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Originally Posted by RKi v2
I had an interesting conversation with a BBH from Birmingham in a pub a few months ago about the whole poker morality thing. He raised an interesting point i had never considered. He said that we're technically entrepreneurs.
We create wealth essentially by taking cash from whales. Which we then redistribute into local economies.
i used to buy into the poker player as entrepreneur kool aid, but its pretty ****ing dumb, even if you include steaking or coaching. entrepreneurship implies innovation and creating wealth
to me an online grinder is = a cashier. a job that could be done by a bot, but the customers wouldn't like that.
something i've thought about a few times: which kind of poker offers the least amount of ethical dilemnas? 24 tabling SSFR and never being up more than like 1k on a single person, antonio esfandiari professional best friend taking huge sums from people who can lose it, or tourney grinder who doesn't directly take money, but probably has more total exposure than a cash pro