surprise twist, the Epstein files released the attorney general.

The only hand histories I want to hear about 😂🎉

I have read Search and Seizure Warrant against The Lodge in full, and it does appear to be a witch hunt. Essentially, they're deeming poker in TX illegal and therefore classifying what we'd consider normal banking transactions as money laundering because it's proceeds from what they say is illegal gambling. All the undercover operations outlined in the affidavit describe a normally functioning, well-run poker room. To me, nothing in it suggests what we in the poker world would consider scandalous/nefarious, but rather authorities simply taking a stance on the grey area/loophole that they consider illegal. If the TABC ultimately prevails that poker at The Lodge constitutes illegal gambling, it’ll shut down every room in TX. More on @PokerNews here 👇 pokernews.com/news/2026/03/t…

Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!

@apestyles Wowww Laak over Dunphy

My Favorite Phils: 1.Ivey 2.Galfond 3.Collins 4.Laak 5.Dunphy 6.Mickelson 7.Kessel 8.Harmonic Orchestra 9.Hellmuth 10.Nagy

@NotSpewheb Have you tried putting your dominant hand on your penis?

i can’t even write this well with my dominant hand

Understanding the game when ranges are widest translates to a generally better understanding of the game across tighter nodes. 🙏🏼

GOV: We have a housing crisis. Prices are too high. ME: I agree. Supply is too low. GOV: So we have a plan. We’re going to subsidize demand. ME: …What does that mean? GOV: We’re going to give people money to buy houses. ME: But there aren't enough houses. GOV: Right. So we’ll help them bid harder. ME: If you have 10 people fighting for 1 house, and you give them all cash... the price just goes up. GOV: Then we’ll give them more cash. ME: That’s not a solution. That’s inflation. GOV: It’s "First Time Homebuyer Assistance." ME: Okay, let’s back up. Why are houses so expensive in the first place? GOV: Because we made them the perfect investment vehicle. ME: How? GOV: First, the 30-year fixed mortgage. ME: That’s standard, right? GOV: Only in America. In other countries, rates float. Here, you can lock in a low rate for three decades. ME: Why would a bank take that risk? If inflation goes up, they lose money. GOV: Banks don’t take the risk. They sell the loan to us. ME: To the government? GOV: To Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We guarantee the liquidity. ME: So the taxpayer subsidizes the risk so I can have cheap leverage? GOV: Correct. ME: And then I get to deduct the interest? GOV: Only on the first $750,000 of debt. ME: That seems... high. GOV: It used to be a million. We trimmed it. ME: But wait. If I rent, can I deduct my rent? GOV: No. ME: If I buy a small business, can I deduct the interest on the loan? GOV: It’s complicated. ME: But if I buy a giant house, I definitely can? GOV: Absolutely. We wrote it into the tax code. ME: So you’re paying me to borrow money to buy a bigger house than I need. GOV: We’re "incentivizing ownership." ME: What happens when I sell? GOV: The Capital Gains Exclusion! ME: How does that work? GOV: If you sell a stock for a $500,000 profit, you pay taxes. ME: Roughly 20%. GOV: If you sell your house for a $500,000 profit? ME: What do I pay? GOV: Zero. ME: Zero tax? GOV: As long as you lived there for two years. ME: So housing is the only asset class where I get subsidized 30-year leverage and tax-free profits? GOV: Pretty sweet deal, right? ME: So you turned shelter into a speculative financial asset. GOV: We call it "Generational Wealth." ME: Okay, so demand is juiced to the moon. Can we at least build more supply to bring prices down? GOV: Oh, absolutely not. ME: Why? GOV: Zoning. ME: I own land. Can I build a duplex? GOV: Illegal. Single-family only. ME: Can I build a granny flat? GOV: Only if you provide two parking spots and pass a shadow study. ME: So you made it illegal to build cheaper housing? GOV: We protect "Neighborhood Character." ME: But you spend billions on roads and utilities for the suburbs. GOV: Infrastructure investment. ME: So you subsidize the expensive sprawl, but ban the cheap density? GOV: Now you’re getting it. ME: This system seems designed to keep prices high. GOV: It is. ME: But you started this conversation by saying we have an "Affordability Crisis." GOV: We do. Prices are too high! ME: So we should lower them? GOV: No! We can’t lower prices. ME: Why not? GOV: Because then the voters lose their "Generational Wealth." ME: So we need high prices for the voters... and low prices for the buyers? GOV: Exactly. ME: That’s a paradox. GOV: It’s politics. ME: So what is your actual plan? GOV: We’re going to give first-time buyers $25,000. ME: Okay. I’m a seller. I list my house for $400,000. GOV: Uh huh. ME: I know every buyer just got a free $25,000 from the government. GOV: Right. ME: What do I do? GOV: You... keep the price the same? ME: I raise the price to $425,000. GOV: You wouldn't. ME: I absolutely would. The buyer can afford it now. GOV: But that just transfers the subsidy from the poor buyer to the rich seller! ME: Econ 101. GOV: We don’t think that will happen. ME: Just like you didn’t think $7,500 EV credits would make Ford raise the price of the F-150 Lightning by exactly $7,500? GOV: That was a coincidence. ME: You are trapping us in a box. GOV: It’s not a box. ME: What is it? GOV: It’s a Single Family Home with a 2.5% mortgage rate that you can never afford to sell. ME: ... GOV: Welcome to the American Dream.

After the tragedy in Minnesota yesterday, I ask a very simple question: What are we OK with? I truly believe this is worth your time. Also, don’t argue in the comments. Don’t even read them.

Okay MAGA folks, here we go: 1. If you want to defend the first shot he fired, how do you defend the second and third shots into the driver side window? 2. If you want to defend all three shots, how do you defend them blocking medics from getting to her as she bled out? 3. If you want to defend all 3 shots and blocking medical care, how do you defend him getting in the car and driving away from the scene of a crime, after calling her a ‘fucking bitch’? My replies are open. You have to answer all three numbered questions.

Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city, obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”

Poker's endless cycle of pain: 1) Beat yourself up for every little mistake. 2) This fires you up to work harder. 3) You win, but always complain about how you can't enjoy it If this is how you do it, no amount of winning will ever feel like enough

@NotSpewheb Honestly the shameless hole in the wall 2nd dinner after a Michelin meal or small portioned tasting menu hits even better

@jazzinitup They stopped at a halal cart and brought home 9 chicken and rice platters.

My girls (12, 10) went to a Michelin⭐️ Italian restaurant last night with my sisters and cousins. Their main takeaways: “I got to eat THREE strings of pasta and it was gone” “They poured honey on the whipped ricotta before I could say NO” “we shoulda gone to Cheesecake Factory”👨‍🍳

@GregHPoker @kwansfull And if they marketed it this way the satties would prob get more love. Much cleaner advertising imo

@kwansfull Basically reminds me of the Full Tilt Steps back in the day. 9 handed where (IIRC) 1-2 advanced to the next step, 3-4 repeated, 5-6 went back a step and 7-8-9 busted. (Final Step had only 1 winner so was diff) Def a good structure for these to keep ppl in action off 1 buyin

I wanted to talk about this satty more lol, because it’s so interesting to me. The point of sattys are to allow players to “shot take” without busting their bankrolls. Sure there are some satty pros, and players who can afford to play just trying to reduce their avg BI, but the overall idea is to let players play bigger tournaments than they can usually afford. But sattys are hard! They are typically turbos, pay something like 15-20% of the field, and you can very quickly get close to the original BI firing satty bullets. This satty structure, and they are not all like this on @ClubWPTGold (I wish their documentation was better!), basically keeps you in action way longer. Yeah you’re gonna get knocked down to playing smaller and smaller sattys when you’re losing 80% of your BI, but at least you’re getting something back. And there are sattys at that price point just waiting for you in the lobby to grind back up. This is actually ideal for the profile of a satty player who is shot taking. You can keep them in action, doesn’t feel as demoralizing to brick 10 sattys in a row, and it just feels bad to have to deposit again (we’ve all been there 😂). I think this is great for poker, and I wish more places would run sattys like this, and I do wonder if we should consider an actual tournament that pays out a far wider range of players in a survivor-ish format. I know some comments say this exists elsewhere, and maybe back in the day on Stars. I don’t play sattys that often so maybe I’m misinformed, but this seemed pretty novel to me and I thought it’s a really cool idea. What does everyone else think??

@n_zappala4 @foster_type 😂

@foster_type Realizing your post may have been satirical… apologies

What you left out, Stephen, is how many coffee producing towns in Ohio and Michigan and Arkansas saw rises in standard of living, fertility, and moral fiber.

@bencb789 He literally said deposit at least $25 😂

One of the golden rules in Poker. Dont play with Financial Pressure. Uri`s advice will do more harm than good.

@VictoriaL_64 Congratulations!

Chopped for $46K. At the start of 2025 I decided to focus on lower buy-in events, to "catch up" on skills to play in heavily recreational fields. Stepping down from $10K+ small HR fields to sub-$1K large fields has been invaluable, as well as a lot of fun.