passing comment: Professional poker player

[masland]

Al,

I couldn't agree more with the cop analysis. However, from my experience, the city police are far more corrupt than rural town police.

In Philly, the cops couldn't be more corrupt. Seriously...
Beatup hookers, shake down drunk college kids, drug busts where "mysteriously" half of the cocaine doesn't make it into the report. I saw it all first hand, a number of times.

dis-gust-ing...

[DPCondit]

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A famous poker player whose name escapes me once said that he had to choose between playing poker and practicing law. He chose the more honorable profession.


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I think that was said about Chip Reese in Super System.

Don

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Just don't assume that the rural cops are LESS corrupt in any part of texas or anything south of the mason/dixon line.

al

[PokerBabe(aka)]

Al, was it Chip that said that? What a great quote. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

LGPG,

Babe [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[Al Schoonmaker]

As I said, I don't know who said it, but apparently some people think Chip said it.
Al

[MicroBob]

my mom has observed 'well....it's not the most honarable way to make a living is it??'

i countered that it is far more honorable than when i was trying to convince small companies to purchase advertising that they really didn't need.


all of the situations where i have moved up came when the guy in charge liked me....not when i was actually qualified.

all of the situations where i was qualified to move up but didn't came more due to who was who's bestest buddy then anything else.



that gets to the heart of my favorite aspect of poker.
there is luck in the short-run....but in the long-run it is entirely based on skill.
you either make it as a pro or you don't. it is up to you.
it doesn't matter if the boss likes you or doesn't. there is no sucking up involved.
you are either a good poker player or you aren't.

success in the other professions is rarely that simple.
oftentimes the least qualified guy gets the farthest if his sucking-up and/or buddy-buddy abilities are refined.




oh yeah....i've had cops give me undeserved attitude before....and i'm not a big fan of some of the corruption i feel is within the force in my area. but a blanket statement like 'most cops are bad' is a bit extreme imo.

[eric5148]

[ QUOTE ]
that gets to the heart of my favorite aspect of poker.
there is luck in the short-run....but in the long-run it is entirely based on skill.
you either make it as a pro or you don't. it is up to you.
it doesn't matter if the boss likes you or doesn't. there is no sucking up involved.
you are either a good poker player or you aren't.


[/ QUOTE ]

Good point. This can also be applied to pro sports (except golf). Many times, athletes get contracts based on where they went to college, how tall they are, how well liked they are, etc; instead of how well they actually play the game. Poker is a perfectly performace based job.

[WDC]

I had similar trouble telling people I was a divorce lawyer. I am over it now.

[Warband]

I am not making a moral comment here and I agree with what the initial poster said.

We need police, soldiers, car salesmen, divorce lawyers, spiritual guidance, judges, tax collectors and entertainers for our society to function. All of these have been around for millennia in one form or another.

What do professional poker players contribute to society?

T.

[SomethingClever]

Another profession to add to the slime list?

Realtors. Well, some of 'em anyway.