Life decisions

similar spot. i turned down my scholarship for grad school to take fulltime job and to play poker on the side.

depends what u like really, if u think u can survive the gayness and stress of poker then its prob best to play poker professionally. But i chose to accept a high paid fulltime job plus play like 50k hands a month instead.

Stable income, less stress, meet other young hardworking people.~~


academia is lame imo~

diversify your income

that's all I will say

If you can take a year off and go back later thats what I would do.

consider poker coaching income too.
specifically, coaching me.

On February 18 2008 01:57 Silver)Z( wrote: consider poker coaching income too. specifically, coaching me.

good point, i will definitely consider that, thanks.
and i would certainly coach you. even if i end up staying in school i might have time for it this summer.

take a year off see how things are going focuse on poker..and then u can decide if u really want to play poker for ur life.
that is what i do even if i play low stackes but i will be sooner or later on the top
or at lest that i hope.
and yeah i will deff want to take some lesson from you
we can talk and agree to some price

i only play 1=2 with shots at 2-4 and i quit my job last month with a 25k br. best decision ive ever made
im living it up, quit my job on sat jan 26th, got a plane ticket on tue jan 29th and have been traveling ever since
been to north dakot, denver, currently im drunk in las vegas after blowing 300$ at the Diamond Caberta strip club. Vegas trip = best trip of my life. And im just a 1-2 regular.

You're my hero, easy deiciosn. Quit and live it up man

peace

billy

if u only have 25K to your name and are going to consider going pro... unless u live with ur parents and don't have to pay rent and the likes then you should be playing much lower than 3/6

don't do that man, simply don't. poker isn't worth it.

Living from poker by playing whole day long in your dark room like a complete idiot is not living at all, even if you gain money.

Life is not only about money, it's great to master something and to gain money with it, but you should not quit everything for it. Or atleast I wont.

I know I'm happy to have a full time job, and I also do play poker in my free time.

I would turn into a complete freak if I would quit my job, and live the rest of my life in my room playing on my pc to gain some cash.

Live is all about meeting people, learning alot of new stuff, etc etc. not just about numbers.

On February 18 2008 01:41 sOah wrote: diversify your income that's all I will say

yeha that is whati think also

Get rich or die tryin.

i'd want to have at least 50k base before making a dramatic decision like this...

20k downswings arent uncommon once you're in 3/6-5/10-10/20 land and playing shorthanded etc.

whats ur major?

On February 18 2008 09:28 capaneo wrote: whats ur major?

computer science

On February 18 2008 03:34 Steal City wrote: if u only have 25K to your name and are going to consider going pro... unless u live with ur parents and don't have to pay rent and the likes then you should be playing much lower than 3/6

yeah, i would obviously adopt much stricter BR management

On February 18 2008 04:18 anon wrote: don't do that man, simply don't. poker isn't worth it.

On February 18 2008 05:35 Bone.be wrote: Living from poker by playing whole day long in your dark room like a complete idiot is not living at all, even if you gain money. Life is not only about money, it's great to master something and to gain money with it, but you should not quit everything for it. Or atleast I wont. I know I'm happy to have a full time job, and I also do play poker in my free time. I would turn into a complete freak if I would quit my job, and live the rest of my life in my room playing on my pc to gain some cash. Live is all about meeting people, learning alot of new stuff, etc etc. not just about numbers.

but I'm not doing this for poker. I would do it because of the freedom that poker offers. Poker's fun, but I don't want to play it for 8 hours a day. The reason that this plan is attractive to me is because of the freedom it offers. I really like to travel and that's nearly impossible when you are in school and doing research. So the idea is to have poker as a source of funding, but also spend a significant amount of time on other things (i.e., traveling, my hobbies, web design, coaching, etc.).

On February 18 2008 09:24 nolan wrote: i'd want to have at least 50k base before making a dramatic decision like this... 20k downswings arent uncommon once you're in 3/6-5/10-10/20 land and playing shorthanded etc.

I would probably initially adopt a 40 BI rule, which would make me rolled for 2/4. It seems like it should be very easy to make a steady income playing 2/4, as there are always tons of games and significantly more fish than at 3/6+. This also means fewer and less and dramatic swings.

thanks for all of the thoughts guys, either positive or negative. please keep them coming!