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Old 03-31-2005, 01:02 PM
iMcompliKted iMcompliKted is offline
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Default Re: Advice for a (fairly) new player

Any professional poker player would likely be successful at any number of things and usually make more money and have less financial risk pursing another career. Apply the same things that made you succeed in poker to your school work: discipline, good decision making and perseverance. Winning a few hundred is not a good reason to give up on school and go pro. Nobody makes a good living playing low limits. If you do play professionally you'll have to consider that you'll have to make money all the time just to stay even and pay for expenses, you won't have health insurance, you'll be surrounded day after day by people who are trying to take your money and you'll have to play poker many hours almost every day, sometimes maybe when you are sick and haven't been able to win for several weeks. I'd say keep it a fun and profitable hobby and stick with what has been working for you.
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