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Old 12-19-2005, 09:45 PM
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Default Occupations of Poker Players

Common occupations of poker players and how they relate to poker. I have probably missed someblue collar occupations. Of course chess, bridge, and backgammon players have experience with games.

Pool Hustler -- gambling, playing people, reading people
Salesman -- playing people, reading people, financial calculations, putting in effort with no reward, fluctuations in income
Pilot -- analytical, thinking ahead, courage, taking charge
Actor -- representing, reading people
Programmer -- analytical, math, putting effort into things that don't work
Accountant -- analyitcal, financial calculations, knowing what to get away with, telling if something is suspicious or doesn't add up
Attorney -- financial calculations, analytical, representing things, playing the cards dealt, winning and losing
Magician -- playing people, representing things