Poker discourages me from staying in college

[RED_RAIN]

Some excellent advice in this thread on why to stay in college.

Also think about this, it's what another year or two till you graduate? (I just graduated last May)

Who's to say you'll get a bitchwork job? Don't take it then. I don't do bitchwork and like my job, I also play poker, just not as much as I used to in college.

Even in college you have more than enough time to play poker, hell, you can/probably will play more in college than if you did it solely as your job (from what I've seen from people who did it).

You'll like that you graduated and find it easier later on that you have the degree and still be able to make plenty while in college.

I really hope you stay in. Also, money is pretty overrated compared to the social things.

[elmo]

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Hmmm, $500K at 30-60. At 1 BB/hour that works out to, lemme see, 8333 hours of play. About 4 years at an 8-5 job, pretty industrious....

Damn, and I got trolled for 2 posts.

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There is this concept called multitabling...

[billyjex]

he's still up 500+ bets in that time!!!! it's not a 581 BB downswing.

that davisross thread would be much better referenced.

Hey man, I know pretty much what you're feeling as far as the dilemma between college and poker. Im a 20 y/o soph at OSU and I've made about 40k in the last few months (225k hands). I feel the pressure to postpone school but I've also been considering taking the minimum amount of credit hours and just budgeting my time well. I'm a Comp Sci major, which isn't the easiest major but I'm pretty good with school stuff so I dont have to put much time into studying and homework. If you plan your schedule right you should be able to have your nights open to play which is where most of the money is at. I usually play 3 - 4 hours a night 8 tabling $400 - 1k 6H games even with school. And 5 - 6 hours a night on the weekends. This leaves me plenty of time go out and get shitfaced or whatever else I want to do too. If I quit school the only advantages would be being able to travel to play some bigger tourneys and maybe playing a couple more hours a day. I played full time over the summer for awhile and it gets boring fast. It's really hard to sit at a comp for 8 hours a day playing cards, even though I was making good money, playing more than 6 hours/day for days on end would get old fast. First Im going to try trimming down my academic schedule and see how that goes, and if I really feel the need to postpone school after that then I'll re-evaluate the situation. Let me know what you guys think about this plan or if you have any good ideas. Thanks.

[baronzeus]

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Hey man, I know pretty much what you're feeling as far as the dilemma between college and poker. Im a 20 y/o soph at OSU and I've made about 40k in the last few months (225k hands). I feel the pressure to postpone school but I've also been considering taking the minimum amount of credit hours and just budgeting my time well. I'm a Comp Sci major, which isn't the easiest major but I'm pretty good with school stuff so I dont have to put much time into studying and homework. If you plan your schedule right you should be able to have your nights open to play which is where most of the money is at. I usually play 3 - 4 hours a night 8 tabling $400 - 1k 6H games even with school. And 5 - 6 hours a night on the weekends. This leaves me plenty of time go out and get shitfaced or whatever else I want to do too. If I quit school the only advantages would be being able to travel to play some bigger tourneys and maybe playing a couple more hours a day. I played full time over the summer for awhile and it gets boring fast. It's really hard to sit at a comp for 8 hours a day playing cards, even though I was making good money, playing more than 6 hours/day for days on end would get old fast. First Im going to try trimming down my academic schedule and see how that goes, and if I really feel the need to postpone school after that then I'll re-evaluate the situation. Let me know what you guys think about this plan or if you have any good ideas. Thanks.

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PM Me what high school you went to. I am from cincinnati and a soph from college and maybe I know you.

[wonkadaddy]

i don't give a hoot whether you stay in school or not. and i doubt the 3 seconds i put into this post will have too much sway on your decision. with that said..

1. i doubt you'll be able to play more poker having quit school than you do already. i play about the same # of hands/month as i did when i was working a 50 hour a week job. and i know i'm not alone. it's tough to stay happy and motivated when you have absolutely no responsibilities and schedule.

2. college provides the balance that should help keep poker interesting and not a grind. you should still have plenty of free time (take 12 hour semesters) and if you're really a consistent winner at the stakes you play you'll have a [censored] ton of money saved up at the end of college anyway. (and you'll be mr. blingbling while you're in college --might be kind of fun to be the guy w/the $100,000 roll when your peers are struggling w/a $8 sandwich.)

if you hate your major change it. or just take classes you're interested in that don't necessarily add up to a degree. but i wouldn't throw away your (minimal) college responsibilities simply because i'm guessing you'll be 1. less happy not in school and 2. your poker will suffer if it becomes your whole life.

also,. you put out a statement that caught my ear-- "2 "non-tilt" months of serious poker..." this throws suspicion on your poker playing, as i think we all like to evaluate our game/results in its best lite (discounting the day you steamed and blew 400BB). also, if you're tilting you may have some discipline issues. discipline isn't something that gets any better when you minimze your responsibilities. it's a lifestyle thing, and full-time poker can be a deathblow to it. YMMV good luck.