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Originally Posted by Guyra
Whether Myco's argument makes sense or not, this could be the one of the most short sighted and worst counter points I've ever read. Jfs.
His argument for stating that US players deserve more (if worst comes to worse) is predicated on the idea that US players have lost their livelihood. My response was aimed at showing, no, US players have not lost their livelihood, not necessarily.
Professional poker in the US is certainly more difficult now, whether you want to play live and either risk a smaller site or move, or try to make a living in live play. But it's not impossible; saying that US players have had the opportunity to play poker for a living taken away from them is simply not true.
Most people change careers now several times in the life. People lose their jobs for all kinds of reasons; downsizing, the poor economy, their company moves, their skills become obsolete. Does all that suck? Absolutely, no one likes losing their job, and many millions of people, not just poker players, face some of the choices US online professionals face now (find a new job? move to where I might be able to do my old job? transfer my skills into a similar field?), so while the reasons behind US online professionals losing their job may be somewhat unique, their situation is really anything but.
Saying US players deserve more for their bankrolls just because they can't play poker exactly the way they used to before BF is absolutely ridiculous. In my opinion.