Here, where i live the most common responses:
1. They look at you as if you have one big gambling problem.
2. Some of them play, and they are all winning players. Although they know no books, no poker online sites, ...
3. I give you 300$, can you double it?
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that one is the best, imo.

it's tough explaining how counting cards doesn't really apply...

seriously WTF.. this is so wrong on so many levels

I also NEVER tell any girls I am trying to pick up that I am a poker player, that's just suicide

****, you just described my job perfectly, minus the bragging.

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Edit: And by "just," I mean 5 months ago.

+1

So you lie? Or what do you tell them?

My econ professor mentions online poker like every single class. I kind of want to figure out his sn and break him. What is the best way to approach this situation?

You forgot to mention that the big blind then will stare down the raiser for like 2 minutes before he folds.

I don't tell my father because I know that he will explain to me that the casinos first let you win, but then...
Of course, later that day he would brag to others "...more than we together..."

I tell everyone I play poker! If they don't like it f*** 'em!


On a side note, I am currently the most hated player at the home games I play at! Drinking on poker winnings is awesome!

Yeah this usually ends the conversation for better or worse. Not sure I am ready to adopt that response but I like it.

Here is what usually happens with me.

So Devin what are you doing these days?

oh **** here we go again... uh I play poker for a living.

U serious? Can you acually make money from it?

hmmm.. how should I answer this ******ed question... insert various smart ass responses of which I might add the above mentioned.

My girlfriend will have friends over to the house
(a true poker player has no friends)

anyways i'll be playing some cash games or a tournaments. already a bit uncomfortable that i look like the complete degen which i am and

one of the friends will usually ask
friend - "oh what are you doing?"
me - "Just playing some poker"
friend - "You play poker? Like for money?"

WHO THE F#%K PLAYS POKER FOR FREE? Honestly!

NO biTC# I'M 12 TABLING FREEROLLS!!????!!!

A lot of people. It's called play money?

and they didnt get it in on the turn-lolz

anyone see the My Name is Earl episode where he is in a GA meeting?

facilitator: Earl have you ever stopped to think you have a gambling prob?
Earl: No Im winning. When youre winning its not a problem. Thats like saying Michael Jordan has a basket ball problem, or Def Leapord has an awesomeness problem.


LOL awesomeness problem

IIRC they were like 1000BBs deep, so Bond is pretty awful to be stacking off in that spot. I think he bet/3bet/called, but he definitely should have flatcalled the raise instead of 3bet. While 3betting does allow villain to make a bluff 4bet, that's a pretty terrible board to be making a big bluff (and villain is supposed to be solid), and with only a one hand sample size, there's no way to tell if the tell was reliable.

ban for posting strat in bbv

**** didn't realize it was BBV

I never tell people I play they look down on me for it.

Awesome thread. I don't play for living but lately I have had these silly questions aswel. When I started winning some money I was bragging a lot and telling basicly everyone I play poker. It was cool to tell people I had made $1000 without putting any own money on it. However nowadays it's pretty annoying becouse people just keep asking "how much you made yesterday?" etc and these numbers sound pretty big for them although I only play SSNL (obv they don't understand variance).

For example my dad kept asking "how big bankroll you have now?" like every day and one day I was pissed off and told him "it doesn't matter how much I have right now, I am a winning player and the long term results are only important". Obviously he didn't understand that and said "Why are you so angry, you have lost today, right? You really should withdraw the money before you lose it all." and I was just like "yeah sure".

I have learned to keep my mouth shut now and thank god I don't play for living so it's a lot easier for me to dodge these stupid questions becouse I don't need to make any lies when people ask what I do for living.

This is what I do too, Ive noticed that with women though Its a horrible move. I think Im gonna start lying to them, anyone have any suggestions?

LOL I remember this episode, so awesome

so so true

Haven't had any problem with family. I find that if you describe e.g. NL100 as "the dollar game" it makes it sound even smaller than it is. Random people I've met due to lugging around a poker book have been cool too. Usually don't ask much; and they aren't clueless since they play themselves or have someone close who does.

Only little trouble I've had is with one friend who called me just as I was finishing a session and wanted to know how much I won. $26. That got him started on how he needed to give me lessons so I could make more. He's real good because he can beat the Neopets poker game online.

Friend : So, how much do you have now?

Me : About 12k

Friend : wow you're stupid, you should def withdraw 10k and work it back up to 12k

Me : $#@%@#$ %@$#@%