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What real world job would you consider to be the equivalent stress level of a pro poker player? What real world job would you consider to be the equivalent stress level of a pro poker player?

08-27-2014 , 10:57 AM
president of the united states of america.

CTU agent.

being the protagonist in a michael bay movie.
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08-27-2014 , 11:30 AM
can of a dumb question to ask in a forum full of mostly losing players and 14 year olds
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08-27-2014 , 11:39 AM
The stress in poker comes from not knowing if you're going to make any money that day, that month or that year. It's the fear of not knowing that you'll make enough to continue on. I'd imagine a similar level of the same stress could be from small buisness owners or traders.
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08-27-2014 , 11:41 AM
Porn star. Because even when you get paid, you still get F**ked.
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08-27-2014 , 11:43 AM
real pro's don't stress much in poker.
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08-27-2014 , 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Connissuer
Lifeguard
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08-27-2014 , 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Connissuer
Lifeguard
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08-27-2014 , 10:49 PM
ditch digger
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08-27-2014 , 10:51 PM
Gotta be a small business owner.
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08-28-2014 , 09:57 AM
Guinea pig.
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08-28-2014 , 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Alobar
can of a dumb question to ask in a forum full of mostly losing players and 14 year olds
Brag: You might be a winning player
Beat: Spelling means you might also be 14
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08-29-2014 , 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Alobar
can of a dumb question to ask in a forum full of mostly losing players and 14 year olds
And you fit right in, don't you boy?
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08-29-2014 , 03:13 AM
naw, im old and been playing for a living for over a decade, keep trying tho.
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08-29-2014 , 04:01 AM
I did my homework, taking into consideration several factors (average age/ salary/ suicide rate/oral health), performed regression analysis (utilizing a Bell curve) and came up with a top 10 on this:

1. Dental hygienist in Massachusetts
2. Registered dietician in a nursing home
3. Portamedic for a life insurance company
4. Occupational therapist at a suburban elementary school
5. Fluffer
6. District supervisor for a chain of pharmacies
7. Art director for a children's book publisher
8. Early intervention speech language pathologist
9. Wedding videographer
10. Accountant at a YMCA
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08-29-2014 , 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Pyrochaos
Porn star. Because even when you get paid, you still get F**ked.
lol
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08-30-2014 , 06:36 PM
I lol'd at pyrochaos also. But hands down, fine dining chef has to be by far worse. Longer 'sessions', boiling heat, condescending head chefs/bosses, no room for error, pompous arrogant customers and terrible rates of pay.
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08-31-2014 , 01:35 AM
Small business owner makes sense to me.

That's a general field, but with so many small businesses, you need to constantly improve, you can lose money or breakeven for months at a time, and most of all, you need to self motivate or you risk losing your income generation.
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08-31-2014 , 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ChicagoRy
Small business owner makes sense to me.

That's a general field, but with so many small businesses, you need to constantly improve, you can lose money or breakeven for months at a time, and most of all, you need to self motivate or you risk losing your income generation.
It makes even more sense if your small business is in the fishing industry.



Guys doing this are gradually going out of business, because there aren't enough fish and the competition has a bigger boat. Since there will be days when they catch nothing at all, the variance must be insane.
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08-31-2014 , 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by shulenberger
I did my homework, taking into consideration several factors (average age/ salary/ suicide rate/oral health), performed regression analysis (utilizing a Bell curve) and came up with a top 10 on this:

1. Dental hygienist in Massachusetts
2. Registered dietician in a nursing home
3. Portamedic for a life insurance company
4. Occupational therapist at a suburban elementary school
5. Fluffer
6. District supervisor for a chain of pharmacies
7. Art director for a children's book publisher
8. Early intervention speech language pathologist
9. Wedding videographer
10. Accountant at a YMCA
For some reason, this made me chuckle. I might have switched Massachusetts with New Jersey, but perhaps that's going for low-hanging fruit.
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08-31-2014 , 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ArtySmokes
It makes even more sense if your small business is in the fishing industry.



Guys doing this are gradually going out of business, because there aren't enough fish and the competition has a bigger boat. Since there will be days when they catch nothing at all, the variance must be insane.
I watch Wicked Tuna a lot more than I should and it definitely seems like a high variance job. Some of the people in a tuna fleet don't catch any fish some seasons apparently.

Gold mining is another job that I learned is super high variance from addictive tv shows.
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