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If you nerds are so smart, why don't you play poker?
>In college, she was on the Dean's list.[12] After studying some game theory, she became proficient with the Rubik's Cube and then chess. However, because she considers both to be fairly objective static games, she began to prefer poker, which incorporated human psychology that allows for inferior hands to win.[13] She graduated early from Duke University after two and a half years with a major in economics and a minor in political science in December 2003.[14][18] Her collegiate duration of two and a half years was the shortest time to graduate in the history of Duke.[14]
>A poker player since the age of five, Rousso began serious poker tournament play during her summer break from law school.[2] Rousso was in the top 5% of her law school class,[22] but she did not finish law school.[17] Now, excluding online winnings, she ranks among the top five women in poker history in terms of all-time money winnings.[9]
>In 2007, she earned $700,782.50, her largest career payday at that time, during the World Championship of Online Poker NL Hold'em Main Event with a second-place finish in the 2998-entrant field.[42]
>As of July 2011, her tournament winnings exceed $3,100,000.[50] In May 2009, Rousso won the 79-entrant €25,000 EPT High Roller Championship, which had a first prize of 720,000 Euros.[51] However, at the final table, the three final contestants elected to chop chips at €420,000 and leave €150,000 for the winner.[52] The €570,000 win, which converts to $749,467,
>As of 2015, Rousso has finished in the money in numerous live poker events and accumulated over $3,500,000 in career earnings.[7]
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>>8323217
>poker player since age 5
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>>8323217
Started practicing it seriously during my masters. After a while I realized I just didn't like it this much, and it's very, very serious time investment. I'm talking "taking a second job" time investment here, not just "weekend hobby".
>but the money
yeah you can make some good money, but given the time investment you could make that much money in other ways. And I'd rather make it doing something I like.
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Because it's a hard way to make an easy living.
It's way less glamorous than you think it is. The smartest nerds are actually the ones making poker bots.
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>>8323217
>is a genius among geniuses, with self-discipline to match
>uses it to play poker
Why is this allowed? She contributes literally nothing to society. She's below Walmart greeters as far as I'm concerned.
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>>8323217
poker is more about reading people and hiding emotions rather than math and us autists suck at it. Also, playing poker and making millions is just as likely as founding a start-up and making billions
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The only game you can have a statistical advantage in is blackjack and you'll probably have to play for shit money (like 10-20$/hour) and risk getting backroomed at any time.
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>>8323258
>Why is this allowed?
jealous
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I have colleges from school who live off of poker and one of my classmates is a millionaire. In fact, he was a millionaire at 17 even before he was legally allowed to have an account at the software platform he started playing for money.
It's not a cool job. But it makes more than most other jobs. It's a job, though.
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>dean's list
and everyone else on campus who isn't an idiot
>game theory
>rubik's cube
>chess
wut
being that good at poker is pretty cool though
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>>8324249
This site is 18+
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which is more skill based? cash games or tornaments?
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>>8324261
I'm 29 now, what are you saying?
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>>8324282
I'm saying that this is a retarded made up story.
Unless his parents were rich/UMC and willing to spend money on some vague idea of their child then it's simply not believable.
It's also articulated in a way a child would say it.
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>>8324294
Well it's true, I have no reason to make it up.
I was in the Magic the Gathering community, which is comparatively strong in Vienna where I live, and people took it seriously (we went to the UK, Netherlands, Italy, just in the hope to win a few thousand euros at tournaments).
The Poker scene is close to that, a prominent example being
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Finkel
and everybody could make an online account and if you had enough money you'd play against.. I don't know...Ben Affleck or people like that who do it as a hobby.
So I grew up with at least 10 people who made their living off of poker, starting with 14 and many are about 30 now. It pays okay, but you spend 8h a day in front of a computer and essentially do a machines job, and then there are some real life tournaments from time to time, but you sit in a Casino where there is no distinction between night or day - and all those guys don't have any sort of job experience now and do the same all day.
Upside is that those who are better than other do have some proper money and travel around like it's nothing.
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If you do a little bit of research you'll find that professional poker player is one of the most miserable, soul-crushing jobs you could have. It's lonely, boring, stressful and ultimately meaningless. Imagine being friends with doctors, lawyers, scientists, engineers, etc. while being a guy who spends 8+ a day alone in his room sitting in front of a computer playing cards. Imagine looking back 10 years and realizing that's all you've been doing with your life.
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>>8324418
And I forgot to mention that it is dying industry. Very few (I'm talking less than 30) pros make enough money consistently to be considered rich, and that only tends to get worse.
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>>8324249
>It's a job, though
fucking kek. Shooting fish in a mathematical barrel isn't a job. No one respects these people even if they have money.
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Im good at poker but i cant play without drinking and i cant drink without getting wasted so by the end of it ive either just quit or play like an ass and lose hard
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>>8323258
She's lazy.
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