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Originally Posted by Masq
Because poker's traditionally been shady and a game played by criminals/outlaws, not socially awkward pasty kids sitting in front of computer screens. The general rule's always been to not ask questions where the money came from.
GREAT POINT!!!
These kinds of people(EDOG, LEDERER, FERGUSON, etc) were always associated with poker and the gambling lifestyle. Once it became mainstream thanks to Moneymaker, hole cards cameras and ESPN - we put these guys on a "normal" everyday level. The fact is, they were all still the same people borrowing money left and right, gambling their whole bankroll away over and over again, etc.
Bottom line is that the whole poker gambling lifestyle has always had many more degens then respectable people and it always will. From T.J Cloutier asking everyone he lays his eyes on for $300 all the way to Lederer and Ferguson.
I'm sure at many points over the past few years, E-DOG was asking himself how he ever got to be a "famous poker pro" earning $250,000 a month for doing nothing. Well, he had his highs - now he's going to have a lot more lows.