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07-17-2005, 08:26 PM
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Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
How do you respond to the question of what you do for a living, while at the poker table?
Obviously you can't say you're a pro. I'd prefer not to lie, either. Currently, I state that I'm "between jobs", but that sounds a little phony... 
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07-17-2005, 08:40 PM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
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07-17-2005, 08:54 PM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
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How do you respond to the question of what you do for a living, while at the poker table? Obviously you can't say you're a pro. I'd prefer not to lie, either. Currently, I state that I'm "between jobs", but that sounds a little phony... [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I know... Now that you replied I can't delete it, though, so I notified the moderator of my own post. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] However, mine was titled better, as I thought his would be more about the ego of wanting to have a "professional poker player" image or something. --Dave.
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#4
07-17-2005, 09:10 PM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
Make something up.
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07-17-2005, 10:43 PM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
1) Question is asked by a hot girl:
"Investment banking. I'm semi retired and helping a friend launch a new record label." 2) Question asked by a wrinkled poker ho: "I'm a male nurse. I work in the STD ward." 3) Question asked by a guy: "I'm just out of the big house. I'm looking. You got something?"
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07-17-2005, 11:26 PM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
just say you're a student, "what are you taking?" "ah, a little of this, a little of that." or say something vague like, "i'm taking a business program" or blah blah. if you feel the need to lie about your profession, keep it vague. remember, god hates liars.
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#7
07-18-2005, 01:59 AM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
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"what are you taking?" [/ QUOTE ] "Must be Astronomy, because my professors always tell me I'm taking up space." Actually making a (harmless) joke out of whatever they ask is a good friendly way of avoiding questions like this.
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#8
07-18-2005, 04:18 AM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
why lie. tell the truth, if your ashamed of your porfesion dont do it.
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#9
07-18-2005, 04:42 AM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
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why lie. tell the truth, if your ashamed of your porfesion dont do it. [/ QUOTE ] Well, you just run the risk of intimidating your opponents. Certainly, while there are pros to that, some players might want to switch to an "easier" table.
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#10
07-18-2005, 09:00 AM
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Re: Dealing with Question: What do you do for a living?
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why lie. tell the truth, if your ashamed of your porfesion dont do it. [/ QUOTE ] It's not a matter of being ashamed of it, but more a matter of not scaring away the fish. It's the same way you don't act like a statue and bring a hat and sunglasses to a table full of tourists. It's -EV.
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