Why I don't tell people I play poker. - Page 111 - Poker Beats Brags and Variance

It usually goes like this:

Mom : "how much did you make today"

Me : "More than dad made this week"

Mom : " Dad didnt work this week..."

Me: "......(****)...."

Mom: "Get a ****ing job"

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11-24-2010 , 10:40 PM

#2752

Autist18

veteran

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,837

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Originally Posted by younguns87

It usually goes like this:

Mom : "how much did you make today"

Me : "More than dad made this week"

You are a douche.

You live with your parents, who give you shelter, feed you. And you dare say something like this? DOUCHE.

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11-24-2010 , 10:48 PM

#2753

younguns87

POG gonan POG

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 60,870

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Originally Posted by Autist18

You are a douche.

You live with your parents, who give you shelter, feed you. And you dare say something like this? DOUCHE.

Most 18yr olds live with their parents

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11-24-2010 , 10:52 PM

#2754

monkiii

Hottest 4Lifer '10

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,029

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Originally Posted by Pcallinallin

"So Hows Poker?" Says the lady at starbucks

I reply, "Up and down"

I think, IM IN A 3 MONTH DOWNSWING AND IF YOU ASK ME AGAIN IM COMING BACK LATER TO TAKE A THE BIGGEST DUMP IN YOUR BATHROOM, MAYBE EVEN THE SINK.

Hey man, how's poker going for ya?

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11-25-2010 , 12:41 AM

#2755

bacats32

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,603

Quote:

Originally Posted by younguns87

Most 18yr olds live with their parents

but you come on a board and post like you are a baller because you made more than dad did this week!!! You are a douche.

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11-25-2010 , 03:47 AM

#2756

Phony D

banned

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 681

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Originally Posted by kidcolin

i just say, "sure", take the $300, and go busto at a blackjack table.

nice one..

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11-25-2010 , 06:07 AM

#2757

Ligic

banned

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,777

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Originally Posted by younguns87

Most 18yr olds live with their parents

still a douche

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11-25-2010 , 09:06 AM

#2758

Pcallinallin

formerly the original donkey penis

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,035

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Originally Posted by monkiii

Hey man, how's poker going for ya?

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11-25-2010 , 12:47 PM

#2759

omnishakira

High Troller

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9,732

Quote:

Originally Posted by younguns87

It usually goes like this:

Mom : "how much did you make today"

Me : "More than dad made this week"

Mom : " Dad didnt work this week..."

Me: "......(****)...."

Mom: "Get a ****ing job"

You've already failed at the game of life and you're only a kid. How cute is that

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11-26-2010 , 04:29 AM

#2760

Phony D

banned

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 681

I mostly won't tell people i play poker for living, cuz they will give me this weird look that i don't like, and i would either be mean to them n ruin the day

Or I would just try to change the subject n i will feel terrible for not replying, So sometimes i just try to avoid the topic n not tell what i do for living

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11-26-2010 , 04:48 AM

#2761

thecraminator

adept

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,125

this thread is awesome lol

best thing...playing live..conversation comes up about online and how rigged it is and how every body is colluding in a room together or has software to see ur cards

lol

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11-26-2010 , 01:22 PM

#2762

goldinvest

banned

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 96

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Originally Posted by Pcallinallin

Like this pic. hah

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11-26-2010 , 04:04 PM

#2763

Mr Beer

banned

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 5,965

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Originally Posted by fraz8000

6) "My dad lost his superannuation fund playing poker against people like you." [um... awkward silence]

Ask them for his phone number so you can set up a game with him. Seriously, if they think it's OK to bring that up like that, it's OK for you to joke about it.

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11-26-2010 , 07:40 PM

#2764

Mr Beer

banned

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 5,965

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Originally Posted by ELCowboy

Live or online? 1 table?

Conventional Wisdom dictates a good player will make one big bet per hour playing limit. So...$6/hour.

I'd blow my ****ing brains out rather than have my sole source of income be $6 an hour grinding limit poker.

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11-26-2010 , 08:41 PM

#2765

omnishakira

High Troller

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9,732

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Originally Posted by Mr Beer

I'd blow my ****ing brains out rather than have my sole source of income be $6 an hour grinding limit poker.

+1 I'd rather lose money at blackjack than doing this.

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11-26-2010 , 08:57 PM

#2766

blutarski

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 6,436

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Originally Posted by CHAx

So I work about 50 hours a week and I try to grind out 10-15k hands a month for extra income + I enjoy the challenge (I'm a competitive person). My girlfriend, who is smart and very open about most things cannot seem to get her head around poker not being gambling in the traditional sense. Its pretty funny/annoying because I will go into my office and shut the door and let her know I can't be disturbed for a few hours on a Saturday afternoon or a weeknight where we don't have plans etc.

So last weekend she interupts my session for like the 3rd time in a row and I say

"I can't concentrate and make plans with you at the same time"

her: "you care more about poker blah blah" being dramatic

me: "look its hard work and I need to concentrate and when I don't concentrate, it costs me a lot of money"

her: "well fine whatever, but don't call it work. Its not work." (tilt)

She sits there, watches me ship a small pot

her: "fine, you're buying me new boots with that pot you just won". (lol)

lol, this is/was my wife.

when i first started playing, i put 100 on stars, and my wife asked me if i was going to lose the mortgage money.

she'd have a hissy every time i wanted to go and play in AC. the first time i came home a winner (@200) i gave it to her. now she asks me when i'm going again, but now i get to keep my winnings.

but forget playing during the day- wimminz like their attention, and usually deserve it.

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11-26-2010 , 08:59 PM

#2767

GloupnaktouK

adept

Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 749

Wow, why do people get married to women like these?

No offense, but if that's all the respect and trust you get...sounds like a bunch of entitled whiny bitchy spoiled women to me.

In b4 "you know nothing of marriage" since I'm married. Not to a bitch though...

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11-26-2010 , 08:59 PM

#2768

blutarski

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 6,436

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Originally Posted by younguns87

Most 18yr olds live with their parents

so you're mooching off your parents when your dad lost his job?

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11-26-2010 , 09:01 PM

#2769

blutarski

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 6,436

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Originally Posted by GloupnaktouK

Wow, why do people get married to women like these?

No offense, but if that's all the respect you get...sounds like a bunch of entitled whiny bitchy spoiled women to me.

this might come as a surprise to you, but i can't convey the entire depth and richness of the typical husband/wife relationship with a few sentences posted on an internet forum.

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11-26-2010 , 09:05 PM

#2770

GloupnaktouK

adept

Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 749

Not saying the bitchiness is all of the relationship or that your description conveys all of your relationship's depth.

It does, however, convey certain traits of character that are far from amazing and make me wonder how one can tolerate being in a relationship with a person displaying such traits, that's all.

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11-26-2010 , 09:14 PM

#2771

xRoyalForkx

newbie

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 21

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Originally Posted by patgerrity

what about this " if I make an account and we play together, we can both play at the same table and tell each other our hands over the fone!! WE CANT LOOSE!!!!"

I get this all the time!!!

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11-26-2010 , 09:15 PM

#2772

omnishakira

High Troller

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9,732

A woman scared of his man gambling habits is a sane woman.

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11-26-2010 , 09:21 PM

#2773

Sir Pwn A Donk

old hand

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,481

Somehow it got out on my university hockey team that I play. I don't recall telling anyone that I play but I could've easily said something when I'm drunk and don't remember. Last week when the guy handling our finances was trying to buy us plane tickets he said he needed some of the guys to pay the yearly dues because they haven't paid yet so we can buy the tickets. The guy who didn't want to pay suggested they give me the money they have in the account to me to go play blackjack (since I play poker I MUST be good at BJ)

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11-26-2010 , 10:23 PM

#2774

Mr Beer

banned

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 5,965

Quote:

Originally Posted by badhandoop

I just tell them I hold investments in Texas.

'Do you trade frequently?'
'No, I just hold 'em'

*boom tish*

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11-26-2010 , 11:02 PM

#2775

chappo100

centurion

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 100

my parents aren't too bad with it now and my dad understands things like ranges, equitys and taking best line to exploit people.. problem is he then tells loads of random people in public that I don't really know and I get twice as many of these conversations as I did before :F.

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