Why I don't tell people I play poker. - Page 102 - Poker Beats Brags and Variance

I am. I once invited a bunch of girls over to watch the BIG WOOD crush HU on Ipoker and they all had a spontaneous orgasm after watching the BIG WOOD checkraise for the first time. Unbelievable.

lol

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07-07-2010 , 06:05 PM

#2527

PeaceSign

stranger

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2

smoke some, drink some, lemme spank some. and i aint talkin bout time when i say three some

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07-07-2010 , 08:47 PM

#2528

TopCat123

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,804

Poker is still generally thought of as a gambling game in the form of roulette by most people I know. You're still thought of as a degen.

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07-07-2010 , 09:23 PM

#2529

Zendo

grinder

Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 423

"You made how much ?!?!, why dont you just quit while your ahead !!"

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07-08-2010 , 12:40 AM

#2530

Sanokun

centurion

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 119

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Originally Posted by sheeprustler

Me - 'I'm tired'
Friends - 'How the **** could you be tired? you don't work.'
Me -'Played a nice bit of poker this week and did a good bit of study'
Friends - rofl

(not claiming to be a pro btw, unemployed)

^Winz the thread

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07-08-2010 , 06:48 AM

#2531

HeadsUP_Player

enthusiast

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 70

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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!!!!"

lololol

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07-08-2010 , 11:43 AM

#2532

GMan42

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,150

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Originally Posted by Zendo

"You made how much ?!?!, why dont you just quit while your ahead !!"

Love that one. Wanna respond "Wait, you made $100K at your job last year? Retire now just in case!"

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07-08-2010 , 11:54 AM

#2533

DevinTheLegend

banned

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,488

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Originally Posted by PeaceSign

smoke some, drink some, lemme spank some. and i aint talkin bout time when i say three some

Worst 1st post ever?

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07-08-2010 , 01:07 PM

#2534

NomoneyHU.

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,061

^^^^

Indeed.

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07-08-2010 , 02:04 PM

#2535

TNCS

old hand

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,651

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Originally Posted by GMan42

Love that one. Wanna respond "Wait, you made $100K at your job last year? Retire now just in case!"

+1

Remembering this one.

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07-13-2010 , 09:09 AM

#2536

ezdonkey

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,982

Created an USD account to my bank sometime ago for a $30k cashout because I bought an Audi TT last week. (Party rips you off in transaction costs.) However, I was unable move the money from the USD account to my EUR account via online bank, so I had to visit the teller today.

A young clerk girl really didn't know how to do it, so she got an older woman to help us out. While the older woman was doing the transaction she asked where did the money come from, since they have a policy to ask on all big amounts coming from other countries. I said "from an online poker site" to which the young girl said "man, I have to start playing poker too!". Elderly woman: "Yeah, it's good as long as you're winning, but how much did you lose?"

I died a little inside.

Moment later I gathered my stuff, walked out in flips and jean shorts and felt a little baller. Peace.

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07-13-2010 , 09:43 AM

#2537

ezdonkey

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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,982

a USD

My inner grammar nazi died a little inside, too.

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07-13-2010 , 10:51 AM

#2538

superfamous

banned

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 36

The most common question is how much have you lost and how much have you won, I find that to be pretty funny

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07-13-2010 , 11:00 AM

#2539

JayA

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,750

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Originally Posted by sheeprustler

Lol used to get this more often, still do every now and then. People just don't understand imo.

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07-13-2010 , 11:20 AM

#2540

cocowheats

banned

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 340

stupid girl- how do u play poker every day
me- right hand on mouse, left hand on my dong

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07-13-2010 , 11:52 AM

#2541

Anthony417

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 308

So many reasons. My buddy is basically a slightly winning rakebackpro and at parties/get together with friends will just up and say out of nowhere "Oh yah I play poker for a living". Sounds like the biggest tool in the world, if he was really that good he wouldn't need to bring it up hahaha.

Obviously we all have to listen of how a dude had AA cracked. Or my favorite how my buddy's tell me they got 123 out of 7,000 in a PokerStars Freeroll.

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07-13-2010 , 11:53 AM

#2542

Sciolist

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Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 17,521

When people start telling you their bad beat stories you are meant to tell them there's a $1 tax.

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07-13-2010 , 11:55 AM

#2543

dfbuzzbeater

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,510

Quote:

Originally Posted by ezdonkey

I died a little inside.

Moment later I gathered my stuff, walked out in flips and jean shorts and felt a little baller. Peace.

Perhaps you died a little inside because you were wearing jean shorts????

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07-13-2010 , 01:56 PM

#2544

Re3el_Pr1de

adept

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 883

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Originally Posted by dfbuzzbeater

Perhaps you died a little inside because you were wearing jean shorts????

Jorts ITT

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07-13-2010 , 03:32 PM

#2545

ezdonkey

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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,982

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Originally Posted by dfbuzzbeater

Perhaps you died a little inside because you were wearing jean shorts????

Unemployed douchebag look ftw

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07-13-2010 , 03:51 PM

#2546

Otto Gott

adept

Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 872

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Originally Posted by ezdonkey

[...] While the older woman was doing the transaction she asked where did the money come from, since they have a policy to ask on all big amounts coming from other countries. I said "from an online poker site" to which the young girl said "man, I have to start playing poker too!". Elderly woman: "Yeah, it's good as long as you're winning, but how much did you lose?"

I died a little inside.
[...]

I really dont get whats so hard to grasp about this.

People just think that poker is pure gambling like roulette. And that woman thought youd be a degen gambling with thousands$ every month and hitting a luck streak that month, so you could afford the 30k cashout.

But on the longrun you lose and you already lost much more than the 30k.

So imo the question isnt really that inappropiate.

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07-13-2010 , 04:51 PM

#2547

aj24

enthusiast

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 57

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Originally Posted by tpir

The bartender and his buddies overheard this and would not stop talking to me about "rigged"-ness.

Yup, this is what I hear too. And how about everything is "off shore in China" and crap like that. Dolts.

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07-13-2010 , 05:02 PM

#2548

J0hny

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Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,400

If your parents/friends ask anything easy/stupid related to poker just feel free to give link to this topic imo.

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07-13-2010 , 05:38 PM

#2549

Daleroxxu

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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,258

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Originally Posted by J0hny

If your parents/friends ask anything easy/stupid related to poker just feel free to give link to this topic imo.

And also print out Daleroxxu's 10 Questions Not To Ask Me About Poker, to hand out to your annoying parents/friends

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...ask-me-632959/