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#391
06-24-2007, 01:49 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
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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#392
06-24-2007, 02:02 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
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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. [/ QUOTE ] thats what I do and everyone seems to understand... my guess is most people suck at explaining and try to getinto metagame or soemthing
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#393
06-24-2007, 02:10 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
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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?" [/ QUOTE ] Hahahahahahaha. This is great. [ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] This is a very good analogy that I'll try to keep in mind next time anybody gives me [censored].
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#394
06-24-2007, 02:55 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
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!
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#396
06-24-2007, 03:30 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
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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. [/ QUOTE ] It's okay, this is a safe place... You can be honest here...
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#397
06-24-2007, 04:06 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
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A few entertaining ignorance is bliss tales... 1. 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." [/ QUOTE ] this is like a standard conversation about poker here. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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#398
06-24-2007, 04:48 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
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.
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#399
08-19-2007, 03:27 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
in any conversation after hearing you play poker.
"hey look at me, am i bluffing?" ...
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#400
08-19-2007, 03:52 PM
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Re: Why I don\'t tell people I play poker.
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
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