Retiring Poker- Post career options

This is really sad but good luck in all your future endeavors! Wish you only the best!

Just the natural transition in poker for high stakes cash players to eventually quit, new guys step up, and the games go on. I always wondered why most of the highest stakes players never really stayed reigning supreme, its natural for them to lose interest/ find a better opportunity.

I admired your ambition to improve and learn as you rose to the top and I appreciate all your help.

Hello Stranger.

Take time off. It takes time to let go. Only then can you truly move forward. Spend time with your gf, she will appreciate it and her support will matter.
There are more important things in life than avarice. It will only get better from now. Maybe a little bit worse but a whole lot better.

'A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds'
'Chance makes us known to others and to ourselves'
'Fortune discovers our vices and our virtues, as the light makes objects plain to the sight'
'Before strongly desiring anything we should examine what happiness he has who posesses it'
'Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable'
'We commonly praise the good hearts of those who admire us'
'We trouble ourselves less to become happy, than to make others believe we are so'
'Prosperity do best discover vice, but adversity do best discover virtue'

'Whatever difference there appears in our fortunes, there is nevertheless a certain compensation of good and evil which renders them equal'

On March 23 2015 13:50 ReSpOnSe wrote: This is really sad but good luck in all your future endeavors! Wish you only the best!

Sad? I don't think so. What's sad is grinding away at stressful job you've come to dislike, while never having the courage to move on and try something new.

What's been hard for me ever since I quit, is trying to figure out what to do next. Experiencing the freedom poker has to offer desensitizes many people from reality, and it makes it that much harder to transition out of it. Like you mentioned, it's a summer vacation that's finally come to an end.. What to do now? Work towards a a 4 year degree? Learn a skill like programming, only to realize it may not be for you? Everything pales in comparison to the freedom poker has to offer. I suppose in a way it is sad. :/

tho like others have said; you have the time, money, and obviously a whole lot of determination to of made it this far in poker - you'll crush whatever field you decide to pursue.

Funny how many of us are motivated to learn programming after reading Panorama's blog. It reminds me of the time Rekrul's stories motivated a lot of people here to play poker.

Is programming actually fun tho for you guys?

But yeah, it's about finding whatever fulfills you, forgetting about the money because it'll always come if you are passionate about something and then doing that thing wholeheartedly. Doubt you can go wrong with this approach.

Hey!! Now that you're quitting. You probably have tons and tons of notes, excel sheets and other interesting Poker stuff piled up over the years!!

Can I have some of it???

he'll be back

Sorry for not seeing this earlier, but yeah let me know if I can help.

LP programming subforum would be pretty cool

Best of luck Andrew, and let us know how it's going a few years down the line. Seeing this post tipped me over the edge into writing this blogpost, which is hopefully helpful to some http://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1125281

Open up a strip joint! Or a brothel!
Haha. ill be your partner.

Man, wish you best in the future.

On March 25 2015 07:11 spets1 wrote: Open up a strip joint! Or a brothel! Haha. ill be your partner. Man, wish you best in the future.

cucumber water is only for the customers though

Update: shipped one of the jobs. Starting Tuesday

On April 01 2015 16:54 Twisted wrote: Update: shipped one of the jobs. Starting Tuesday

Congrats, where at?

Big Dutch construction company focused on building and maintaining roads. Will be second hand to the contractor at the job itself. It's a pretty good starting position but will be some adjusting haha. Have to get up at around 5:15 AM.

Already trying to get used to the schedule, woke up today at 6AM.

Grats buddy! I guess your summer vacation is finally over. 5:15 sounds like serious business. Grats again!

Haha so true, but I'm looking forward to it. Thanks! Hope you'll find what you're looking for as well.

Quitting poker is a great decision unless you're really enjoying it and making a lot of money, which does not seem to be your case.
I'm personally now working for governement 35h/week in a fun stress free job with nice people, with a salary which is more than enough for me. Def happier than back when i played poker. Poker was sick fun for the first year, but it got dull after a while.

So much respect for the 5:15AM wake up.

On April 03 2015 16:08 Floofy wrote: Quitting poker is a great decision unless you're really enjoying it and making a lot of money, which does not seem to be your case. I'm personally now working for governement 35h/week in a fun stress free job with nice people, with a salary which is more than enough for me. Def happier than back when i played poker. Poker was sick fun for the first year, but it got dull after a while.

We demand more girl update blogs tho where they at!