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hiems United States. Nov 13 2013 14:22. Posts 2979

I graduated in 2010...I think there are a couple of other people on this board that graduated around that time and many have took varying paths. I worked a corporate accounting job for roughly a year but for whatever reason i was pretty depressed doing that and i ended up moving on from that in the summer of 2012.

Anyway I had lived in Jersey and went to State school and it was pretty toxic to think about being a joe in New Jeresy. I moved to San Diego for life experience stuff and pretty much paid the bills for awhile working at yet another crap accounting position at a small firm. I wasn't doing very well and I was exploring life options but I was still lost and didn't know what to do with my life at this point...I got to backgrounds with SDPD, considered the CPA/CFA, etc. In a pretty random series of events involving my parked car getting hit as a third party to an accident, I drove to vegas to play poker as a vacation. I arrived around Sep 30th and have stayed since then.

Right now I am playing live poker with a bankroll of ~22k (though close to 7k is locked up in long-term stocks so effectively ~15k). I am doing ok and paying my bills while saving a bit for my bankroll. I had bought roughly 800 dollars in BTC which is probably around $2500 now but I think I forgot my tormail password so I'm trying to get that unlocked fml, lol..

It was pretty random but I played a top-5 german live tourney crusher at low-stakes cash recently. He was killing time with his non-professional friends while getting free drinks. It was pretty fun poker and a bit of motivation, but depressing that others are so robusto and I'm sooo busto at the moment, lol.

I've been through a lot of shit since graduating in 2010. I think as a person I have progressed quite a bit but still have to figure out how to make it in the ultra-competitive world. It is depressing to think about the probabilities of that. It is also a bit frustrating playing live poker. My online experience was pretty derailed once I decided to (do the smart thing) of getting a job after graduating and the subsequent onset of black friday and I think my game has been ok at times but I have to work to have it not break down. Improvements are difficult for various reasons and I have inexperience in certain spots that translate to leaks and not great logic.

So pretty much right now I'm a pos paying my bills saving a bit and waiting on a modest trust fund, lol fml.

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mnj United States. Nov 13 2013 14:37. Posts 3848

i also graduated in 2010. i didn't get a job at first, but played poker instead. for various reasons i think it's a terrible lifestyle and decided to go to grad school in 2012. failed prob 50 interviews, but finally binked a solid consulting job. i wouldn't trade my current lifestyle for anything. and whatever pipedream poker was, and whatever glamour it had to offer i 1000x prefer what i do currently. people, culture, and lifeworth all matter a lot imo and for me at least, poker failed to address those issues. i still play the occasional cashgame/tourney but out of fun instead of desperation.

GL hope poker works out for u. just know that your life isn't over and that you still have the freedom to do whatever the fuck you want. u can always do your mba or other master's degree if you want to switch industries from accounting.

hiems United States. Nov 13 2013 14:44. Posts 2979

Thanks.

And yeah I read your blog and I think I can relate to alot of your life experiences in the past few years. I certainly have been considering and will continue to consider what can be learned from your experience. I'll try to cultivate whatever is the best, most logical avenue. That's where I am at so we'll see where that takes me.

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napoleono Romania. Nov 13 2013 16:01. Posts 771

Just keep it together man, sooner or later it will turn around, just like variance in poker does.