serious post about playing poker professionally

[stankphish]

i guess im gonna have to get over not wanting to play online. i would rather play higher stakes b&m than multi-table though

[bernie]

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So far ive read Supersystem and caros book of tells.

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I would suggest reading alot more books than this. Every pro or great player worth anything has quite an extensive library.

Don't put too much stock into a success rate of a home game.

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[revots33]

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2. Where should i move to based on which games are the easiest to beat and dealing jobs/schools availability? im considering seattle/tacoma,vancouver b.c.,boulder colorado, foxwoods, and southern california.

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I'm not positive about this, but doesn't Colorado have a $5 max limit on any poker games in the state? Seems like Boulder wouldn't be the best choice if you want to go pro, hard to make a living at 2-4 limit.


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i know that i want to be a professional poker player, i really cant see myself doing anything else and being happy.

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Why not? I wish you success, but there's a lot of other options out there besides sitting in a casino playing poker all day, every day. Especially for a college graduate. Maybe you might want to think a little bit about what is important to you, and what other types of careers you might find fulfilling (just in case the pro poker career doesn't work out).

The book "What Color is Your Parachute" has a section with lots of good personality quizzes/exercises to help you think about what type of professions you might like. There's other similar good books in the library too. I find it hard to believe that there is NO career that is even worth considering, aside from a pro poker player.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

You need not answer this here, but if it may have even the slightest bearing (demeanor, personality style, etc), why are you being discharged prematurely? My understanding is that "under honorable conditions" is a lower level than "honorable." I know I've seen it applied to medical problems, and thought I'd seen it applied to substance abuse, weight problems, or minor misconduct (but am not sure about this). Will you elaborate?

[AKQJ10]

I'm sure my opinion will be suitably discounted, since I'm not in fact a pro. But if I had my heart set on playing brick-and-mortar professionally, I would find playing online to be a very unsatisfying substitute. I'm not even sure it's that much more lucrative, but for the sake of argument let's assume it is. There are still other career fields that pay much better than "online poker pro", and in my mind for all their faults they might be more satisfying.

I guess I'm just saying that for me the delta between my enjoyment of live poker and online poker is so great that I can empathize with someone saying that their motivation to go pro is directly tied to their love of the B&M game.

[Guthrie]

If you don't have the discipline to handle the Army, what makes you think you have it for poker?

[stankphish]

im in the coast guard and im in the process of getting medically discharged for insomnia

[AKQJ10]

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If you don't have the discipline to handle the Army, what makes you think you have it for poker?

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What does one have to do with the other, aside from some arbitrary application of the word "discipline"? I'm pretty sure I would be miserable in the Army, so I probably wouldn't stay there very long. I enjoy playing poker, especially winning poker, so I find that kind of "discipline" comes easily.