What do you say when asked what you do for a living?
 

I have been playing poker full time for the past 8 months and when people asked what I am doing at the moment I feel akward saying I play poker online for a living right now. Is there a better term I could use? I also plan to play part-time now and get myself a job, so its probably gonna be the same issue when an employer asks me the question. I usually say I am an investor but when people ask me what is it that I invest in, I usually hate saying I invest in cards. For some reason I dont feel confortable saying I am or have been playing poker for a living. Daytrader? Investor? Gambler? Is there a better or more specific term that I could use?

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Professional Poker Player

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With a little smirk on my face. Because I know they'll open their eyes big and be like wtf once I pronounce those words.

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male prostitute.


I get less stupid questions.

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i am not pro poker player, but I do have a trust fund and get the question on a seemingly daily basis... It depends on who asks. If it is some judgement rich prick then I say im an investor (do you own a house? Say you are a real estate investor then, lol), if it is a normal person who i know will not give a crap, i just say "i am in between things right now (inferring that i am a lazy pos), and laugh at myself."

These both seem to work fine

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i play cards

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you play the money market online

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"computer stuff"

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Professional Poker Player

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With a little smirk on my face. Because I know they'll open their eyes big and be like wtf once I pronounce those words.

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You invest in flops

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professional athlete

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Equity Analyst.

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balla

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working with retards

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donkey lover

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professional athlete

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lmao... I'm going with this one from now on.

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working with retards

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God, I love that one!

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fisherman

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I usually play it straight up.

I always love it when people making min wage judge me for it too. Lol.

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working with retards

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LOL! Gold!

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I work at McDonalds, so I just say "mostly drive-thru with some register stuff"

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I am 18 years old. I live with my parents and I play .05/.10 holdem so that makes me a professional poker player. And I have a BLOG!

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i play cards

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Equity Analyst.

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haha have used that exact one a few times before

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i like i play with the pros.. you know, the commercials
then they proceed to take out $50 bills and ask me to turn it into $500 for them

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conductor and chief engineer of the valuetown express

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conductor and chief engineer of the valuetown express

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B+/A-

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I operate the bustoville express.

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i like i play with the pros.. you know, the commercials
then they proceed to take out $50 bills and ask me to turn it into $500 for them

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I love it when I get this.

"so if I give you 500 can you turn it into 2k for me?"

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equity analyst ftw.

i usually go with investor, daytrader etc.

most people are too stupid to know anything about those jobs and don't tend to ask questions. it also helps that i look a lot older than 21 so it's a lot more believable.

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actuary - normal people will look at you with a blank expression of complete confusion and will not ask any more questions. sharp people will have a vague idea of what it is and not ask any more questions.

however, to avoid implying life-nittiness, equity analyst/investor/day trader is probably the best response.

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Equity Analyst.

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i like this. maybe with 'financial' prefix

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'I gamble.'

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I have business cards that give my name, website, phone number, etc..in the area where you'd normally expect to see occupation it says, "Poker Player/Situational Analyst". [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

In a larger sense, I've almost never had anything like a real job..I've always been in "situations" of one kind or another: Various types of stock market/trader/stockbroker situations, computer consulting, etc.

These days, when someone asks me what I do, in one of those social situations where the answer is kind of irrelevant, I just mumble something about trading/investing, or "computer stuff", or similar--which is still kinda true--I make a lot more money from my investments than I do from poker (although I am a long-term winner at both).

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can you lose money for a living?

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can you lose money for a living?

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that sounds like me

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i play cards

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poker coach works so much better than telling someone you re a poker player. for some reason it implies some sort of stability that people obv dont feel you have when you say you re a player. i dont actually coach people on anything other than a casual basis but im not above lying to idiots.

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I usually play it straight unless I am:
a. Trying to avoid stupid questions
b. Trying to get laid

And LOL, I have used Equity Analyst as well.

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Risk management.