THE RED PILL INTERVIEW

Franny: I guess to comment on the Redpill, I first have to give a little background on myself. I play online poker as a hobby. Nothing serious, I just enjoy it. Well the best way to learn anything is through internet groups and forums. I found myself lurking on poker forums for hours on end. I was spending more time on forums than actually playing poker. I never participate in the discussions…just lurk.
Well, The Redpill was a controversial character on every popular poker forum. He was often banned for flying off the handle, and mistreating other members. I started reading his blog a little over a year ago. His humility is priceless. His writing skills, in my opinion, are very good. Whether he is writing about living in his brother's “crummy” house, or getting robbed while delivering pizzas, he usually has something interesting to say. His views are skewed, but he is pretty passionate about them, which holds some merit. Lately, the Pill’s Blog is lacking something, but it is still one of the first things I check in the morning. His blog was a huge hit, his forum was a huge hit, though short lived. Quite a few people will probably disagree with me, but in my opinion, this blog is one of the must reads on the internet. Now unleash all of the HEAD>>>>>OVEN comments on me. Good luck trading Pill!
- Franny

THE RED PILL INTERVIEW

TDK: What was your best rake in:
a) A Day?
Redpill: I think $400. Playing some headsup NL matches on Pokerroom. It's been so long. Hard to remember.
b) A Week?
Redpill: $950. It was the week where I made $400 in one day I believe then I had a good next few days to finish the week.
c) A Month?
Redpill: I never really kept track but the first month I started, I did well since I was putting in so many hours. I wasn't very good at keeping records. I did write down my withdrawals and deposits involving Neteller, though.

TDK: What were your worst losses in:
a) A Day?
Redpill: I lost $1000 in one day playing NL heads up matches. LOL. I think it was the week or month after winning $1000. It should be in my blog I think. In blackjack, I lost $2500 in about 30 minutes time back in my card counting days.
b) A Week?
Redpill: $1000 since after the $1000 loss, I pretty much stopped playing after that. I take losses pretty hard.
c) A Month?
Redpill: Same as above.

TDK: What made you say the Hell with Poker?
Redpill: I think I just really hate the game. It's something about competing directly against other people that really makes me angry. Also, I just couldn't figure out the proper way to play certain hands. I would win some money and then stop playing immediately. I think the appropriate thing to do is to keep playing when you are winning but after I would win a little, I would get so scared to lose it back that I would stop. After about 6 months of playing and having even less bankroll than in the beginning, I just finally wanted to move on. I could see that I wasn't going anywhere.

TDK: Why stock trading?
Redpill: I never thought I'd get into it but someone was sending me these spame-mailers but they had strange titles on them like "Jill just broke her back" or something strange like that and I would open them to see what it was and it turned out to be recommendations on what stocks to buy. I like mysteries so this tugged at that part of my brain. If they would have made the title, "YOU'RE A WINNER!!! $5000 FOR SIGNING UP!!!". I would have completely ignored it. Upon investigation, I found out that it was scam but I ended up finding out that I could possibly really get into trading and do something there. Of course, if I'm not any richer in a few months, you'll find out that I'm probably flipping burgers now.

TDK: Did you research this a lot or just dive into it?
Redpill: Dive in.

TDK: Name something that you have in common with most of the world?You know, what can label you as normal.
Redpill: My parents are divorced as are many other people's. Actually, that's about it. I've lived a very strange life that some aren't completely aware of and that I don't talk about. There came a time in my life when I had to reject the bullshit of the world and live the way I wanted to live. It was actually very necessary to my survival. Some won't be able to understand that, and your imagination may not even be able to figure out how I could say that but it's true.


TDK: What makes you different from the rest of the world?
Yeah, what would make people say, Freak.
Redpill: I think I've either figured out some things that others haven't through circumstances in my life OR

TDK: Name your favorite 3 conspiracies
Redpill: 9/11 conspiracy. This is a recent thing for me. I used to have apoker forum and someone wrote about the 9/11 conspiracy. At the time, I gave no thought about it at all. I thought it was nuts. Then after that, a month or two later, I watched a couple youtube.com vids on the subject. I called my mom up and talked to her about it and told her what they were saying. She told me that it was a bunch of nonsense and they can say anything they want on there. I left it at that and thought that my mom was probably right. Well, a few weeks later, something said to go back and watch some more videos and read more info on the subject so I did. Then something happened to me one morning after a full weekend of watching 9/11 conspiracy videos and reading conspiracy websites. I felt like I had a revelation of some type. I stood up out of my chair and stared at the TV and cupped my hand over my mouth in absolute horror. I think I finally understood what was really happening. I think understood why all my life, I had internally wrestled with the idea that something just wasn't right about our country and about the world we live in. It just didn't make sense that I was born into some strange world where 40 hour work weeks were the norm. What the hell is that? That's not God. And it was certainly against whoever created me. Seems to me that all these investions are things to keep us blinded from the truth. The invention of the automobile was not good for mankind. It is keeping us apart from each other. My other two conspiracies I guess are also related to the Big Brother government that we live in. What happened to Nicolas Berg? Also, look up information on Oklahoma City Bombing. I'm not saying there is or isn't a cover up but it could be. I used to watch Unsolved Mysteries and I guess these things appeal to that part of me as well.

TDK: Are you religious?
Redpill: After knowing what I think I know, I think religion is actually something created by the machine to make us believe that we are living right and good when in reality, we are actually supporting the machine. I don't believe the Bible is all there. I think some parts are missing and I think some parts might have actually been re-written. Whether I'm right or not, I think Jesus would want me to question things. Only ones who doesn't like information and knowledge is the evil ones. I'm talking real information, not the crap that is fed to you in your schools and on TV. I think it's funny how we kill off the Indians and take their land and we call it "Manifest Destiny" but if that happened in the Middle East, it's called "genocide".

TDK: Do you think religion is a conspiracy?
Redpill: see above comment

TDK: Well I mean it could be, science is proving evolution every day.
TDK: I read an article today that said they are closer to solving the evolution of earth with each new discovery.
Redpill: What???

TDK: Do you think just maybe like the old saying that; If you say it, hear or see it enough that you’ll believe it. What about this theory? The bible could have been written by Stephen King’s ancestor, obviously Stephen was not around when it was written.
Redpill: What?

TDK: I have a couple of Blogs, mostly for my own entertainment. This is my first one http://thedollarkidd.blogspot.com/ A million Ideas, a Dollar a Piece. Maybe you have checked it out, maybe not. Anyway, I wrote a post on there about Red Pill Gear. What the hell most athletes make more off endorsements than the sport.
TDK: Would you try something like that?
Redpill: Sure but as far as getting filthy filthy rich off something, I think there would come a point that I would start giving some people some money, too. I wouldn't just accumulate like Bill Gates. I think once I became a millionaire, the next amount of money after, I would start looking for people to give it to. I would look for poor people, to give money to. I wouldn't give it to charity since they seem to be apart of the machine. I'd bypass the middle man, and hand it right to them.

TDK: What types of things would you want for merchandise?
Redpill: lol. You are getting serious with this thing. Maybe T-shirts. Idon't know, man. I like taking money from people who have a lot of it. I'd hate for someone to spend their last few bucks on redpill merchandise. I'm just saying.

TDK: Any catchy slogan you would use?
Redpill: "I'm anti-slogan".

TDK: If you could choose any profession in the world and instantly assume the talent or skills required to be successful. What would you want to be or do professionally?
Redpill: I'd be President of the United States. Once I became president, Ithink I'd change a lot of things. I think everything would have to be re-done. Just tear everything down and start brand new with new people in there and with checks and balances so that what is happening now could not ever happen again. In my way of thinking, though, being a professional that makes a lot of money and being a poor person that has nothing, is the same thing. You know, I don't really want to be anything anymore because this world makes me sick.

TDK: What do you think about Mark Cuban? http://sharesleuth.com/ He is going to influence stocks by his investigations and reports.
Redpill: I have no idea.

TDK: You made a comment do not vote republican or democrat in the upcoming 2008 presidential election. Are you suggesting Red Pill for President?
Redpill: No.

TDK: Outside of occasional poker games, will you get back in hard and heavy?Some comments say, play poker and show ‘em how it’s done “Pill Style”
Redpill: Whether I do or not, it's the same thing. Success and failure are one and the same.

TDK: Women. What is the Red Pill’s ideal woman?
Redpill: Someone who is very much seeking to be like Christ. Someone who loves good and hates all forms of evil.
TDK: If you could pull of one crime, one time, with absolutely no chance of getting caught. What would it be and why?
Redpill: Next question.

Franny: Who do you admire in the poker world, who is your favorite professional?
Redpill: Probably Barry Greenstein since he gives to charity at least. I like Phil Hellmuth, too.

Franny: Why, in the past, did you have so much animosity toward Daniel Negreanu?
Franny: Why so much animosity in general?
Redpill: They banned me from their Poker forum for no reason. They never told me why. Daniel Negreanu has his head so far up in the clouds that I doubt he's ever coming back down. He supposedly runs his poker forum without actually running it. That's pretty funny. He has no idea what is happening in his own forum. I don't even post there anymore or on any poker forums anymore because that part is over for me.

TDK: What is the deal with hating your dad?
Redpill: If you are mean to me, I won't like you. It's that simple. My dad was mean to me almost everyday. It was like living with Adolf Hitler.

TDK: Plans for the future? Poker, Stocks, Merchandise, What does the Pill have planned?
Redpill: I have something in the works now that I'm excited about. Like I said, though, if I make too much money, I'll start giving it away. Right now, I don't have any money. I'm in the red actually.

Thanks Pill for taking the time to do this, so far exclusive, interview.

Controversy, poker, conspiracy or whatever. We both say link it, not for the quality or quantinty, but for a view that most do not bring to the forefront. This is a mad site, that keeps you on the edge of your seat. That is as long as your not afraid to hear someone's opinion because the Pill definately has one of those.

TDK