Two Plus Two Older Archives  

Go Back   Two Plus Two Older Archives > Internet Gambling > Internet Gambling

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 12-28-2005, 10:42 AM
IggyWH IggyWH is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Pittsburgh - FIESTA BOWL BITCHES!
Posts: 317
Default For The Pro\'s

Just curious, I know we have a lot of great minds here. Great minds don't always mean doing well in school though.

What would you be doing for a living if you weren't playing poker professionally?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 12-28-2005, 10:46 AM
raze raze is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,595
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

I can honestly say I have no idea. I'd probably be trying to open a business online or be in university, or both.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 12-28-2005, 10:54 AM
IggyWH IggyWH is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Pittsburgh - FIESTA BOWL BITCHES!
Posts: 317
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

[ QUOTE ]
I can honestly say I have no idea. I'd probably be trying to open a business online or be in university, or both.

[/ QUOTE ]

So you never went to college? How old are you and how old were you when you decided to play poker for a living?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 12-28-2005, 11:34 AM
Nick-Zack Nick-Zack is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 161
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

I was in sales (commercial laundry) before I went "pro". Before that I owned a bunch of small businesses - laundromat, tanning salon, diaper service, aerobic studio, martial art school.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 12-28-2005, 11:41 AM
r3vbr r3vbr is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 75
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

I would work on my family's business. We own industries that produce a series of plastic and packaging products such as aluminium cans, artificial fibers and plastic bottles.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 12-28-2005, 12:17 PM
Mr_J Mr_J is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 639
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

Broke?

I'd probally be doing personal training/gym to build my sports br.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 12-28-2005, 12:24 PM
imitation imitation is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 560
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

I was at university studying law and IT, now I'm living in China playing Poker, but I'm also studying Chinese fulltime, I think i'd probably still have travelled, just would have had to sweat my ass back home to save before hand doing [censored] labouring jobs whilst being a student. Then probably work as a teacher over here.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 12-28-2005, 12:28 PM
Arnfinn Madsen Arnfinn Madsen is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 449
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

I have no idea. Right now I am enjoying being a pro and have no plans of quiting, but I am living in a country where I do not speak the language etc., so some adjustments would have to be made [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

I am very good at selling, so I assume I would take a job in sales somewhere. I worked with fastevolving technology which is a curse in this situation as I will be a dinosaur if I enter the industry again (will get a lot of comments like: "that's how things were made two years ago, idiot" [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]).
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 12-28-2005, 12:36 PM
daryn daryn is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 2,759
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

i probably would have gone to grad school and become a physicist or university professor. i stll might do these things
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 12-28-2005, 01:00 PM
MicroBob MicroBob is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: memphis
Posts: 1,245
Default Re: For The Pro\'s

Some people around here know this.

I am 35...prior to poker I was a radio sports-broadcaster for various minor-league and college teams.

I was doing minor-league hockey for a team in Memphis but got fired (as did almost everyone else).

my degree is in broadcast-journalism and I could have gone back into news OR sports (radio or TV...although probably just behind the scenes if TV) if I wanted to eventually.

for 8 months I was dealing blackjack at a casino in Tunica, mississippi immediately prior to turning pro.
Blackjack actually paid a little better than small-time radio.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:19 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.