teaulc Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 as the title says,if a player is in full time employment but is sponsored to play live poker is he still an amateur?? thoughts please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Re: can an amateur be sponsored and still be an amateur? hehe - presume this is the perenial APAT debate? By APAT's definition, still an amateur :ok If his full time employment is not poker related, then I would consider them an amateur player in every sense - you were sponsored to play at WSOP - are you an amateur or a pro? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaulc Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 Re: can an amateur be sponsored and still be an amateur? hehe - presume this is the perenial APAT debate? By APAT's definition, still an amateur :ok If his full time employment is not poker related, then I would consider them an amateur player in every sense - you were sponsored to play at WSOP - are you an amateur or a pro? ;) definitely an amateur,,,but see where you are coming from,,cheers trev:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAM Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Re: can an amateur be sponsored and still be an amateur? Alan you were sponsored at the WSOP this year and you definitely played them like an amateur :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaulc Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 Re: can an amateur be sponsored and still be an amateur? Alan you were sponsored at the WSOP this year and you definitely played them like an amateur :lol ah,but the experience was incalcuble,(wrong spelling i think)..it has taken a couple of months for that experience to come through but i am really happy with my poker at the moment and it seems to have been noticed,but early days yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioArca Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Re: can an amateur be sponsored and still be an amateur? "an amateur is someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime" Therefore you can be sponsored and still be an amateur, unless of course the sponsorship is to play full time and not as a pastime.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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