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Originally Posted by bef99hwk
Noticed this in your blog as well, and here, why are you so against telling people who your friends are or having a pic of you online other than PS avatar? Every dude poker player has some dumb random pic of him at least somewhere, on fb or on forums. Is this because you are scared of stalkers? Think you're ugly? Not real?
Edit: And why are you pstars team online but not going to play live events (I know you said you are busy), but are there no requirements on what you play live? On events they put you in, do they count it as makeup? Only asking because I read somewhere it's like staking.
Who my friends are is their choice to be public with as well. Since I do choose to be more private I leave it up to people to voice if they are my friend or not since it can cause some controversy when they say they know me (on any level). It escalates to questions about me, how do they know I am really a girl, have they met me, etc. And in some cases people have become outright rude or tenaciously argumentative with people about me. Therefore me not wanting to display those names is both personal and a form of respect on my part. Furthermore, I dont see how me listing out my friends benefits anyone. These reasons also apply towards people that know me in person. I am grateful to them for respecting my privacy.
I have always been private about pictures of myself, I preferred the anonymity. When I first started playing poker I was in a serious relationship, so to me it would have been disrespectful to go put pictures of myself everywhere for random people, especially when he played poker as well. Also, there was no need for people to know what I looked like aside from their personal curiosity. No, I didnt care about peoples opinions in regards to my looks, again it was a matter or privacy.
I plan on playing live events at some point, when that will be I have no idea. I am not able to discuss the conditions of me being PokerStars online pro, I am sure you understand.