Thoughts about poker and success (mainly for college students)

[FourNickel]

I agree with OP. I am in college and can relate but think that poker will help you in business. Poker has got me interested in the stock market just to invest some profits at first. Then I realized the stock market is a game very similar to poker that can be played for profit, and if your good(which im not) you can make a lot more money then poker and with a lot less grinding. Get The Poker MBA if you want a good book that relates business to poker. I think Mason did a review on it in the books forum. Good post OP.

[billyjex]

This is becoming pretty real for me myself. I graduate in Spring 06, and realisticly could make about ~$100k a year playing shorthanded limit (thats to say if the games remain as good next year.)

My major (Journalism) will never pay that well in the real life, especially for someone like me who went to crappy state college. I know when I run well the thought of playing poker for a living seems pretty cool. Also, I played in the main event this year and the glitz and glamour of making big money in tournament poker along with the limit grind is pretty appealing but possibly just a pipe dream.

I love the freedom, and I hate authority. I hate being told what to do. I in general despise the thought of the grind of a real job.

If anything, I will play full time upon graduation, while looking to intergrate poker and journalism together.

[Seether]

What limits are you playing? Im playing 20/40 and 30/60 and couldnt imagine making as much as im making from poker, i know it wont last which is why im investing. But if the poker fad wont last then why not milk it for all its worth now.

[john kane]

im in a similar boat. back in january when i had some exams at university i was close to packing in the degree to play poker.

im now so relieved i didnt. im tempted to try to not play for the first month when im back just so i can try and actually go to lectures and keep on top of my work (as well as a lot of chilling out and boozing).

im viewing it now as a hobby for when i graduated. probably a couple of nights a week ill go down the casino/poker club and play and enjoy it.

the money i could make out of online would be a decent amount, not as much as many who play the really high stakes. although going into business will be boring for a lot of the time, i'll appreciate actually putting my brain into something. online poker im finding incredibly monotonous - you know how to play almost all situations, it just gets dull, but the money is hard to resist.

ill leave it at that before i ramble anymore, but im just so relieved im getting a degree which is going to leave me with at least some options rather than the online poker.

actually, one extra id like to add, recently ive been wondering what i'd do after university, and i had been thinking about taking a year out to travel to 3/4 cities in different continents with the money ill hopefully make over the next couple of years and while i was playing during the year. just a thought. but one ive now decided not to do, and i cant pinpoint why.

[POKhER]

If i can make 100K+ at poker a year i will be taking a year out to play it none stop, this capital will be AMAZINGLY HELPFULL in my future(House purchase for exam).

Losing a year for that would be worth it. However, Right now im at college and trying to balance studying and playing poker in my spare time.

I haven't studied today though, as i wanted to play [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Mister Z]

I graduated from college and have a "real" job now. If I was making 100K a year playing poker I'd tell my boss to lick my balls and then haul ass.