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Re: How do you explain your career?
I tell them I kill people for money. When the shock of that has worn off, I say that I am a professional gambler.
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Re: How do you explain your career?
In my 16 years as an online poker professional, I find that the best answer to that question, other than 'I work with retards', is :-
"I'm an online personal actuary', if they can be bothered figuring it out, then I explain that life is all about odds and reraise the conversation with 'I provide covert tactical logistics regarding provisional permitations of seven variable equations' That generally shuts them up. |
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Re: How do you explain your career?
Son, I make my living
by reading people's betting and knowing what their cards are by the way they bet their hands {I use playerview too, of course) |
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Re: How do you explain your career?
Yeah the hot girls love that [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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Re: How do you explain your career?
Say you're an aquarium manager.
(This is not mine, but comes from a much older thread on the same topic.) |
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Re: How do you explain your career?
Well I have concluded your all insane and that we need to get together for a drink, lol. I like the whole trying to confuse them so they dont ask other questions tactic. The reason for this post is because I have a very close friend who advises me to not mention it, and think of something else to say for fear of something bad happenening, for instance I live in Indiana and they recently pass laws to regulate online gambling to a degree. Good thing I always obey the law. HAHA. Thanks for the colorful replies.
An aquarium manager<-- nice |
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Re: How do you explain your career?
I tell them i am a professional poker player and if they have a condescending type look or reply, i accidentally drop the keys to my Beamer in plain view.
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Re: How do you explain your career?
You could always tell them you're a gentleman jewel thief.
Personally, I prefer having an artistic pursuit to fall back on. When I say I'm a fiction writer, naive people assume I make a ton of money, while informed people are impressed I don't need a day job. |
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Re: How do you explain your career?
People think poker is no different from table games, that your a degenerate gambler.
I don't mind this at all though, it keeps a lot of otherwise good players from getting into the game. |
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Re: How do you explain your career?
nh
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