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My dad's not a full poker dork, but he watches an awful lot of poker on TV which is annoying as hell because it's actually more boring than golf.

But watching people playing poker on the computer in a movie seems far more boring than watching people playing poker in person on TV, so I guess advantage my dad.

Although I can't say I'd mind watching Leonardo DiCaprio in his underwear for two hours either.

There is absolutely no point in playing poker on the web unless you actively want to lose every penny you've ever owned. And yes Genny, it actually would be worse than golf.

I'm not a poker dork by any stretch of the imagination (although I do enjoy the odd online hand or two) but I love the game. It's chess with money and sometimes beer. I am an unashamed Pajigeek.

We play poker at work occasionally. Instead of money, we've got a WWF style belt that we play for. It's more fun and hard to take yourself seriously when the prize is a 40 dollar gold leather belt.

Man, I loved Rounders. Talk about a movie just before its time -- if it had been made in 2004 it would have doubled its take. But it wouldn't have been as good, in a way. The insider lingo was truly exotic in 1998, which added to the noir impact. Not to mention the timelessness of Gretchen Mol in tight sweaters.....

So, I used to play online poker for fun, but I cashed out my account last fall because I needed the money. I was about to start up again, but this is making me not do it. Thanks for that.

"So how do you know her?"
"We both read this... Err well there's this site with all these zombies and a cephalopodic deity..."
*Met with a blank stare*
"We had a class together."

I've actually made a great living playing poker the last few years. I tend to just lurk here but am not socially retarded. I like to have sex with women and drink beer and all the other stuff non-socially retarded people do.

I'm friends with some other poker geeks (though most of my friends aren't) and most of us are quite socially adept, thank you very much.

But there are lots of poker geeks still - it's odd to be one of the "cool kids" amongst that group of people.

While I didn't consider myself a poker dork, I do play online poker, as well as poker at the local casinos and the odd home game. Add in the fact that my handle here on Pajiba represents the worst starting hand in Texas Hold 'Em, I guess I'm forced to come to the realization that I am a full blown poker dork. But I'm also a comic geek, so what's the protocol for mixing geek/dork labels?

Se7en2, I like to use the term "geerk" for geek and dork. Mix up geek and nerd (like me) and it's "geerd."

You lot boasting about how much money you make playing poker online, two things:

1. I know a guy who used to tell me how his brother went to the track once in awhile and always made money. I said, "So why doesn't he go all the time?"

2. Those of you who HAVE won some money: Where did it come from? And the correct answer is "The pockets of suckers who are telling their friends how they never lose at online poker."

See, I'm wondering if y'all aren't like a guy who hits the scratchoff lottery for $50 twice a year and tells everyone what a winner he is, while he's spending $100 a week on lottery tickets.

Yeah, yeah, I know, there's some skill involved, I don't deny that. But I also saw an interview with Steve Wynn not long ago when the interviewer asked him point blank if any long-term gambler ever comes out ahead. He thought for five seconds and finally said, "No."