Bizzle 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Everybody I know is cool with it. Lucky me I suppose.Except me. I keep debating calling GA on you but don't know the number in Tennessee. Link to post Share on other sites
Amplifi3d 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 Ryland?No. Link to post Share on other sites
Pot Odds RAC 23 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 No.IT'S A JOKE!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Dapper Dan G 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 family hates it, non-poker friends think i'm a degenerate Link to post Share on other sites
DerekWyland 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Yeah, my mom thinks poker is a bad idea and she said today that its my dads fault. Ryland?lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Pot Odds RAC 23 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 lol.Just can't stay away? Link to post Share on other sites
antistuff 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 here is some food for thought...your friends and family can and will often see things in your life that you can't. if they all think that you are a degenerate maybe you should take their opinions into consideration. of course their opinion may not mean much. my dad is strongly opposed to all forms of gambling and insists that nobody actually wins at poker, so naturally i won't be regarding his feelings on it any time soon. but maybe you have a very level headed person who sees what playing poker is doing to you and thinks you should stop. and remember that you can be a winning player and still have it affect your life in negative ways. for a few months once i was paying my rent and all my bills playing poker and my girlfriend at the time told me she hated it becouse i was only in a good mood and happy when i was winning and a bad day turned me into a grumpy bastard ( i got a job and started playing lower stakes for fun and a little extra money ). Link to post Share on other sites
Royal_Tour 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 when i played recreationally, everyone was like "meh" its just fun, good o'l male bonding etc...then i went to the casino a couple times, and my dad was like. "you're an idiot" and my mom was like. "OMG you have a problem"then i said, I have only been playing with money i won. Then i won a 50 man $60 buy in tourney worth a grand, and took them out for dinner.they were cool with it at that point.then i told my dad i'm no longer working, only playing poker. So he freaked, my mom said, Ok, but only until you figure things out right?then i showed my dad my stats during my royal run to 10k. Now when he asks how things are going, if i say. "well i havent been playing much lately" he freaks out and says "why not??"My sister thinks i'm a degen, half of my friends also think i'm a degen, the other half think i'm rich now.People i meet for the 1st time who find out i only play poker as my source of income think its the coolest shiiit ever. especially asians. lol.p.s. Poker has given me sooo much lately, Its been a stepping stone in my life to help me financially while i'm trying to figure out if i want to go back to school, or back to work fulltime, or travel.. etc... Link to post Share on other sites
screbner 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I am glad someone has brought this topic up, because at the moment its become a big problem in my life. Living with my parents, i am seen as degenerate, who needs to get a joba nd stop playing poker. I am a gambler they would say.It gets quite depressing when they say this, yet they have no idea how much time and effort, skill and luck goes into the game, and its truly a game of skill and not a form of gambling that simply involves pressing a button and hoping you get free spins on a pokie machine, THATS GAMBLING!Any way the point of this is to ask people how can i deal with this situation and let them know that this is what i love doing, i wouldnt change it for the world and make them understand my passion.Thanks for your thoughts. Link to post Share on other sites
Pot Odds RAC 23 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I am glad someone has brought this topic up, because at the moment its become a big problem in my life. Living with my parents, i am seen as degenerate, who needs to get a joba nd stop playing poker. I am a gambler they would say.It gets quite depressing when they say this, yet they have no idea how much time and effort, skill and luck goes into the game, and its truly a game of skill and not a form of gambling that simply involves pressing a button and hoping you get free spins on a pokie machine, THATS GAMBLING!Any way the point of this is to ask people how can i deal with this situation and let them know that this is what i love doing, i wouldnt change it for the world and make them understand my passion.Thanks for your thoughts.So, because you love it and it isn't really gambling this justifies continuing to use your parents as a crutch, even though they don't approve?...dude. You live with your parents. How old are you? It doesn't look like Poker is generating a sustainable income to allow you to live like an adult with a future. Your chosen "profession" has in your own words "become a big problem" in your life. Then you try and act like there is no "problem". Frankly it sounds to me like you're trying to justify playing Poker over a "real job". It might be time to stop trying to run off and join the circus.It is posts and denial like yours that scare others (ie lawmakers) into thinking that Gambling is a major problem that can suck young people into believing they don't have to plan for their futures and be productive. Link to post Share on other sites
Jambot 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Yup, I agree completely with Pot Odds. Your post really doesn't paint a terribly good picture of a chap with the right sort of priorities. If you aren't earning enough to move out of your parents' place by playing poker (regardless of how much skill is involved) then it's time to get a real job and let poker just be a part time hobby. Yeah, it sucks, it's not as fun as browsing forums and tossing chips around all day, but it makes money! Once you've got yourself a place, some savings, more experience etc. then have a go at playing poker full time by all means, but until then you need to change your priorities. Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I always try to explain it by saying, there are gamblers and then there are poker players, which in my mind is not same thing. Playing serious Poker to me is more like trading stocks. Technical, educated monetary maneuvering with the long term expectation of a gain. I rarely if ever play anything other than poker in a casino. I avoid all the other games unless I am out with a group and they want to kill some time playing Pai Gow or some crap, but I really hate all those games.Most of my family keeps saying... "So hows...you know, IT going?"... followed by a "We'll pray for you". LOLOLOLOLOOLOLLLLLLLerGod'pters!I mean, thanks for the prayers and well wishing folks, but these guys just do not get it and never will, so I have quit trying to explain it to them.The beauty of being my age and where I am in life is I can tell them all to go jump off a cliff. And to be honest, I think they are all just jealous. Link to post Share on other sites
Jeepster80125 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 well, i live at home and play profesionally..at first, let me tell you, they hated the idea. now (1.5 years later), they're becoming o.k. with it. My family would never kick me out of the house for it or anything, but they were completely against it....until i started winning money, lol. then they said i should do it recreactionally..and i said, it's my life and i'll do what I love to do...I don't want to work for 'the man' , i told them...i told them this is my dream and if they can't see it that's too bad but i'm still doing it.They thought (and maybe still think) that it's just a phase. But they've grown to understand it as I went to israel a month ago to visit relatives and they all loved me, and the idea of me playing poker for a living. They wanted me to teach them...lol...and when my mom talked to them, she was surprised but she became much more open minded..anyways im out...in a rushGabe.Gabe, the unintentional comedic value of your posts is absolutely through the roof. I don't know if there is a poster here who is even on par with you.Thanks for the laughs. Link to post Share on other sites
Pot Odds RAC 23 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Gabe, the unintentional comedic value of your posts is absolutely through the roof. I don't know if there is a poster here who is even on par with you.Thanks for the laughs.lolI saw that too, but gave him a pass.Folks, "Playing Professionally" to me means that you are doing more than just Playing. To be "professional" you need to be generating a steady cash stream that allows you to have an Adult Lifestyle into the future. Not just being able to buy your own beer and live in mom and dad's place. $100 a day EVERY DAY is a MINUMUM. Being able to handle your own Car payments, utilities, rent, SAVINGS, school, food, clothing, TAXES, entertainment, travel, holidays, insurance, HEALTH CARE all paid by YOUR income, not including any extra fivers from mom is a PROFESSIONAL income. Link to post Share on other sites
qyayqi 11 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 it is actually becoming more common for people in other professions to 'nest' with close family, whether it be parents or siblings. it keeps costs down and allows all members of the family to prosper. we really don't need to hold poker players to some higher standard where it can't be their job if they live at home. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 My wife hates poker.She wants me to focus my energies on my other hobbies. But she is cool with my weekly game that never cost more than $100. In fact I now let my daughter buy half of me for $10 each week. So far she is ahead a bit, but I make her pay the losing nights to let her see both sides of gambling.Truth is for the stakes I play, poker is the cheapest of my hobbies. I quit poker and 'll probably go after my rotorcraft liscense and buy a Robinson R44 to play around in. Link to post Share on other sites
SFAWFD 1 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I'm in the opposite situation. My dad, has become a semi-pro he also is retired from the military and has steady income coming in regardless of how he does so he has no pressure if he has a bad month. However, he is always pushing me to make the leap from a recreational player to a semi professional because in his words. "If he can do it I can" I always have to explain to him that I have bills I HAVE to pay and that poker while fun, isn't the perfect source of income FOR ME yes, I have made money here and there but it's not what I want to do for a living. I enjoy it I want to get better, and maybe when I'm retired and don't have as MUCH need for money I will play more regularly. Link to post Share on other sites
Pot Odds RAC 23 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 it is actually becoming more common for people in other professions to 'nest' with close family, whether it be parents or siblings. it keeps costs down and allows all members of the family to prosper. we really don't need to hold poker players to some higher standard where it can't be their job if they live at home.There is a big difference IMO between a family support unit that is designed to start some sort of communal mini society and some defiant kids living at home who don't want to be bothered with committing to a 9-5 and think Poker is their future. Seriously, is this same kid going to be able to support his own family or contribute on a steady basis to the family unit? That is the "higher standard" to which I'd hold any member of the Family Unit.This is really no different from the deadbeat kids of the 70s who thought that playing Guitar was their future, or of the 60s who wanted to be beatniks and poets. For the vast majority, it wasn't their future. Link to post Share on other sites
No_Neck 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 My wife hates poker.She wants me to focus my energies on my other hobbies. But she is cool with my weekly game that never cost more than $100. In fact I now let my daughter buy half of me for $10 each week. So far she is ahead a bit, but I make her pay the losing nights to let her see both sides of gambling.Truth is for the stakes I play, poker is the cheapest of my hobbies. I quit poker and 'll probably go after my rotorcraft liscense and buy a Robinson R44 to play around in.poker>>>>>>>> hitting the side of a mountain at 300 MPH Link to post Share on other sites
Jeepster80125 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 it is actually becoming more common for people in other professions to 'nest' with close family, whether it be parents or siblings. it keeps costs down and allows all members of the family to prosper. we really don't need to hold poker players to some higher standard where it can't be their job if they live at home. There is a big difference IMO between a family support unit that is designed to start some sort of communal mini society and some defiant kids living at home who don't want to be bothered with committing to a 9-5 and think Poker is their future. Seriously, is this same kid going to be able to support his own family or contribute on a steady basis to the family unit? That is the "higher standard" to which I'd hold any member of the Family Unit.This is really no different from the deadbeat kids of the 70s who thought that playing Guitar was their future, or of the 60s who wanted to be beatniks and poets. For the vast majority, it wasn't their future.This is what I was thinking, too.-Jeepstopper24 Link to post Share on other sites
qyayqi 11 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 There is a big difference IMO between a family support unit that is designed to start some sort of communal mini society and some defiant kids living at home who don't want to be bothered with committing to a 9-5 and think Poker is their future. Seriously, is this same kid going to be able to support his own family or contribute on a steady basis to the family unit? That is the "higher standard" to which I'd hold any member of the Family Unit.This is really no different from the deadbeat kids of the 70s who thought that playing Guitar was their future, or of the 60s who wanted to be beatniks and poets. For the vast majority, it wasn't their future.hmm. he's doing rather well, actually. i think you're thinking of someone else. Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings7 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I, by no means, play poker professionally. I go through spirts where I grind online cash games several hours a day for weeks at a time, cash out most for expenses,fun ets..., and follow those weeks with months of very casual play or no play at all. I wish I could play on a consisent basis but college and my part time job tend to where me out to the point where I just am not in the right frame of mind to play more. That being said, my mom is pretty cool with me playing poker. Every time I tell her about it, she pretty much shrugs is off and conveys that she hopes it doesnt interfere with my studies, and thats about it. She doesn't understand it so she just doesn't care to talk about it, it bores her basically. I've told my dad about my poker playing, and he is completely fine with it, even offering to go to the casino with me when he has a chance to gamble with me a little, on his tab of course. Once I graduate college, I have no doubt my parents would be completely fine with me playing poker for a living if that is what I wanted to do. It isn't as of now.Most of my friends have either tried playing poker, or play poker recreationally from time to time, and could care less if I play poker at all. As for girlfriends, I'm a bachelor for life and have never had any problems arrise with the brief flings I've had... Link to post Share on other sites
TravisG 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 actually, after convincing my girlfriend to watch an episode of hsp with me, where i could explain here the rules of holdem, she said that poker is not "all that difficult". i think i might start making her play 8)oh: and my dad thinks im an idiot to play that luckgame, because a friend of mine had a run and cashed in in 2 rebuy tournaments for about ~800$ each and went busto within 2 days after that. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 poker>>>>>>>> hitting the side of a mountain at 300 MPHTop speed of a R44 is like 120 knots so no worries Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Top speed of a R44 is like 120 knots so no worriesJust step out a split second before impact, ala Bugs Bunny.You'll be fine. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now