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Old 08-21-2005, 03:31 PM
AncientPC AncientPC is offline
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Default Re: Why people who \'go pro\' are the worst pro candidates...

People who play as sole income (I don't like the term "going pro") won't be asking others if they should do it or not, they'll just do it.

People who post useless threads asking if they should go pro are just looking for support to do something they need to decide for themselves anyway.
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Old 08-21-2005, 04:57 PM
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The ideal situation for an online poker player is to have a dayjob and then to play poker after work for a few hours each evening. This way the player has two sources of income and pressure on the old bankroll is greatly decreased. Plus, most of the fish are online in the evening, so having a dayjob doesn't cut into the best poker-playing hours.

Most of the people that quit their jobs are in either low-paying jobs or in jobs they don't like. For these people, it might make sense to quit their jobs because if it doesn't work out, they can just get another crappy job. No big deal really.

I think too much is made out of people "going pro," because inevitably these people are in relatively low-paying jobs that they don't like. Plus, many of them are at the beginning of their careers so taking a few months off to play poker full-time will likely not hurt them in the long run.
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Old 08-21-2005, 10:39 PM
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Um... if you come home from work just to play poker when are you going to have free time?
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Old 08-22-2005, 09:10 AM
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2) A 120 BB downswing


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This is painfully inadequate.
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Old 08-22-2005, 09:19 AM
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1) A royal flush
2) A 120 BB downswing
3) Having your boat busted by river quads


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Well [censored]. There goes my hope of someday becoming a triple draw/razz pro.
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Old 08-22-2005, 10:59 AM
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Default Re: Why people who \'go pro\' are the worst pro candidates...

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1) A royal flush
2) A 120 BB downswing
3) Having your boat busted by river quads


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Well [censored]. There goes my hope of someday becoming a triple draw/razz pro.

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Hmm, even without those requirments, I'm relatively certain that your quest was doomed from the beginning.
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Old 08-22-2005, 01:38 PM
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I love your picture, can we date?
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Old 08-22-2005, 02:03 PM
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