fame vs fortune

I was thinking about this today, as I didnt feel like playing much and it was horrible weather outside. I know a few people that play poker only for money and some only for fame...First off, I dont think there is much fame outside the poker world to be gained by playing poker. I dont think the general public has any clue who many of the great poker players are, like they know other great sports people or politicians..I had to choose those categories because poker doesnt really fit in with any specific group, at least not im my opinion. Sure, the public knows the top few in the world at most things, but if you asked me to name 20 good basketball players, i couldnt. So...I dont think there is all that much fame to be gained...that being said, in poker, you can win everything, become fameous within the poker world and still not have all that much money. Most of the "name" pros on the circut are broke or backed so they dont go broke. You simply have to win fairly consistently to make a good living...there arent many people who can do this, and if they are, they probably are just running hot or normal...it will be intresting to see how they do when they run very poor, which will happen eventually...

As for fortune, you can make a killing playing poker and no one will have any clue who you are. There are quite a few millionaires who are younger than 21, that if they went to play in a local card room, you would think they are some random 20 year old idiots. Also, you can easily grind out $200,000/year playing $100 sngs or $2/$4 n cash games. Its just a matter of putting in the hours.

I guess what I am saying that it is much easier to get rich by the worlds standards than to become fameous. If I had to choose, I for sure play for the money. I dont care at all what a bunch of poker players think about me...I do, however, care a lot about what my poker playing friends think about me. I dont really know what I posted this..I guess I just hate to see kids chasing a dream of becomming the worlds best poker player when they will most likely fail...and when they actually make it to the top, they realize that they are still seen as a degenerate gambler by the general (uneducated) public.

As for my day, i made a nice $3200 over 1000 hands of 2/4 nl. I was hitting hands and people were just giving it away. It was nice. I guess ill just post again tomorrow.