[mce86]

FINAL ANSWER!
pro poker does not contrinute anything to society. it simply supports you financially. there are other jobs like that.....sort of like the entertainment and sport industry. But, you do still copntribute by paying taxes and ideally raising your children to be prodctive citizens. Ya, it sucks that poker has no status as a contributor...but neither does winning the lotto!! would anyone turn that down..no. Im a teacher, and I think poker playing could get me twice the money...but i dont want to give it up...i guess because alot of us at the end of the day want to look back and say you made the world better....well, you can, just not because of poker, but what you do because of the money you have from poker.