When to go pro?

[Nicholasp27]

when to go pro?

"when you quit your job and are unemployed"

sounds like a plan

[stupidsucker]

gl to you then...

playing for a living is vastly different then having a job.

There is nothing that can really prepare you for it anyways. It sounds to me like you want to do this, and there was really no talking you out of it.

Since you are already in the water. Here are some suggestions.

1) Get 3 months worth of ALL bills/rent/food in the bank.
2) Dont touch it (this is not part of your bankroll)
3) Dont pay any bills with that money. Use new poker earnings only.
4) Don't be ashamed to call it quits and find a job if things go poorly. You can always try again.
5) Get another 3 months worth of rent in the bank
6) Never stop learning(a problem I am working on)
7) WORK. Dont get lazy. Especially if you are running well.(A problem that I used to have)

[Ogre]

YES!! QUIT YOUR JOB ASAP! ONLY FISH WORK FOR THE MAN!!!

[Degen]

this is bs

i've never had a good tardiness track record in my life, i offer this:

people who have a history of being late to work, yet do their work very well when they decide to do it on their own time/terms, are more well-suited to playing professional poker than those who are sterotypical 'company men'

also people who prefer to stay up late and sleep till 1pm as opposed to early risers

In last 4 years i have called in sick 1 time. I had a couple 1-2 min tardies puching back in from break.

[stupidsucker]

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this is bs

i've never had a good tardiness track record in my life, i offer this:

people who have a history of being late to work, yet do their work very well when they decide to do it on their own time/terms, are more well-suited to playing professional poker than those who are sterotypical 'company men'

also people who prefer to stay up late and sleep till 1pm as opposed to early risers

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this coming from the guy that has played 100 SnGs/month since he has turned pro???? And you have the ability to 8 table? Your challenge thread is challenging you to put forth average effort. This guy is going to fall over dead from taurine poisoning.

It took me over a year to learn this lesson.

btw FWIW... I agree that tardiness isnt a direct link to someones SnG function, but indirectly yes. Work ethic has everything to do with it though.

[RikaKazak]

Ummm, get higher rakeback, I know you aren't a high volume player, but I currently get 32% (am a high volume player) and my buddy a low volume player get 29%. That will help your ROI.

[Degen]

100 a week, and i see the contradiction

i have lost all credibility on this issue

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i still think its almost a prerequisite


any tips on overcoming this SS?

[stupidsucker]

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Ummm, get higher rakeback, I know you aren't a high volume player, but I currently get 32% (am a high volume player) and my buddy a low volume player get 29%. That will help your ROI.

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if he plays 1000 22s in a month he will make an extra $80/month if he can land a 29% rakeback deal (extra4%) It really isnt a big deal. It will raise his roi by 0.4%/month if he maintains a 10% roi. Rakeback switching over even 4% for a low volume player just isnt worth it imo. Rakeback is such a mess already that a lot of poker sites want to do away with it. Why add fuel to the fire by switching?

[fnord_too]

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If getting to work on time is a big problem, you most likely don't have the self-discipline to be self-employed.

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Tardiness can be a sign of a lot of non-diciplinary things like: hidden aggression; bad morning logistics; not really giving a damn about the job; not sweating some arbitrary arival time if it does not impact production; etc.

Also he didn't say it was a big problem. Sometimes people just like to pressure their underlings, or have some exagerated preference for form (as opposed to function).

(Yeah, my arrival time at work has high varriance [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )