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The Dirty Work of Poker: Impression Management and Identity

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Vines, Marcus, Linders, Annulla·2016·Deviant Behavior
DOI 10.1080/01639625.2016.1169740
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Poker has penetrated mainstream popular culture in recent years with the emergence of internet poker sites and television coverage of poker’s largest events. However, not only do images of seedy, back alley poker games and riverboat gamblers persist in popular culture but the language of addiction has been attached to gambling. We draw on the research on identity, stigma and “dirty work” to examine how poker players negotiate an identity on poker and how that identity is managed both within and outside of the poker community. We show how the strategies players use for deflecting stigma are continually renegotiated.

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  • The professional bridge player is tainted by associations with popular tales of 'card sharp' and in particular the shady world of 'underground poker'.

    “it is fair to say that the professional bridge player is tainted by associations with popular tales of 'card sharp' and in particular the shady world of 'underground poker' (Talberg, 2018;Vines & Linders, 2016).”

    From Blurring the Boundaries between Leisure and Work: Professionals as Devotees in the Mind-Sport Bridge (2022) · cites this paper as Vines & Linders, 2016

    The Introduction says images of seedy, back-alley games and riverboat gamblers remain associated with poker and its players; the Discussion also describes stigma among poker players. These passages support the claim's general point about negative card-playing associations, but they do not establish that professional bridge players are tainted by them or specifically link bridge to ‘card sharps’ or underground poker. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  1. [14]14. Gecas, Viktor and Peter J. Burke. 1995. "Self and Identity" Pp. 41-67 in Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology edited by Cook, Karen S., Gary Alan Fine, and James S.House. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
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Authors
Vines, M., & Linders, A.
Affiliations
University of Cincinnati (US)
Corresponding author
Vines, Marcus
ORCID
Linders, Annulla
Venue
Deviant Behavior
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2016-04-21
Volume
37
Issue
9
Pages
1064-1076
ISSN
  • 0163-9625 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-0456
DOI
10.1080/01639625.2016.1169740
OpenAlex
W184320061
Cited by
16
References
67
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2
FWCI
2.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Deviant Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
Keywords
poker, impression management, identity negotiation, stigma, dirty work, gambling, addiction discourse, poker players, online poker

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