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Didn't read entire thread but to me its very clear that we add to society ill try to explain.

Poker pro's are like pro atletes some people look up to you and wanna be like you so you create a dream for people to persuit or to invision themself as even if they will never become like you.Like whats the use of prof chess players? People can play chess without them. Like Magic the gathering for me it was so much more fun and took it more serious just because there is a pro system and people actually live from it and there is a "goal" to reach. This is exactly the same, you add to the value of the phenomenon of poker. Poker is so much more fun greatly BECAUSE there are people actually living from it even if you are a fish who will never win at it, it adds greatly to it.

So in short poker is a form of entertainment poker pro's add to what is poker so we add to a form of entertainment. Thats or contribution to society we are part of a hobby, type of entertainment. If we dont contribute to society neither does a pro atlete or an actor or any idol ppl look up to wanna be like.