Re: Stay at home dad/poker player..... is it possible?
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I feel so guilty when my toddler vies for my attention and I'm busy locked into a blinds battle with AJs...
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This is one of the major reasons I haven't considered trying to be a "pro" (the other being that I'm a $250/week low/micro hack). I don't tend to play while my 18-month-old daughter is awake, because a) I feel guilty about not spending time with her and b) She's a lot more unpredictable now than she was a year ago when she was just starting to crawl. She's "helped" me play poker a few times, raising with 94o when she decides it's time to bang on the keyboard and suchlike.
If I were to only play while she's asleep and still want to play 25-ish hours a week, I'd have to take to playing overnight or early afternoon, at sub-optimal times. And since her naps aren't uniform yet, it'd definitely be ring games instead of tournies -- not much of a problem, since I'm a pretty terrible tourney player anyway.
For the forseeable future, poker's a hobby and a source of a little extra mad money.
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