Well you justification for being a professional poker player seems to be "I am providing them entertainment in exchange for their money." While people certainly do enjoy playing poker, do you really think that they enjoy being taken by a professional player? I think people enjoy playing cards when the game is not completely rigged against them. Of course, you can argue that the luck factor of poker throws a wrench into that calculation, but if you are sure that you can defeat them, you can also be sure that they'll get frustrated and end up not enjoying themselves most of the time.
The real question here is "am I morally okay with taking money for people without providing them with any meaningful service?" It's easy to make analogies to other people who don't leave people with anything of lasting value (basically any kind of performer: magicians, singers, actors, etc.). But these are false analogies. Performers, if they're good, provide a good time and a good memory. People enjoy watching Penn and Teller make things vanish, but they don't enjoy losing thousands of dollars. More importantly, while they'll remember being completely enthralled by the magic, no matter how enjoyable you made the game of power, they'll remember the thousands they lost in it. There's an important psychological difference between paying and losing; people would rather pay $15 to see a show than be admitted for free and have $15 stolen from their pockets. Moreover, you have to ask myself "would people really pay thousands of dollars for my company"? I suspect that, if you're honest, you'll reach to conclusion that they will not.
So let's get back to the question we decided was important. Do you have a moral problem with taking money from people without providing any meaningful service? That's a question you'll have to answer for yourself, but some things to consider are the lives that you ruin, the relationships you ruin, and the necessity of making your own money and having a job you love. The flip side is that there will be plenty of people who can "afford to lose" the money that they gamble with. You'll meet all sorts of interesting people, and probably play against some some other exceptionally good poker players. Do the benefits outweigh the moral costs?
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