I figured I'd tell the one story where someone got a positive, reasoned response.
We had some banker look at our financial situation because my wife and I are looking at buying a house. He wanted to know the nature of various large cash deposits/withdrawals. I had the following conversation with him:
Bank person: "So what's the nature of these large cash deposits/withdrawals?"
Me: "Well, I play poker and I don't like to carry more than a few thousand in cash, so I deposit the rest and then I use the ATM to take out what I need if my cash reserves dip."
BP: "You play poker?"
Me, expecting the worst: "Yes..."
BP: "That sounds volatile."
Me: "It can be, but you'll see that I'm coming out quite a bit ahead with these cash transactions."
BP: "Yeah, I noticed that. So it's volatile, but profitable in the long run?"
Me: "Yes."
BP: "So it's like a high-risk, high-reward stock that is very swingy in the short run, but will generally yield good returns in the long-run?"
Me: "....YES"
BP: "Glad to see that you're able to make money doing this, then. I'd make sure about having enough cash on hand to deal with the swings, but you look fine on that front, and you've probably worked all that out anyway."
Me: "I want to marry you. And I'm not even gay."
(Okay, that last one I made up. But that's what I was thinking...)
This has never happened to me IRL. This bank person is awesome!
This has never happened to me IRL. This bank person is awesome!
Yeah, we talked quite a bit. He used to do some high-risk stock trading (before the Lehman collapse in 2008) and said that his job was basically identifying stock trends with high standard deviations, identifying which ones were +EV (basically undervalued because people didn't understand that it was +EV due to its volatility), then getting enough iterations of those types of trades that the variance evened out in the long run. That's not exactly how he phrased it, but that's what was going on.
And it turns out bankroll management is just as important when it comes to high-risk trading. =-) We had so much in common.
This has never happened to me IRL. This bank person is awesome!
I have a great banker also. I was asking him about not being able to use my debit card to play poker on Americas Cardroom. I said that it was a poker site, he asked one or two questions about my poker playing, and he said, "I umderstand how it works. My dad makes money playing online."
He told me that it had nothing to do with poker, because a lot of debit cards (including the one isssued by my local bank) don't work for international transactions.
Damn theres some cool stuff in this thread. I can relate to tons of it. I usually just say I'm unemployed so that they have no reason to ask what I do.
One day I came into my house to see my uncle. He has a degree in Mathematics and teaches it at tertiary level. Always thought he was pretty clever.
Anyway he started talking to me in a really authoritative tone as if I knew nothing. I tried to answer and explain stuff thinking he would be pretty understanding. How wrong I was! Throughout the course of the argument I got asked/told:
•I will be in debt and to make sure accounts are in my name because if they are in my mums name debt collectors will seize her stuff
•I am addicted to gambling
•I know very little about the world
•Poker is pure gambling/doesn't involve math and you can't win in the long run
•Took no notice of any evidence I provided and said that if you have 'street smarts', you don't need evidence
He also thought I was being dishonest about a lot of stuff, and said "If something takes longer than 30 seconds to explain, it's usually bull****"
I don't know if he was pissed that I can make money in this way or if he is just really stupid. Either way, I lost all respect for him and his intelligence that day. These days I don't bother explaining poker to anyone unless they are genuinely interested and open minded about it.
Last edited by V-Delaney; 06-03-2012 at 05:39 AM.
Reason: Oh, he's religious too, go figure!
I met my wife back when I was playing online/live in 2010. Since it was the beginning of the relationship I feel she was probably a little concerned, but she observed from a distance without getting too involved. - She took notice that I was a good player, and never touched any other games (BJ, slots, Roulette, etc) at the casinos.
We're married now, and only play to supplement our income. I only play live at the local card rooms as it currently stands, but she pretty much just asks "so was it a good night?" - Yes means I made money, No means I didn't. Not much else is said. She supports me and knows I'm a good player.
She told me she'd support me playing for a living, but at this point in our life I don't feel it would be a good decision. As of right now I'm happy to use it as supplemental income and just work my way up in stakes.
It's amazing when you have someone by your side who you know supports you even during swings. I could come home and tell her I was down two buy-ins (she knows the limits I play) and she'd probably just say "Bummer, you'll get 'em next time, baby."
I actually think she'd be a great player herself, but she just never took interest.
I met my wife back when I was playing online/live in 2010. Since it was the beginning of the relationship I feel she was probably a little concerned, but she observed from a distance without getting too involved. - She took notice that I was a good player, and never touched any other games (BJ, slots, Roulette, etc) at the casinos.
We're married now, and only play to supplement our income. I only play live at the local card rooms as it currently stands, but she pretty much just asks "so was it a good night?" - Yes means I made money, No means I didn't. Not much else is said. She supports me and knows I'm a good player.
She told me she'd support me playing for a living, but at this point in our life I don't feel it would be a good decision. As of right now I'm happy to use it as supplemental income and just work my way up in stakes.
It's amazing when you have someone by your side who you know supports you even during swings. I could come home and tell her I was down two buy-ins (she knows the limits I play) and she'd probably just say "Bummer, you'll get 'em next time, baby."
I actually think she'd be a great player herself, but she just never took interest.
It's really awesome that you were able to find somebody who is that open-minded. Having a partner who is that supportive of you playing poker as an avocation will help give your relationship in other ways, and hopefully provide years of longevity to your marriage!
Damn theres some cool stuff in this thread. I can relate to tons of it. I usually just say I'm unemployed so that they have no reason to ask what I do.
One day I came into my house to see my uncle. He has a degree in Mathematics and teaches it at tertiary level. Always thought he was pretty clever.
Anyway he started talking to me in a really authoritative tone as if I knew nothing. I tried to answer and explain stuff thinking he would be pretty understanding. How wrong I was! Throughout the course of the argument I got asked/told:
•I will be in debt and to make sure accounts are in my name because if they are in my mums name debt collectors will seize her stuff
•I am addicted to gambling
•I know very little about the world
•Poker is pure gambling/doesn't involve math and you can't win in the long run
•Took no notice of any evidence I provided and said that if you have 'street smarts', you don't need evidence
He also thought I was being dishonest about a lot of stuff, and said "If something takes longer than 30 seconds to explain, it's usually bull****"
I don't know if he was pissed that I can make money in this way or if he is just really stupid. Either way, I lost all respect for him and his intelligence that day. These days I don't bother explaining poker to anyone unless they are genuinely interested and open minded about it.
Had this as well. Aunt walks in as I am playing a few tables of 10NL. And starts freaking out, mind you I have been living on my own for 2 years AND taking care of a 12 year old brother who lives with me. And she start praying to the gods for me, asked my whole family and neighbourhood to pray for me because the devil has got his hands on me. I was going to lose all my money and everything I had and me and my brother would roam the streets for food.
Reason why Ivey is the best poker player and why poker is luck
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Originally Posted by Some Yahoo Answers Poster
wow what abunch of losers! well why is ivey the best poker player? cos he flops jacks full vs antonius who flops trip aces.... that means iveys the best does it hmm ok... if it was reversed it would be antonius dick ur all sat on would it ? but why is it the way it is? LUCK!!!! ****in retards.
I met my wife back when I was playing online/live in 2010. Since it was the beginning of the relationship I feel she was probably a little concerned, but she observed from a distance without getting too involved. - She took notice that I was a good player, and never touched any other games (BJ, slots, Roulette, etc) at the casinos.
We're married now, and only play to supplement our income. I only play live at the local card rooms as it currently stands, but she pretty much just asks "so was it a good night?" - Yes means I made money, No means I didn't. Not much else is said. She supports me and knows I'm a good player.
She told me she'd support me playing for a living, but at this point in our life I don't feel it would be a good decision. As of right now I'm happy to use it as supplemental income and just work my way up in stakes.
It's amazing when you have someone by your side who you know supports you even during swings. I could come home and tell her I was down two buy-ins (she knows the limits I play) and she'd probably just say "Bummer, you'll get 'em next time, baby."
I actually think she'd be a great player herself, but she just never took interest.
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My wife is cool with me playing poker too.
She just says , it would be nice if you won some money for a change
i think she would be a far better player then me but she prefers to spend her time with real people . She mad .
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