Why I don't tell people I play poker.

[PostBlindUTG]

This is my default answer to where the money comes from:

When u flip a coin u have a 50/50 chance to win/lose.
If u play for $1/flip and you flip about 100 times you'll be close to +/- 0.

All i do is searching for people who pay me $2 when i win the flip but only want $1 if they win.

9/10 people understand it.


bad-beat-story-tellers are the most annoying persons ever...


but the best of all are the 50/50 guys...

"wtf y did u call me?
i had flush draw.
u know u were a 4-1 dog?
lol i had 50/50... either flush comes in or not..."

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[Supwithbates]

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This is my default answer to where the money comes from:

When u flip a coin u have a 50/50 chance to win/lose.
If u play for $1/flip and you flip about 100 times you'll be close to +/- 0.

All i do is searching for people who pay me $2 when i win the flip but only want $1 if they win.

9/10 people understand it.


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thats what I do and everyone seems to understand... my guess is most people suck at explaining and try to getinto metagame or soemthing

[DMoogle]

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I play full time, and also am very involved in church.

Most amazing question ever:

"So do you struggle with porn too?"

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Hahahahahahaha. This is great.
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This is my default answer to where the money comes from:

When u flip a coin u have a 50/50 chance to win/lose.
If u play for $1/flip and you flip about 100 times you'll be close to +/- 0.

All i do is searching for people who pay me $2 when i win the flip but only want $1 if they win.

9/10 people understand it.

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This is a very good analogy that I'll try to keep in mind next time anybody gives me [censored].

[SinkRox]

Great thread!

Last night I go downstairs at 6am having stayed up grinding and speak to mashed friends or friends in our living room.

them: "so you play poker?"
me (getting straight to the point) "yeah im addicted, but I manage to make a bit of money off it"
them "who do you play against?"
me "just randomes online"
them "what? REAL people!? how much do you make? 'bout 100 a week!?"
me (smiling inside at making alot more than 100 p/w) "I could win or loose alot in a week."

I will only tell family and friends what stakes I play and what my roll is on. No point telling randoms (unless they be hot chick)

I cannot belive the "give you $300 to double" one, I've never had that!

[HY77]

People always say I'm addicted to gambling. I try to explain how it's not based only on luck but they just don't get it.

[bigbb33]

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People always say I'm addicted to gambling. I try to explain how it's not based only on luck but they just don't get it.

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It's okay, this is a safe place... You can be honest here...

[deflY]

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A few entertaining ignorance is bliss tales...

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When I told my sisters I play poker (not for a living just low stakes online and B&M occasionally for fun and extra $$$)

"How much have you won?"
"Oh probably about 5K (at the time)"
"You better stop before you lose it."
"I've built that up from nothing, I won't lose it all, I play low stakes against bad players and win it a little at a time."
"How much is the most you've lost in one night??"

(insert me trying to explain variance, statistics, etc.)

"You better stop before you lose it all."


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this is like a standard conversation about poker here. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[the_dal_kid]

You gotta love the "Why aren't you on TV?" Question along with the whole "doesn't the house win in the end?" question.

I also love explaining to people the difference between cash games and donkaments and why I play cash games. It's also really annoying when you're with some friends at a home game and their friends know what you do and are amazed that you don't pwn them on every hand and because of this you "aren't even that good!"... right.

[gameoverjc]

in any conversation after hearing you play poker.

"hey look at me, am i bluffing?"

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[Dan87]

couple nights ago i went to the casino with some friends. They asked me how much I win/lose at poker and I said on a bad day I might drop 500$ (2.5 buyins), on the best day I might win that or more. They looked at me like I was a total degen, I should never have mentioned I could lose $500 in a session which is completely standard at live 1/2