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    Default Where do you work?

    i work at a place where i can play poker all day and get payed...its a check cashing place with high speed internet, its nice to get payed and hopefully GET PAYED while at work...we dont get much business so its nice to play all day.
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    I was waiting tables at Red Lobster a while ago then quit because I have other plans
    take your ego out of the equation and judge the situation dispassionately
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    anyone else have the luxury of playing poker at work all day?
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    I fix airplanes all night at work. Our computers are blocked from access to poker sites (WARNING: this site is classified as GAMBLING, and is explicitly forbidden! If you attempt to view this site you will be hung by your balls...blah, blah, blah...) But on the off chance that we get a break in the work, we do play a little poker in the engine shop. That's the beauty of night shift.
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    I work for a rather large defense contractor and it's a nice cushy job that allows me to get pretty much anywhere on the internet within reason. I surf FTR sometimes, but would rather not mess anything up by trying to actually play poker at work.
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    I work at NASA Ames research center, and even though i can post all day, I cant play poker becuase im on a stupid mac.
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    the games suck during the day anyways unless you get lucky and find a live one.

    I prefer to stay busy doing other things, then play in the evening.
    take your ego out of the equation and judge the situation dispassionately
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    im up almost $100 playing 2/4 today so far, as my job doesnt require me to do anything but sit in front of a computer all day, and i got my ways to get admin rights . Guess i should feel lucky eh?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Vecchioni
    im up almost $100 playing 2/4 today so far, as my job doesnt require me to do anything but sit in front of a computer all day, and i got my ways to get admin rights . Guess i should feel lucky eh?
    Get on ventrillo, im the only one on and im lonely.

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    That is the beauty of poker, it doesnt matter how they play, you can always devise the perfect defense and counterpunch hard.
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    well i can get on but i cant talk....im at work!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Vecchioni
    well i can get on but i cant talk....im at work!
    get on and go to 'chat' :P


    -Chris
    Quote Originally Posted by soupie
    That is the beauty of poker, it doesnt matter how they play, you can always devise the perfect defense and counterpunch hard.
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    Network Engineer at the nations largest fiber to the home service provider. Seeing as Im the lead engineer and i design and implement the network, my biggest perk is a 100Mbps sychronous public internet connection. As a result, i can multi-table, surf FTR and do all sorts of other fun things.

    P.S. as if that wasnt enough, 8" flat screen TV with full cable TV (we offer Cable TV, video over multicast IP, so i have to "monitor" the streams from time to time)



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    Quote Originally Posted by jmontis
    the games suck during the day anyways unless you get lucky and find a live one.
    You'd be surprised jmontis. I practically only ever play during American daytime, and the games are fishy as hell.
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    poker = work.

    fuck if im getting a job before schools over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CCIE SOON
    Network Engineer at the nations largest fiber to the home service provider. Seeing as Im the lead engineer and i design and implement the network, my biggest perk is a 100Mbps sychronous public internet connection. As a result, i can multi-table, surf FTR and do all sorts of other fun things.

    P.S. as if that wasnt enough, 8" flat screen TV with full cable TV (we offer Cable TV, video over multicast IP, so i have to "monitor" the streams from time to time)



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    i go to college, and yes i can play poker all day and during class with a laptop,
    "Not to say that I am a great player or anything, but somebody has to win."
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    ahhh gotta love that school wireless access!
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    I havent worked a day in my life. But I am infact homeless. I live in the small of 'Rilla's back and I use his computer when he isnt watching.

    P.S. Time to upgrade the computer 'rilla *hint hint*
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    I spy on people for the Army. Most of the stuff we have where I work is classified. We have one unclassified computer and pretty much everythingis blocked off of it. I can't even access FTR.
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    I work on my back.

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    I play poker when i can be bothered, apart from that i laze around in the sun and eat strawberry tarts
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    Quote Originally Posted by FishMagician
    I spy on people for the Army. Most of the stuff we have where I work is classified. .
    If you told us would you have to kill us?

    I do some sort of engineering in Trinity College, Dublin. Sometimes.
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    I'm the pizzaman, I run a Papa Johns pizza. Hungry yet?





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    Quote Originally Posted by Pizzaman
    I'm the pizzaman, I run a Papa Johns pizza. Hungry yet?
    The only reason anyone orders Papa John's is for the garlic sauce y/n
    TylerK: its just gambling if i want to worry about money i'll go to work lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by TylerK
    Quote Originally Posted by Pizzaman
    I'm the pizzaman, I run a Papa Johns pizza. Hungry yet?
    The only reason anyone orders Papa John's is for the garlic sauce y/n
    Absofreakinlutely....no garlic sauce, no papa johns
    If you wanna turn your daddy parts ORANGE eat some cheetos and watch some porn!

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    Blizzard Entertainment
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    diablo 2 sucks....haha at whoever edited that
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    I work at Goodyear right now as an intern....but thats going down the shitter.....The IT people are constantly monitoring PC's using the IP addresses to watch live.....I have to unplug my network connection when I want to fuck around playing solitaire and freecell.
    If you wanna turn your daddy parts ORANGE eat some cheetos and watch some porn!

    Currently sucking at life!
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    Quote Originally Posted by TylerK
    Quote Originally Posted by Pizzaman
    I'm the pizzaman, I run a Papa Johns pizza. Hungry yet?
    The only reason anyone orders Papa John's is for the garlic sauce y/n
    The garlic sauce is usually a big hit. Otherwise, its a very generic pizza.





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    Pizzaman,I don't like the airbrushed avatar. Your old one was better. Or steal Phyl's he never posts anymore
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sykedupp
    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Vecchioni
    well i can get on but i cant talk....im at work!
    get on and go to 'chat' :P


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    Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
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    When the hell is Starcraft 2 coming?

    On topic though, I work at a clothing store in the mall.
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    Starcraft 2, Starcraft:Ghost, Diablo 3, Warcraft 4, Blizzard is sooo slacking. I think it's Fnord's fault. Cool job though.

    As for work, as I've mentioned at other places, I'm a store manager for Gamestop.
    This is a true story. I'm not a paid actor. FTR does not guarantee any results. People can and do lose money when playing poker.
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    Quote Originally Posted by realgenius
    Starcraft 2, Starcraft:Ghost, Diablo 3, Warcraft 4, Blizzard is sooo slacking. I think it's Fnord's fault. Cool job though.

    As for work, as I've mentioned at other places, I'm a store manager for Gamestop.
    Think they would come out faster if we blackballed him?

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    licensed architect registered in New York, living and working in austria.

    Quote Originally Posted by vqchuang
    I work at NASA Ames research center, and even though i can post all day, I cant play poker becuase im on a stupid mac.
    macs? wow! i thought NASA still used Commodore 64s.

    Quote Originally Posted by Pizzaman
    I'm the pizzaman, I run a Papa Johns pizza. Hungry yet?
    i delivered for Papa Johns when i was in college. would have been the greatest part-time job i ever had if it wasn't for our cokehead manager.
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    I work for one of the largest Cable companies in Florida. I wish I could play poker at work but they do not let us download software onto the company computers. I am so bored at night but oh well, maybe one day.
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    Aren't there a couple of java based poker rooms (Pokerroom?) where you can play without downloading anything?
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    indeed there is, but java may not be able to be downloaded to their comps either...however just got to work and 2/4 here i come
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    I also work at a cable company, but in New York. I work in the call center and sit in front a computer all day. I played at pokerroom once, but couldnt focus on it at all. I would always get calls in the middle of hands. Then my employer loosely banned gaming while on the clock. Oh well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hydroseeds
    When the hell is Starcraft 2 coming?
    Last I heard Blizzard hadn't announced Starcraft 2, although I guess it's pretty obvious that Ghost isn't the only title in development right now.

    Speaking of which, I got to see a working copy of an unannouced title a couple days ago and it looked PHAT...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
    Speaking of which, I got to see a working copy of an unannouced title a couple days ago and it looked PHAT...
    Please, dear God, be Starcraft 2. That game will rule my life.
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    I work for EMSA, Emergency Medical Service Authority , so no computers for me during my 12 hour days becuase I am in an Ambulance all the fucking time.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Corey
    I work for EMSA, Emergency Medical Service Authority , so no computers for me during my 12 hour days becuase I am in an Ambulance all the fucking time.
    What's the craziest injury ever?

    Hopefully no dead people
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    until monday


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    I am studying computer science and work part time at a retail store selling card games, board games, role-playing games and the like. I will stop in a couple of weeks cause I really need to get serious with my studies and because I play poker and the money I get from work doesnt really make a diffirence anymore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pizzaman
    Quote Originally Posted by TylerK
    Quote Originally Posted by Pizzaman
    I'm the pizzaman, I run a Papa Johns pizza. Hungry yet?
    The only reason anyone orders Papa John's is for the garlic sauce y/n
    The garlic sauce is usually a big hit. Otherwise, its a very generic pizza.

    No offense to you personally, Pizzaman, but, Jesus is Pap John's pizza bad.

    The sauce is waaaay to sweet tasting. Probably my biggest beef with that pizza.

    Although, I will say that I love the pepperoncini's!
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    i love papa johns, i think its damn good.
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    papa johns is the best pizza from a pizza place...the regular deep dish
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    I work from my home office supporting and maintaining a website. I mix in some poker here and there for giggles. Occasionally I'll buy real estate somewhere and sell it later for a nice chunk of change. Then I'm back in my underwear playing a $10 SnG. I like alcoholic beverages and drink them anytime any day, depending on whether I have plans on reading my Harry Potter book or exercising (can't drink) or if I plan on playing some poker or Xbox, or working (I like drinking with these).

    Sometimes I work in the backyard on a lounge chair next to the pool if it's a nice day.
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    if thats not living the life, then I dont kno wat is.
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    I started my new job today...

    I'm an iPod Genius at the Apple Store at a local mall. Seems like a pretty cool place to work so far. Yes, my business cards will say Genius on them. Roflcopters.
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    I work at Target, my parents make me, I think it keeps the IRS honest too.
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    I used to work in Men's Wear at Kmart. I would spend the money I earned on Batman comics and burritos.
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    I'm an IT project manager at a fortune 50 company, and an MBA student. I do not play poker during the day, I only imagine playing while I surf FTR. At night I play poker while I imagine studying for my MBA.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Vecchioni
    papa johns is the best pizza from a pizza place...the regular deep dish
    If you're on crack, burnt all the taste buds off your tongue, and don't really know what the concept of "pizza" fully entails....



    I just graduated from shyster school and am begrudgingly looking for a job.
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    Ill begrudge your face if you mess up those quotes again!
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    Ill begrudge your face if you mess up those quotes again!
    Did you intentionally say 'your' instead of 'you'? Haha.
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    Quote Originally Posted by face
    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Vecchioni
    papa johns is the best pizza from a pizza place...the regular deep dish
    If you're on crack, burnt all the taste buds off your tongue, and don't really know what the concept of "pizza" fully entails....
    TylerK: its just gambling if i want to worry about money i'll go to work lol
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    himself fucker.
    Pizza is for fattys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legendash
    Aren't there a couple of java based poker rooms (Pokerroom?) where you can play without downloading anything?
    Indeed, I played there once while on the clock, next day I come in and it wouldnt load to their server so I knew they blocked it.
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    I work at empirepoker.com and bodog.com. They pay well.

    Fnord has the best job by far.
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    I dunno what the hell is up with all of you slackers but I work at the Peppermill Casino in Wendover, NV at the 10/20 tables. And I pwn tourists all day.

    Target, NASA, Papa Johns ect... get a real job
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrSed
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    Congrats, doc!

    And more on topic: I'm a CS masters student. I interned this summer in a programming job for a company based in the BWI Airport area. Pretty decent company - paid me according to a $65k salary while I was there.
    I run a training site...

    Check out strategy videos at GrinderSchool.com, from $10 / month.

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