Why I don't tell people I play poker.

[baronzeus]

people are really funny about poker with me. i dont tell anyone but a lot of ppl know (cuz theyve seen me play etc).

standard lines:

1) Do you make money?
2) Did you really buy that TV with ONLY your poker winnings?
3) Did you REALLY buy that car with only your poker winnings?
4) Let's play high stakes some time. Like at least $20, maybe even $50 buy in. (usually some hotshot sunglasses kid).
5) Can you teach me?
6) How much did you make today?
7) Will you buy me an engagement ring? (actually had 2 girls ask me that haha)
8) How do you play so many SCREENS at once?!
9) So would you say overall, you are up or down money?
10) What stakes do you play? Oh, I don't know what that means. How much is the buy in?

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People always want to learn how to do it too or the cliche... "Hey man, what if I give you $300 of my money for you to double it, can you do that?"

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LOL, its sick how often I get this.

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Also this one which is just so frustrating:

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me: "i dunno, i think i won $X today or something."

her: "but how much did you lose??"

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[Chump Change]

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All my buddies just assume I'm a degen, but I never talk about winnings; I just tell them about the days I drop a grand and go out for some beers. None of them think I make any money, so they dont want to talk about it. I might run into some of the above problems when I get a new car early next year though since I've been unemployed since April 1. But yeah, I hate talking to ignorant people about it.

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That sucks, they don't sound like 'buddes' at all.

[SNOWBALL]

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Also this one which is just so frustrating:


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me: "i dunno, i think i won $X today or something."

her: "but how much did you lose??"



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Just punch them in the throat

[baronzeus]

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All my buddies just assume I'm a degen, but I never talk about winnings; I just tell them about the days I drop a grand and go out for some beers. None of them think I make any money, so they dont want to talk about it. I might run into some of the above problems when I get a new car early next year though since I've been unemployed since April 1. But yeah, I hate talking to ignorant people about it.

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That sucks, they don't sound like 'buddes' at all.

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yeah, my buddies think im a pretty big baller i think. they see me sitting with like 60K at a table adn they're like OMG 60K!!!!!

[ChipsAhoya]

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to mother, after she kept asking:

me: "i dunno, i think i won $450 today or something."

her: "but how much did you lose??"

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That's funny...that's the exact same line my mom gives me.

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I can halfway understand most of the stupid questions in here because not everyone understands poker/gambling. But my mom says this all the time, and I can't figure out what the [censored] she/they could POSSIBLY be thinking when she/they ask that... Seriously, WTF????

-ChipsAhoya

[Jehaim]

60K is a little over the top Baron.

But hey, you lie against your own flesh and blood, so let's call it even. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[jschaud]

i love talking to the weekend guys at work. i seriously need to start charging $5/ bad beat story. i usually listen and then when they totally botch the hand, i just say,

"so really when the big money went in, you were way behind"
"well, yeah, but he shouldnt have called from there with a worse hand than my aces"
and this always works....
"he probably knew you sucked and would pay him off if he hit his hand" convo usually ends there.

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All my buddies just assume I'm a degen, but I never talk about winnings; I just tell them about the days I drop a grand and go out for some beers. None of them think I make any money, so they dont want to talk about it. I might run into some of the above problems when I get a new car early next year though since I've been unemployed since April 1. But yeah, I hate talking to ignorant people about it.

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That sucks, they don't sound like 'buddes' at all.

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yeah, my buddies think im a pretty big baller i think. they see me sitting with like 60K at a table adn they're like OMG 60K!!!!!

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Baron, you are a big baller.

[baronzeus]

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60K is a little over the top Baron.

But hey, you lie against your own flesh and blood, so let's call it even. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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whaaa ive had 60K at a table on a lot of occasions....40-50K regularly (60K yesterday actually)