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Re: Is poker an emotionally healthy way to make a living?

There are many thin justifications in this thread, they often sound like people trying to be badass or alternatively trying to convince themselves of something. Here's mine.

To be a winning poker player you must be smarter than average, usually a lot smarter. There are so many areas of life where being smarter goes completely unrewarded or worse still is a burden. Poker is just doing its small part to try redress the balance a little.