[Mr_J]

"I guess the question is this: given the same FV of money in 20years, would you rather play poker online or work in finance."

You mean I keep the same hourly rate in poker but experience an exponential type income as I rise up in finance??

For me it's poker hands down.

1. Earn isn't bad.
2. Much lower hours.
3. Higher quality of life (thanks to less hours).
4. Tax free in australia, most +ev I'll ever get.
5. Flexible schedule, if I wake up on monday and want to fly to europe, I can.
6. I can parlay my winnings into investments and make a $hitload of money, giving me a much larger income and the option of not having to play poker for nearly as long [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

#3 is the most important to me. I'd take 4hrs a day and 200k a year anyday over 8hrs a day and 2mil a year, but that's just me.

There's nothing I want in life that a 2mil income can by that a 200k income couldn't. Ok, well maybe 1 thing, and that's about another dozen cars in my car collection.