[dustyn]

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I just think you're wrong that "most people," especially professional managers, put poker players in the same category as prostitutes and drug dealers.

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You live in a universe of poker players, which is much smaller than it appears. Perhaps it doesn't have quite the same stigma as drug dealer or prostitute, so imagine putting "pool hustler" on your resume. The majority of people (outside the poker universe) would equate these similarly and yes, there is a significant number that do rank gamblers with drug dealers and prostitutes.

If you think lying is bad advice, then leave it blank, like one of the posters here (who actually HAS been in the drivers seat), has suggested.

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Leaving it blank IS lying. They will ask you about it on an interview. If they do a background check (and use a service like Kroll that really digs into things like credit history, etc.) you may get found out anyway, especially if you make something up that looks inconsistent with other stuff a service like that digs up. It's a bad idea.

EDIT: Services such as this can dig up information like media exposure, so if he published articles about poker, they can dig them up. You greatly underestimate the stuff background check companies can and will come up with.