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Using Online Poker to Fund My World Travels (Long)
===="Around the World in 80k Hands"====
My Dear Fellow Poker-Dominating Community... I just graduated from college and I'm a naive, quixotic, ADHD-ish, 22-year-old. I'm hungry for an adventure, not to mention a way to put my American-ness into perspective (a.k.a. worldliness). I've been toying with this idea for a while, as I think it could make for a fun, memorable trip. I will make my way around the world, funding my transportation and expenses by playing online poker for a few hours each day. To spice things up, I might vary my living conditions based on my day-to-day successes and failures (e.g. nice hotel after awesome sesh, cheap youth hostel after bad day, or vice versa, as long as it averages out). I will buy my return ticket to America ahead of time, and I will make sure to bankroll myself outside the reach of reasonable variance. If bad luck or bad playing catches up to me and my bankroll falls below a predetermined amount, I will come home early, ashamed but glad I tried. Maximum predicted trip length: a few months. Really, I just feel like I have one life, and this seems like a logical time to try something silly like this (e.g. I have no career-path job, no dependents, no commitments or attachments, etc. Well, I have a girlfriend, but she's stuck doing a fellowship until May, anyway, so we're already doing long-distance). Any feedback, ideas, encouragement, questions, flaming, warnings, advice, wisdom, quotes, etc would be hugely appreciated. FWIW, here're some quick issues I've been thinking about: -account security (i'd almost certainly need to use my own laptop) -availability of wireless internet in different countries -approximating cost of travel and expenses -necessary sustainable winrate and bankroll -travelling lightly, hygiene -how best to utilize the global-ness of the 2+2 community Thanks in advance, guys. J Chaaaaap "A bit of nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men." -Willy Wonka |
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