[davet]

I moved to LA, Miami, Key West, Houston, Las Vegas, Washington D. C., Orlando, New Orleans, San Diego, and now I am in Los Angeles, perhaps the poker Mecca of the world. With so many casinos, bad players, and the prop system, it is probably easier to make a living out here at poker than any where else, plus... I hated living in Vegas, though I still love visiting once in a while.

Anyway. As for moving to a new job, one way to meet a lot of friends is to try staying in a hostel for the first month. You will meet an international cast of characters, and you will meet travellers who are planning on staying in the city you decide to go to. I still keep in contact with some of the people I knew from those days, and that was years ago.

As for your social life right now. I will tell you that you will be lucky to know more than one of them ten years from now. It is foolish to design your life around other people. I did fall into that trap before, and it set me back quite a bit.

A good way to meet people is to find a hobby. For example: bowling. If you are sociable, I shouldn't need to extrapolate on this.

You will also learn that as you pursue your carreer, you will make several contacts, and many friendships will be forged from this.

As for your schooling: don't quit. As for poker: don't quit. If poker is your form of income right now, treat it like a part- time job. If you can just "work" twenty or thirty hours a week, then the rest is able to take care of itself. Your friends probably do it, so can you.

It might help if you wright out a scedule. It is really easy if you buy a calander.

I might also want to point out that several of the posters on this forum are probably thinking that 2-3 times a week of socializing is quite stellar when working around a busy scedule, and I agree.