Holy crap that's why they do that. This thread has just become profitable as well as entertaining. Would love to hear more from the P. dictionary.

My extranormal version of this thread

Nice, very nice!

Nice, very nice!

lol

hahaha

so true what everybody is saying

all my coursemates are like "Yeh we will all chip in a tenner and just play with it until we have thousands and split it"


my flatmate thinks I am a degen losing player since I only tell him about my losses just to get it off my shirt. lul, he would prob get mad if he knew I earn 10x what he does at his job

A++

Lol I always crack up when my friends that make $50k+ salary will only play home games with me for $5 max buyin and I'm just like wtf is the point? I tried to make it $20 so it "might" be worth my time, but they just won't. So they all think I suck at poker since i just bluff whoever is in the first pot. If I win it. I repeat on hand #2. If I win that I do it on hand #3 until I run into AA.

Finally I got them to agree to play blackjack. Now that's true gambling at its finest!!

A couple nights ago in the car on the way to dinner with my girlfriend and middle-aged couple she's family friends with. We're having a normal conversation in the car when my gf makes some sort of joke about how I was up til 4am the previous night

Wife: Oh, what were you doing up so late?

Me: Well it wasn't really that late for me, I generally stay up pretty late

Wife: Really? What do you do at such a late hour??

Me: Well you know, this and that

My gf: He plays a lot of poker on the internet

Husband: O Rly? Do you play for real money then?

Me: (groaning on the inside cuz I know whats coming) Yeah

The husband proceeds to give me a solid 5 minute lecture about the dangers of "these offshore gambling websites" and how he's heard they're all controlled by organized crime syndicates who never pay out and how his brother lost a ton of money betting sports online

Me: Yeah, its pretty easy to lose a lot of money betting sports if you don't know what you're doing. I try to stay away from that.

Husband: Well I mean its all gambling, right?

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For me, the worst part of it isn't just the mind-dumbing convos they drag you into. I can handle those. What bothers me most is that every grown adult I've ever met who knows I play poker feels the need to give me a super condescending "Good luck with your poker" in place of a normal farewell, even when I haven't discussed poker with them in several months. Sigh.

A lot of the guys in here are total dicks.

Oh I get this all the time.. so annoying, just say effin goodbye!! GOD!!!1

****ing A! Ive been reading this thread for a few days now (loving it) , and today someone asked me what I was doing for money while kitesurfing in the Dominican Republic (obv brag), and i told the truth.

First response was ...can i give u a hundred so you can.....blah blah, f off!
Second response was ...sooooo, u play for real money or no?......What?......Wait WHAT?!!!!

Proceeded to go to dinner when i got the "ur addicted" talk. *sigh* wait...AM I ADDICTED????...prolly.... but dont give a ****, cause it aint a problem nless im snorting crumbs off of the top of a toilet seat! Ha!

S-H-I-P I-T BITCHES!



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Awesome!

QFT. Like 70% of these stories are of idiots being condescending to people who are genuinely being nice to them. 25% are egomaniac 18 year olds and the rest are awesome.

POTY

Whenever people ask me if I'm addicted (usually gf's friends) I simply reply,

me- "No, I'm not addicted. Poker is something I truly enjoy and it's something I can make money at. Instead of stalking people on facebook or watching "The Hills" I choose to spend my time playing poker. If I were depositing $50 every week because I were a poor player then I would say I have a problem. Would you agree?"

them (usually)- "Well I guess if you put it that way I would have to agree."

This seems to be the easiest/best response I have found to tell people my age.

so true all these posts

I wish i didnt lose money at the beggining then my family would be cool with it

O well i guess ill always be the black sheep of the family anyway

R to the OFL

due toa previous post in this thread, my response to all "your addicted" accusation will be something along the lines of

"I wish I was addicted, I'd make a lot more money. As it is I need discipline to put in the hours I currently do."

Can you imagine telling some hard working guy like a garbageman who works a 40 hour week that he's addicted to garbage?

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so a family member of mine learns to use aim, and watches me play poker, when this hand comes up

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [9h 9d]
sondra golfs: raises 150 to 250
jrod4979: folds
mistymia: folds
modfan: folds
funtime 4907: folds
Peeloneoff: folds
HERO: raises 1650 to 1900 and is all-in
cmdeedeedee: folds
JDWPoker111: folds
sondra golfs: calls 1535 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (115) returned to HERO
*** FLOP *** [Jc Qh Kc]
*** TURN *** [Jc Qh Kc] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Jc Qh Kc 6s] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sondra golfs: shows [Qc Kh] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
HERO: shows [9h 9d] (a pair of Nines)
sondra golfs collected 3720 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3720 | Rake 0
Board [Jc Qh Kc 6s 2h]
Seat 1: jrod4979 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mistymia folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: modfan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: funtime 4907 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Peeloneoff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: HERO (button) showed [9h 9d] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 7: cmdeedeedee (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: JDWPoker111 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: sondra golfs showed [Qc Kh] and won (3720) with two pair, Kings and Queens

him: dude.... all in on a pair of 9's?
him: I guess that's why I don't play cards for a living
me: are you serious?
him: yeah
him: I need something stronger to hang in with people who are (I think you referrred to them as callers?)
him: since you're on a losing streak for a couple days
him: my instinct is to lighten your position
him: until you straighten out your mindset
him: and manage your cash better
him: the logistics of doing that in poker are beyond me .... that's your domain
him: but I think I'd be laying a bit low ..... on ****ty cards

well he couuld say he lost 50 over a certain period of time....just like he lost 1k over a different period of time, so i don't find it particulary crazy that he looks at it like this....

AIM name change in order, no?

Don't know why but this really made me lol

I guess I dont tell people because I'm a noob at the moment. I have lost maybe $50 so far, but improving slowly and have learnt bankroll management aswell as alot of other stuff from lurking these forums for a few weeks.

Might feel like talking about it with friends, definately not family, they would freak if they knew I play for cash.

ORLY

but how much did you lose?