Pro Poker Players as Job Applicants

[MicroBob]

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I think for the most part poker players would make incredible employees. Bright, adaptable, quick. There is a mile-wide gap between a poker player and a gambling addict. Addicts are desperate people and probably would give themselves away in a heartbeat to any right-thinking regular poker player in a personal interview

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Go to any poker-room in the country at any time of day and tell me how many players in there fit the 'bright, adaptable, quick' image and how many fit the 'gambling addict' image.

I suggest that the majority convey an image closer to 'gambling addict'.
if you narrow it down to 23-30 year-olds in the poker-room you might do a bit better.
And still better if you narrowed it down further to 23-30 year-old college educated individuals.

But, in general, the perception one can get of the 'typical
poker-player from just looking around the room is NOT one that would likely be attractive to many employers.
And I think this is the image that still persists (and, in many cases, rightly so).