Dealing with Negative Stereotypes associated with being a professional poker player

[Talking Poker]

If you'd play online more, you could get away with telling people you "work on the internet" without even lying.

I dunno. It's definitely weird. Most people just don't understand, since they think poker = gambling = you can't make money = you are a degenerate loser.

Then there are the people who think it's cool and say stuff like, "Oh cool. My uncle is a professional craps player" or some shit like that.

*sigh*

"He won $40,000 playing slots once." Ugh, just shoot me now.