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Just randomly decided to hop on lp while watching the Jays/Dodgers game, and read this
| | On October 09 2025 04:59 PuertoRican wrote:
If you have been playing poker for over 10 years and you still don't have much to show for it, I would recommend giving it up and transitioning into a new job/career while you still can.
Poker will always be there, but your youth won't.
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This is pretty remarkably close to some thoughts I've been having about where my life is and what my (few) options are moving forward. Future in poker is uncertain with advancement of AI and RTAs and increased computing power, and never ending supply of 20 year olds who will work harder and my own decline in intelligence, and yada yada yada.
Just had a really unusual week, not sure I've had one anywhere to this extent, but ran something like 3500bb below ev (plolol), but ended up net positive because multiple stakes.
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Having said all that, I do feel like I've had another mini breakthrough in terms of some aspects of the game that was previously... I guess murky at best? So I guess we'll see where things go from here.
The other problem with my current grinding situation is, with the PVI system on gg poker, there is a clear incentive to finish top 3 in the leaderboards (preferably first) to maximize your effective rakeback %. Which means grinding these outrageous 10+ hour days where my play at the end is not as sharp and my results suffer at the tables. Not sure how to optimize, maybe I need to re-think this strategy of, more tables-higher hands/hr-lower winrate-but net higher hourly plan and focus on the nuances that'll allow me to move up.
But yeah, hell of a baseball game so far. Hope the whos whos of whats left of LP is doing well!
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RiKD  United States. Oct 28 2025 05:15. Posts 9536 | | |
After quitting poker I had a good run in sales with the help of my dad but it was a gift and a curse that ultimately destroyed me. Then, I got this idea in my head to just work a simple job in a grocery store like this guy from a minimalist documentary. That got me no where. Today, I am a retail cashier. It sucks but it gets me money. It's still getting me no where. I have a degree from a good university (albeit a history degree) and it sucks to work entry level retail jobs.
So, I don't have the answers. It's a personal thing. A lot of my poker friends have quit poker and are really thriving in other areas but it took a lot of talent and hard work.
One thing I will say is that PLO variance is crazy. Back when I was playing I did a lot of research with bankroll and variance and I thought I had to be a hu plo bumhunter or a volume (rakeback) guy to get by. I also could have kept a larger bankroll and/or larger safety net (liquid savings). I also could have taken my medicine and moved down after major swongs at higher stakes. Just because it's possible to make $2 million in a year playing 25/50 PLO does not mean that it will happen. Risking $100k to attempt it is probably not a good idea. |
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LOL NERD! GO BACK TO SCHOOL LIKE ME OH WAIT UR NOT A GENIUS SO IT WOULD BE POINTLESS!! EAT MY DUST FOOL!!! |
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2cool4skool baby. Hope you're doing well bud
RiKD, I technically have a sales job thats commission based that I dont work very hard at lol. I'm definitely pretty fortunate to be where I am in life, but I'm just starting to question how much longer I can keep derpin along
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