Why I don't tell people I play poker.

[Pog0]

I'm at a birthday shindig, all the girls go off to the bathroom and I'm talking to some guy. He's talking about work (he picks up garbage off the streets... no joke) and then when the girls get back, one of them listening in is like, "hey, do you know what he (me) does for a living? He plays poker on the internet."

him: "oh, really?"
me: "yeah"

For the next ten minutes, I'm stuck listening to how he won $40 at a home game once and that he prefers pocket twos to pocket aces.

What negative experiences have you guys had when someone found out you play poker for a living and/or on the internet?

[Bob Sacamano]

Cliff's notes.

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I play poker.

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I'm at a birthday shindig, all the girls go off to the bathroom and I'm talking to some guy.

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[kidcash]

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?"

[tom10167]

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"Hey man, what if I give you $300 of my money for you to double it, can you do that?"

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Haha, I've gotten that and I always say the same thing. "Sure, $5,000 sounds reasonable."
Some people don't understand that I might actually have fifty dollars?

I don't really like to bring up poker around anyone who I feel I might have to discuss it with, and the second I bring up the word "online" forget it.

[keikiwai]

It's hopeless to talk w/ anyone about it, except people who play. I've tried and now I know better.

[tom10167]

Which people that play? There are like 3 people at work who I can stand to talk to about poker, and the other 99% I just want to throw gravy at.

[hasugopher]

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It's hopeless to talk w/ anyone about it, except people who play. I've tried and now I know better.

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[PartySNGer]

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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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Good God I can't tell you how many times I hear that phrase and every time I do I die a little inside.

[kidcolin]

i just say, "sure", take the $300, and go busto at a blackjack table.

[Autocratic]

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i just say, "sure", take the $300, pocket it, and tell them I lost it

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