Ok guys. Admit it. Poker is NOT cool.

[angst]

I don't get it. Tell them the truth.

Trying to cover up what you are doing, being hesitant about telling them and finally giving into their questions, will most certainly make even the most open-minded person a little sceptical at best.

Just say, "I play poker." If they ask more questions, answer them honestly and be self-confident but nonchalant about it.

[Klepton]

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peaks their curiosity

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piques their curuosity

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now who's the sicko

[pokerjoker]

i think girls will think its a lot more cool when your making $100 an hour playing.

[mosdef]

young man, DO NOT take home girls you met at the 7-11. seriously.

[Noose]

Random people:

To 18-30 year old people I say that I play poker professionally.
To 30-45 men I say I play poker professionally.
To 30-45 women I say that I'm doing "a sort of investing, I'm self employed".
To 45+ "a sort of investing, I'm self employed".

Relatives:

To 18-40 I play poker professionally
To 40+ a sort of investing, I'm self employed.

[poker-penguin]

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peaks their curiosity

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piques their curuosity

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Yep. I wish morans wouldn't use words they can't spell. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[tek]

You should either aggressively tell the truth or aggressively lie. Don't be weak passive.

Some people will be jealous. Some will think you are a lowlife. Some will be impressed.

And guess what, you'll get the same result no matter what you do for a living. You always have a choice of whom you interact with.

[TStoneMBD]

if you beat around the bush and then finally cave that you are a professional poker player, it resembles that you are struggling and that is not what you want to portray. come right out with confidence and throw money around. if you are at a 7/11 buy them the [censored] they want. if you are doing well then the $15 or whatever it is wont matter to you. a nice benefit of driving a really kickass car is that when you tell people you are doing whatever you are doing, they assume you are doing well.

another theory is that when you tell them you are a pro poker player, rather than arrogantly throw your hourly rate out there for all to see, slip into the conversation that you are gonna take a vacation to some exotic country in a few weeks. most 20ish kids will be extremely jealous that you are able to drop a few thousand like that on a vacation as most people in this age group are very broke. if you have a laptop then tell them that you are bringing that along with you and will probably multitable while youre down there. it makes the ladies all wet.

[Indiana]

Tell you invest in the online gaming business.

Indy

[A_C_Slater]

Say you're retired.

Then if they ask "how" at such a young age, then just say "trust fund."

Then watch as they hate on you.