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Lol sick burn, you’ll never be one of the best of the decade with amateur zingers like that

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And you didn’t need to do that. You just wanted to.

I swear there was a time a couple of years back or more when you contributed positively to this forum, but I've got a lot of years here seeing a lot of accounts, so perhaps I'm mistaken. Regardless, your posting here is just getting more and more ridiculous. Any chance you could dial back the trolling a notch or two? Or maybe ten?

Umm but I am correct, you actually believe this guy really had to divulge the fact that he considers himself to be a semi professional poker player, really?

No one gives a **** that you're correct about an extremely obvious point, it's that you felt the need to score some point by addressing that particular part of his post, and then continue the derail with a couple more posts saying basically the same thing. But I'm sure you knew that already, so I'll stop feeding the troll now.

Lol it should especially since this 100% correct view (in your concession) was met by a personal insult from a white knight.

But I get it why I’m called a troll, I’m just way smarter and more effective in my communication than the average Joe that comes after me. They have nothing (did you see that great meatloaf from your mommy zinger lobbed at me?) and just cry troll. But we all know what’s up.

Damn dude, run that bad did ya over the summer? We all feel that way after a brutal Summer of coolers. You’ll be back next year, time heals all suckouts lol.

But you called it “income” meaning it’s a profitable side gig that’s brag-worthy. More power to you. A degen wannabe poker pro probably wouldn’t have mentioned their poker “income” even if they got lucky and hit a jackpot that year to be profitable…

Thank you, I hope the clearance folks see it the same way and don’t lump me into the same degens bucket. Worst case scenario I retire from law and just play poker.

I did take a couple beats but I took 18th in a tournament so had a decent score. Honestly, it was more of the feeling I get, or don’t get anymore. It doesn’t excite me like it used to. Nobody seems to have fun anymore. It just seems like a hostile and/or toxic environment now that I don’t want to be around. I guess I’ve outgrown it or something.

Although poker players tend to be widely misunderstood, it's tough to blame the perception when it's loudest community member still unironically say things like "elon musk is a genius", or props up morons like Dan Blizarian, Erik Persson, or a bunch of other wannabe macho douches because "banter".

A big part of the community is somehow a more insufferable version of tech-bros.

So, some narcissistic, histrionic person from Hollywood, who rarely has insight into their own actions, is casting dispersions towards another profession. I see. Am I the only one rolling my eyes...

Yeah, Joan was a great comedian, loved her on Hollywood Squares, but I do not view her as an meaningful arbiter of morality.

I think part of the problem is that poker is honestly not that interesting for the amount of time that some people spend at it, and I think the public can sense that. Cardrooms are rarely lively places full of fun, exciting action, they’re usually filled with the same recreational regulars all the time who don’t give each other action or even give action generally, and it’s unclear why they’re there because they’re all so obviously bored out of their goddamn minds

LOL. Wait......an overpaid court jester (all entertainers are severely overpaid including athletes), who made her living in Hollywood (not really a secret what kind of cutthroat scummy business goes on in Hollywood).....called out money made in poker as "blood money?"


Hello pot, have you met the kettle?

in the end it comes down to two things, being able to take zingers and being able to hand out zingers. not many people master both but if you want to be up there with the best you got to put in the work on all sides of the field.

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Please don't feed the animals Ace
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Fantastic, great catch lol!

You know the old saying. Do as I say, not.......

This is all true, but you're referencing the 'gambling addict' aspect of poker, which is indeed depressing and sad.
Winning/talented recreational players have a very different experience.

Your hot take here is noticing that poker- and particularly NLHE- isn't nearly as interesting or dynamic as the amounts of time invested into it would merit.

For me a live poker regular is not a gambling addict, just someone who plays a lot of hours and is typically breakeven to slightly winning, so I can understand how family members e.g. would view it as a waste of time. I’m talking about the retiree type who maybe makes $5-10/hr with decent preflop play. It’s just a way for people to pass time, and not particularly more interesting than anything else . I don’t know that my comment related Very well to joan rivers ‘trash’. I was thinking about the worthlessness of ‘wasting time’ and how people choose to waste it.

Is only playstation allowed?

There are many lonely retirees who would be depressed sitting at home alone or at a bar hoping to have someone to talk to if it weren’t for poker so imo even if they are breakeven or slightly losing, poker is a valuable social outlet for them. The best thing about poker is that card rooms are open 24/7 in most places. I wouldn’t be surprised if poker prevented some lost lonely souls from even more destructive things like drug abuse, hookers, and suicide.

It is just a pastime, but its social, which is important for some who struggle with socializing.
People who are a-social or aggressively anti-social very much prefer online poker, for the same reason.
All day regs in a poker room fall into one of the same few categorization buckets;

1) The elderly
2) Grinders
3) Weed dealers
4) People who don't socialize well

lol, the point was that life is essentially a decision of how we waste our time, and nothing recreational is worthless, or everything is worthless, depending how you look at it. I started golf recently, and a kid and his mom behind us explained that dad wouldn't come out because he bluntly referred to (playing 18 holes of golf) as ' the best way to waste 4 hours of your life.' I thought that was pretty funny, because he's not wrong...but golf's popularity probably isn't gonna suffer from his comment!
I'm not trying to be judgmental towards poker players, just trying to understand the public view into it. And my usual M.O. is to contribute some half baked philosophy

yeah, good points

Joan Rivers had some interesting things to say about a certain individual shortly before her accidental death

Joan Rivers was a scumbag herself. She wore fur coats regularly. She supported animals being killed and skinned alive for fashion.