![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/141837/small_1621419078-avatar-athenaproperty.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
24 November 2014 | 3 replies
It is more of a developer/commercial (3D) version that is great.I usually compare REI to playing Poker.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/244400/small_1621435811-avatar-loganallec.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
22 December 2014 | 126 replies
When I was in my mid-20s I played poker for a living and was fortunate to do pretty well for myself.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/249022/small_1621436125-avatar-nokemon.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
29 December 2014 | 12 replies
I had poker chips printed to use as business cards.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/51583/small_1621411531-avatar-jeff1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
8 May 2012 | 27 replies
I have poker buddies who I'll happily hand $30K in cash to sit down in a poker game without so much as a handshake (and not think twice about it).
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/104509/small_1621417235-avatar-jerryreal.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
15 August 2012 | 64 replies
Well I did have the carpets cleaned after we had a poker party in it, but that was it.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/151314/small_1694562589-avatar-wealthbuilderky.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
17 March 2015 | 63 replies
I can go to a poker game and make that in one hand.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/211834/small_1621433545-avatar-cpto116.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
19 August 2014 | 6 replies
Real Estate investing is a lot like playing poker...and no because R.E.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/222922/small_1621434319-avatar-chaddwoo.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
13 August 2014 | 2 replies
If the numbers tell you it's a bad deal, much like a bad hand in poker, you fold in poker, and you fold in REI.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/223672/small_1621434374-avatar-obxbill.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
19 August 2014 | 15 replies
There's a one in about 40,000 chance that one hand of video poker will result in a royal flush.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/232487/small_1621434980-avatar-fredcanfly.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
23 October 2014 | 14 replies
It's hard to imagine him saying that price with a straight face, but this guy's been playing poker longer than I've been alive, so he's got a little bit on me (a lot, actually).I don't know about the rest of the board, but if I'm going to put effort into doing the due diligence and putting together the deal, I want to see some cashflow.