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[QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1651579, member: 23910"]
You're kind of stuck in a nasty situation here - while people above are right in noting that most interviewers will take a negative view of someone that's spent such a long time gambling they will [B]also[/B] take a negative view of someone who can't explain what they've been doing for a living for the past few years or provide any kind of references for what they've been up to.
 
Both options suck.
 
So unless you've got something else you can put down that explains how you've been paying the bills for the past few years (say a part time job that you can talk up and pass off as your main source of income) I'd just be honest and put down "professional poker player". If the interviewer asks about it (and they probably will) answer their questions honestly and openly, tell them why you want to get away from doing that and into whatever job you're interviewing for and hope for the best. If there's a two year gap in your CV they'll jump to their own conclusions if you don't explain it and the conclusions they jump to might be even worse than playing poker for a living.  Tangerine gives just one possible example above.
 
I'm saying this as someone who's spent some time on the interviewer's side of the table, BTW.
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