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I'm pretty sure you can't extrapolate your $/hr rate when you're running hot + when the casino is at maximum donk capacity to a full 40 hour week. e.g. I've noticed my SNG ROI is better when there are 50,000+ players online than when there are ~20,000 players. Hell, I wouldn't even extrapolate how you're doing this year into a full 30-year career (in ten years, I'd imagine the poker landscape is significantly different).

Second, even if you made $100,000 a year: it's true there are very few jobs out of college that pay that much for 40 hours a week. But there are a slew of finance jobs that pay that much or more for 60-100 hours a week. And those jobs, when you get to your late 20s and early 30s, will pay you significantly more than you could ever make playing poker (unless you're Phil Ivey, but I'm guessing the odds you're Phil Ivey are about the same odds that you're Eric Mindich).

My $.02: poker's a great hobby and an even better career if you're an amazing player. But don't compare how much you're making right now with how much you could make right out of college. The payoffs of a career come much later, whereas the "salary" from poker levels off pretty quickly.