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Big_Rob_48 United States. Feb 26 2009 00:13. Posts 3432 | | |
Or whatever you want to call it. Basically I have told everyone close to me, including my parents, that I have no intentions of getting a job and that I am 100% playing poker for a year starting when I graduate in May. I am so excited, I know its going to be the hardest thing I have ever done, but at the same time I can't wait to get started.
The last year:
Made 100k over a 10 month period last year, then stopped playing poker to focus on school as of a year ago. I made a long term life financial EV decision that it was more profitable to try to get a 4.0 gpa in my finance classes instead of making 10k a month in poker. I played poker for around 20k hands a month since September without really focusing on my game at all and have averaged a winrate of $125 an hour (I 10 table).
What I want to do Pokerwise:
I want to play 30k hands a week for one year (I average 1k hands an hour 10 tabling). I plan on grinding 200 nl and hopefully 400 nl. My goal winrate is a pedestrian 2.0 pt/bb. I want to be extremely realistic with my goal. I want to feel like it is something I am working every day towards and that downswings won't slow me down. My goal amount of money is $150,000. This is a goal that I hope to have a very high percentage chance to obtain. I exchanged pm's with handbanana who is a pretty rad dude who made over $200,000 in a year grinding is ass off. I hope to do similar, except a slightly higher pt/bb but less tables and hands. I plan on having a coaching session like once very two weeks to make sure that I am always growing as a player. Some people I may pm for wondering if they want to help out a fellow lp'er (in exchange for $$$ of course) are people like TalentedTom, Jamie217, Nolan, or basically anyone that can beat 400nl or higher (those 3 off the top of my head are sick players imo). I also plan on having a heads up day, where I play only 1 on 1 poker in order to ensure I grow as a player and am not in zombie grind out mode all week.
What I want lifewise:
I am extremely worried about my social life, as I am not a party person or nightlife/bar scene person. I love working out, playing sports, hanging out with chicks, and playing video games with my friends. I am extremely afraid of getting the feeling like I don't get out enough. The feeling where you just feel light headed and dizzy because you have been looking at some sort of monitor device for way to fucking disproportional amount a day. Do any of you have trouble with that? Or are you just trained gamers that have gotten used to it as a way of life? What is a good living situation? Living at a place where people are around and you aren't alone from 9am-5pm sounds logical. Also, what hours are feasible if I want to play 30 hours a week?
If you feel like my goals are naive and I should change my outlooks in a way that would be more rewarding financially or in terms of total happiness I would love to know. I may add this to main poker because it is something I would really love to hear from LP people about. I also really want to meet some LP people eventually, as I have never hung out with a single person that plays online poker and I think it has killed my ability to be on a level higher than 400 nl. Also, it would be hella fun. Thinking about visiting iamalex in Colorado sometime in the next month.
I would love to have any comments or criticisms. Please share your pro experience/thoughts!
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NeillyJQ United States. Feb 26 2009 00:16. Posts 8947 | | |
your a sick hero and i believe 100% you will do great, i support your decision 100% and hope you catch any key cards you need to help you along the way.
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nutshot United States. Feb 26 2009 00:28. Posts 4539 | | | |
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GL man Hope you do well and move to nl400 asap. gtfo of nl200  hehe |
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joLin United States. Feb 26 2009 00:34. Posts 3818 | | |
good luck! i hope to one day be able to make this decision too. |
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Big_Rob_48 United States. Feb 26 2009 00:52. Posts 3432 | | |
Thanks for the support guys. I'd love comments and/or experiences. Like I think lostaccount plays a ton of hands right? I'd love you guys to share your methods and life management as well as poker management. |
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I am kinda in the same situation as you. I turned pro about 7 months ago.
About the getting out of the house thing and meeting new people. I haven't done it yet but once I am ready I will probably start to travel around the world for the big poker tournaments. This will help me get away from the grind everyday and help refresh mindset. It would be cool if i could meet some poker players too. All my friends are broke college students who don't really understand my lifestyle. |
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Sliggy Australia. Feb 26 2009 01:05. Posts 742 | | |
i'm jealous and wish you the best. |
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wolfheart Estonia. Feb 26 2009 01:37. Posts 7592 | | |
poker aint so fun then u take it as a job |
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matdon460 United States. Feb 26 2009 01:37. Posts 1089 | | |
good luck man. I graduated in december with a finance degree (not a 4.0 gpa but respectable) and I guess I'm a pro because I can't find a job . |
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k2o4 United States. Feb 26 2009 01:42. Posts 4803 | | |
I'm in CO, drop me a PM if u come by.
#1 suggestion I'd have is set specific days aside during the week where you do something else. Get a part time job that isn't stressful where you can meet cool people, or even better volunteer at a cooler charity/nonprofit 1-2 days a week. I think the volunteering will be especially good cause what I noticed the one time I tried to do poker full time was that even when I was winning a lot I felt really empty. It may take a while but eventually you will feel like you aren't contributing to the world in any meaningful way and just making lots of money won't be very rewarding. So plan to do something that helps others in some way.
Also you probably want to avoid having a GF for a while, just have casual girls to hang out with. If I were you I'd aim to meet 5 good looking and fun girls who you develop a fuck buddyish relationship with. That way when you do get lonely you have someone to call up and go to a movie with or stick your penis into. Having a serious GF is hard cause you will neglect her and she will be angry.
GL man =) |
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SPEWTARD Peru. Feb 26 2009 02:00. Posts 4306 | | |
| | On February 25 2009 23:16 NeillyJQ wrote:
your a sick hero,
GL Rob,
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Big_Rob_48 United States. Feb 26 2009 02:36. Posts 3432 | | |
Hey thanks all for the GL and the comments so far guys! |
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RS_II United States. Feb 26 2009 21:04. Posts 748 | | |
| | On February 26 2009 00:42 k2o4 wrote:
I'm in CO, drop me a PM if u come by.
#1 suggestion I'd have is set specific days aside during the week where you do something else. Get a part time job that isn't stressful where you can meet cool people, or even better volunteer at a cooler charity/nonprofit 1-2 days a week. I think the volunteering will be especially good cause what I noticed the one time I tried to do poker full time was that even when I was winning a lot I felt really empty. It may take a while but eventually you will feel like you aren't contributing to the world in any meaningful way and just making lots of money won't be very rewarding. So plan to do something that helps others in some way.
Also you probably want to avoid having a GF for a while, just have casual girls to hang out with. If I were you I'd aim to meet 5 good looking and fun girls who you develop a fuck buddyish relationship with. That way when you do get lonely you have someone to call up and go to a movie with or stick your penis into. Having a serious GF is hard cause you will neglect her and she will be angry.
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super solid advice k2
rob wish you well in your endeavors and make sure to keep the blog updated ^.^ congrats on your completion of college, something that I have still not achieved T_T
also hook yourself up with a nice new setup and some nice flat screen monitors that are easy on your eyes |
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YoMeR United States. Apr 23 2009 19:42. Posts 12438 | | |
definitely work off a schedule. A person almost always more productive overall with some kinda structure. I've made the mistake of doing jack shit for long periods cuz of this. |
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