Hardest thing I've ever had to do.

[Malone Brown]

Today I made the decision to quite poker. I moved Korea 6 months ago to play online poker full time for a year. I played $5/10 Nl on UB (sometimes $25/50 when I got ballsy).

Last month my girlfriend had an serious head injury, which forced me to withdrawal my entire bankroll to pay for (except about $1000), as we had no insurance down here. Quiting has been an extremely tough decision for me to make, Poker has been very good to me this past 6 months. I have managed to pay off all my student loans as well as my girlfriend's, given me a trip to Aruba, and let me buy alot of things that I never would have been able to without it.

Instead of rebuilding my bankroll with that $1000, I have decided to us it for a christmas vacation to Thailand which I promised to my girlfriend months ago.

I've decided to get a job teaching English to Korean buisnessmen so I can have a guaranteed income. Just writing this to thank everyone here for there help over the past while, I never would have gone where I did with poker without 2+2. Also wondering if anyone else has been at this point in there poker career which they have come back from.

Thanks all.

MaloneBrown (Camen on UB)

[Non_Comformist]

I don't understand why you are quitting and frankly I think you are making a mistake. From the sounds of it poker has been very good to you, and thankfully allowed you help your girlfriend with her injury. And now you want to quit? I think getting a job makes sense, the vacation seems fun. But why not rebuild,perhaps slower than usual but what happens if you need that kind of cash again? I don't think it has to be all or nothing.

Best of luck and why Korea? I spent a year there, interesting place.

[ZeeJustin]

Post of the month.

[daryn]

come on man, have you seen my post in the wpt forum?

[Malone Brown]

Why?

[Duke]

This is a joke, right?

EDIT: Not the massive head wound part, the part where you're going to teach English.

~D

[Malone Brown]

There's not much else to do down here for work, my girlfriend's making pretty good money.

[Malone Brown]

I read back over my original post and I probably made my girlfriend's injury to be more than it actually was. She just passed out for no reason and hit her head of the cement. she just had a major concussion, but the CT scans and tests to find out why she passed out were very costly.

As to why I'm quiting, the money I would make playing lower limits I don't think would support us down here, so I'll have to get a job. Eventually I might be able to throw some more money in but for now, it looks like I'm done.

Malone

[Bytestream]

Im not familiar with Korean law, but do they have restrictions against recreational players? I mean do you either have to play professionaly or quit the game entirely?

[Malone Brown]

No, it's not like that. It's just money is so tight that I can't play recreationally or for a living. Well I guess I could keep like $50 in or something but the money I would make from that would not be worth it for me right now