Comments on: So You Want My Job: Professional Gambler http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/03/so-you-want-my-job-professional-gambler/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LeeJay Dillon http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/03/so-you-want-my-job-professional-gambler/comment-page-1/#comment-39496 LeeJay Dillon Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:53:15 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3331#comment-39496 Very good article, and very much in the vein of the other "So you want my job" articles. Reading the other articles doesn't endorse or support someone going out and pursuing a job as a bartender or as a Forensic Psychologist, it just states that this is what Christatos Aristad does and how he got there, I found it very interesting and look forward to hearing more stories from Christatos in the future. Very good article, and very much in the vein of the other “So you want my job” articles. Reading the other articles doesn’t endorse or support someone going out and pursuing a job as a bartender or as a Forensic Psychologist, it just states that this is what Christatos Aristad does and how he got there, I found it very interesting and look forward to hearing more stories from Christatos in the future.

]]> By: James http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/03/so-you-want-my-job-professional-gambler/comment-page-1/#comment-34447 James Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:55:27 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3331#comment-34447 Keep in mind that you can be a professional in this and still have great relationships and the freedom not just financially. What Christatos Aristad did was that he was using other people's money. So he is at the whims and handouts of other people. If he was using only his money, he call the shots and fully control his destiny and outcome. He is no different than some dude confined in the corporate world working for "the man." Very one-sided view of things. Keep in mind that you can be a professional in this and still have great relationships and the freedom not just financially. What Christatos Aristad did was that he was using other people’s money. So he is at the whims and handouts of other people. If he was using only his money, he call the shots and fully control his destiny and outcome. He is no different than some dude confined in the corporate world working for “the man.” Very one-sided view of things.

]]> By: Mac http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/03/so-you-want-my-job-professional-gambler/comment-page-1/#comment-33763 Mac Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:11:52 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3331#comment-33763 If you are staked in live casino situation then you sell your self for someone to put you in the game. Most kids these days take 50 bucks put it online and over 1-2 years of dedication and talent get millions. Some simply play get lucky at a big tournament "World Series of Poker" and get a million dollar a year contract for merely playing and advertising the fact that they won and so can you. Most kids start online and can play anytime they want and hardly have to wait like in the old days of live poker. Where there was one table of unknown people or maybe some good regulars. Online there are programs stats patterns that you cna get at your finger tips with only a click of a button. Some you have ot buy some you can pirate. Bottom line what the guy speaks of is old time poker. Where the skill and edge factor was so huge, that anyone who wasn't a moron could make money by understanding the cards. Now poker has evolved online at least.People are educated and stakes are for grinders, the skill difference online is big. There is still a lot of good action live because all the young kids are online, while the tourists and such go to the casino to drop a few hundred. These players at live casinos are mostly recreational and have fun. I think this post has some good info but some outdated info. the internet has turbo charged poker. Online p If you are staked in live casino situation then you sell your self for someone to put you in the game. Most kids these days take 50 bucks put it online and over 1-2 years of dedication and talent get millions. Some simply play get lucky at a big tournament “World Series of Poker” and get a million dollar a year contract for merely playing and advertising the fact that they won and so can you.

Most kids start online and can play anytime they want and hardly have to wait like in the old days of live poker. Where there was one table of unknown people or maybe some good regulars.

Online there are programs stats patterns that you cna get at your finger tips with only a click of a button. Some you have ot buy some you can pirate.

Bottom line what the guy speaks of is old time poker. Where the skill and edge factor was so huge, that anyone who wasn’t a moron could make money by understanding the cards.

Now poker has evolved online at least.People are educated and stakes are for grinders, the skill difference online is big. There is still a lot of good action live because all the young kids are online, while the tourists and such go to the casino to drop a few hundred. These players at live casinos are mostly recreational and have fun.

I think this post has some good info but some outdated info.

the internet has turbo charged poker.

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]]> By: Nathan John Johansen http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/03/so-you-want-my-job-professional-gambler/comment-page-1/#comment-32344 Nathan John Johansen Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:19:59 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3331#comment-32344 How anyone could argue that paying your bills with earnings from engaging in a game with professionals is un-honorable is practically insane in my opinion. I say again, in my opinion, Gamblers are athletes like any other. Table or field. The stakes are high in professional sports. If Christatos forced people to play cards at gunpoint then I would agree, but as long as he's playing with professionals (or anyone who willfully entered into a casino to play cards for money) then I say he's doing just fine. How anyone could argue that paying your bills with earnings from engaging in a game with professionals is un-honorable is practically insane in my opinion. I say again, in my opinion, Gamblers are athletes like any other. Table or field. The stakes are high in professional sports. If Christatos forced people to play cards at gunpoint then I would agree, but as long as he’s playing with professionals (or anyone who willfully entered into a casino to play cards for money) then I say he’s doing just fine.

]]> By: Christatos Aristad http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/03/so-you-want-my-job-professional-gambler/comment-page-1/#comment-31706 Christatos Aristad Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:25:53 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3331#comment-31706 Shane, I thank you for your regard and honesty in your response. I appreciate anyone willing to be honest and abrupt with me at this point in my life. I think it would be best if I responded to your argument in e-mail, as it is beyond my provenance as gambling consultant to broach any deep philisophical concepts about morality and responsability here in my defense. If people are really that interested in stories of my exploits, I'll post a series in the forum perhaps about my great losses to give some proper perspective and some flavor to the story of my career. Some of them have been rather interesting. And while this may seem rather ancient of me, who exactly is this liquor gentleman that I am supposed to be? I don't really watch television. Shane, I thank you for your regard and honesty in your response. I appreciate anyone willing to be honest and abrupt with me at this point in my life. I think it would be best if I responded to your argument in e-mail, as it is beyond my provenance as gambling consultant to broach any deep philisophical concepts about morality and responsability here in my defense.

If people are really that interested in stories of my exploits, I’ll post a series in the forum perhaps about my great losses to give some proper perspective and some flavor to the story of my career. Some of them have been rather interesting.

And while this may seem rather ancient of me, who exactly is this liquor gentleman that I am supposed to be? I don’t really watch television.

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