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Originally Posted by billygstar
Kinda ironic some of these posters that have such negative views on guys playing poker for a living on w/e scale. Yet here they are spending all this time on a poker forum telling us what a waste of a life it is and how we are the lowest of the low in society.
I haven't played much poker since Black Friday and haven't visited 2+2, either. But in recent months, I hit up the live games and came back here to see what's new.
The irony is not lost on me. But I do think people are generally being pretty introspective and fair with their assessments. With PTR gone it's hard to say where people stand, but there are very few names I recognize and sadly enough - at least on HSDB - it seems that a lot of winning pros gave back what they earned and sometimes more. I see lots of graphs of respected players who got to 500k+ and then gave it back even faster and I wonder what their story is. Ouch.
By this point in my life, if there is anything I learned is that there is Early Money and there is Hard Money. Realistically, we all know where poker fits in.
Still, I like the sort of person poker attracts and I like the community. If you want to pursue poker, don't get stuck here and don't get stuck listening to people who sell you stuff and GTO dreams. Find other players locally and try new things. (Local games, casino, new game types, etc.)