Ignorance

The following blog is a rant about peoples ignorance towards poker.


I tend to categorize people's response about what I do for a living into 3 categories.

1. People who play poker and are intelligent to know that money can be made from it (serious money if your good enough)

2. People who know nothing about it but are open-minded enough to respect my decision

and the worst of them all

3. People who know nothing and are just ignorant towards it


So here's the thing. I understand that pokers a unique way to make a living. The majority of people know shit about poker. Most that do know something about it often only play at the occasional home game. And yet when I politely answer their question about what I do, people want to start giving me advice such as;


'You need to get yourself a real job'

'You'll lose it all eventually'

'I know someone who lost everything gambling online'


What's worse is that people who know me, know that Im a reasonably intelligent and capable person. And then they ask how much I make (none of your fucking business), and I tell them an average figure (because the nature of poker is of such variance) and they say 'but how much have u lost' !!! How fucking dumb. That figure Iv just said is my profit you moron!!!

So at this stage they know how much I earn (although Im sure most people dont believe me), yet they're still hellbent on giving me life advice.

Then there's the questions. I must have answered the same questions a million times. Dont get me wrong. I dont have a problem with people taking a genuine interest. I completely get that earning a living from poker is very intriguing to some people. But please dont pass judgement on something you know nothing about.

/End rant

For those who want to know the outcome of the hand in my last post. He had K3 and held :(