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07-19-2005, 09:53 AM
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If you were me..............
..........what would you do? I am single. I am a high school teacher. I have the option to take next year off if I so choose, and still come back the following year and have my job. I will make 52K + benefits next year as a teacher. I 4-table 5/10 6max. I play OK/kinda good. I have a nice rakeback deal where I make $0.071/hand. I can get in 300 hands/hour. If I play 35 hours each week for 45 weeks and beat the game at a modest win-rate (0.9bb/100) I'll make 76K total. Tell me what to do.
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07-19-2005, 10:06 AM
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Re: If you were me..............
You realize none of us are familiar with the culture of educators. Although you are allowed to take the year off, would there be some detrimental effect on your teaching career? Or is it something that is common? Have you played at least 50 or 100K hands at this level?
You may want to consider waiting until you can beat the 10/20 at 1BB/100. I think it is the + benefits part that makes poker -EV until then.
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07-19-2005, 10:14 AM
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Re: If you were me..............
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You realize none of us are familiar with the culture of educators. Although you are allowed to take the year off, would there be some detrimental effect on your teaching career? Or is it something that is common? Have you played at least 50 or 100K hands at this level? You may want to consider waiting until you can beat the 10/20 at 1BB/100. I think it is the + benefits part that makes poker -EV until then. [/ QUOTE ] I have 30K hands at 2/4, 70K at 3/6, and 60K at 5/10 6max. I am over 1bb/100 total. Health insurance will cost me $400/month, which is a lot but it is the same coverage I would have at school. I am guessing I would be missing out on about 5-7K in retirement benefits. I could survive on 2K/month, and live well on 3K/month.
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07-19-2005, 10:37 AM
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Re: If you were me..............
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[ QUOTE ] You realize none of us are familiar with the culture of educators. Although you are allowed to take the year off, would there be some detrimental effect on your teaching career? Or is it something that is common? Have you played at least 50 or 100K hands at this level? You may want to consider waiting until you can beat the 10/20 at 1BB/100. I think it is the + benefits part that makes poker -EV until then. [/ QUOTE ] I have 30K hands at 2/4, 70K at 3/6, and 60K at 5/10 6max. I am over 1bb/100 total. Health insurance will cost me $400/month, which is a lot but it is the same coverage I would have at school. I am guessing I would be missing out on about 5-7K in retirement benefits. I could survive on 2K/month, and live well on 3K/month. [/ QUOTE ] Teach and it's not even close. The 5-7K in retirement benefits alone tip the balance. Consider the poker as a part time job if you wish but stick with the job. Think of it this way. If you play poker for a living, what are you going to do for fun? Teach the occasional night class? I don't think so.
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07-19-2005, 10:40 AM
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Re: If you were me..............
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Think of it this way. If you play poker for a living, what are you going to do for fun? Teach the occasional night class? I don't think so. [/ QUOTE ] This is wierd. It's not like he doesn't have other entertaintment options other than poker. He'll do those in all the extra hours he has when he isn't playing poker for a living. Krishan
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07-19-2005, 10:50 AM
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Re: If you were me..............
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[ QUOTE ] Think of it this way. If you play poker for a living, what are you going to do for fun? Teach the occasional night class? I don't think so. [/ QUOTE ] This is wierd. It's not like he doesn't have other entertaintment options other than poker. He'll do those in all the extra hours he has when he isn't playing poker for a living. Krishan [/ QUOTE ] Call it what you will although I don't think that's necessary. This is the way I think of it. I mostly love my job but sometimes wish I could do something else. I really enjoy playing poker and could probably go pro if I decided to. However, poker serves as a source of entertainment and stress relief from what I do for a living. It fills a particular niche in my life that it would no longer fill were I to play for a living. YMMV
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07-20-2005, 12:44 AM
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Re: If you were me..............
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Think of it this way. If you play poker for a living, what are you going to do for fun? Teach the occasional night class? I don't think so. This is wierd. It's not like he doesn't have other entertaintment options other than poker. He'll do those in all the extra hours he has when he isn't playing poker for a living. [/ QUOTE ] Haven't read the whole lengthy thread. Just stopping at this part (only on page 2) with the idiotic comment that he won't have anything to do for fun. I'm in one of those Jon Stewart, "Whaaaaaaaaa??" modes just trying to figure out how to respond to this. Some ideas for fun might include: - going out with friends - going to the movies - drinking - having sex - playing tiddly-winks - having sex WHILE playing tiddly-winks - playing the accordion - having sex while playing tiddly-winks AND the accordion Strangely enough...the prospects of 'fun' for each of these activities is exactly the same for those who don't play poker professionally as well.
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07-19-2005, 11:24 AM
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Re: If you were me..............
I'd teach and it's not even close.
[ QUOTE ] I have 30K hands at 2/4, 70K at 3/6, and 60K at 5/10 6max. I am over 1bb/100 total. [/ QUOTE ] I don't thnk you have a high enough winate to justify it. What is your winrate broken down into each limit? 1BB/100 over all 3 limits isn't spectacular. Your beating the game which is good but you need a much higher winrate to try and go pro in my opinion. WHat happens if 3 months down the road Rakeback ends?
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