My last real Year of Poker

DcifrThs · #1 08-27-2005, 04:57 PM

well, this is it folks.

from now until may 20, 2006 will be my last year as a semi-pro poker player. from then on i will travel for a month and then in june very likely (or maybe july) start my new life.

Friday August 26,2005 i called up an investment bank at which i interviewed this past may. the MD told me that he was happy to hear from me and was going to just "put something out there" for me and i should "take it however i want."

he proceeded totell me that i did great at the interview and that he would be extending a full time position offer to me in the near future.

so this is it. i have school this year and poker after studies and on weekends but then its the 70-90hr a week grind for the first year at a big name investment bank. my 1st or 2nd choice institution.

i can't express how good this feels. all my work up to this point is about to pay off. all my studying and writing papers for the department of labor and delving into finance and accounting seems to have been worth it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

im sure many of you dont care or whatever, but i just wanted to tell more people b/c the pressure of finding a job as a 2nd year MBA student is no more.

poker has been good to me...but this will be the last year i play it as often as i do now.

2p2 has been good to me as well and ive met a lot of great guys and learned a sh*tload. clearly im around for the next year but it kinda feels a bit like a premature goodbye...b/c the realization of the rest of my life is at hand.

thats it...just wanted to share my good news.

thanks for listening.

Barron

fsuplayer · #2 08-27-2005, 05:54 PM

congrats dude.

Philuva · #3 08-27-2005, 05:59 PM

Congrats and if you could stop playing poker sooner, I think that would be even better.

A_C_Slater · #4 08-27-2005, 06:40 PM

70-90 hours a week?

Your work ethic sickens me.

But yet I respect you, in a begruding sort of way.

DcifrThs · #5 08-27-2005, 07:28 PM

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70-90 hours a week?

Your work ethic sickens me.

But yet I respect you, in a begruding sort of way.

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i always knew poker was transatory for me.

the 70-90 hrs a week is just for the first year or 2. then i work 7-4 mostly. within 5 years i'll likely be an MD myself w/ a small team and a nice paycheck.

i wil have a 1hr commute via train to and from NYcity b/c i'll live at home to save money for a while.

my job will be located near the old WTC site and when they rebuild the subways it'll be a touch shorter

but the best is that i will be saving that money.

-Barron

Lucky · #6 08-27-2005, 08:06 PM

why not just live close to job, cut down 10 hours a week from commute and play poker. 40 hours of poker a month has got to be the smarter play?

Plus not living with folks/having a pimp crib has got to be huge +ev with all the hot golddiggers who'll now be gunning for you.

rory · #7 08-28-2005, 10:46 AM

Don't commute. You will hate your life. Live across the street from your job if you can.

Luv2DriveTT · #8 08-28-2005, 11:10 AM

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Don't commute. You will hate your life. Live across the street from your job if you can.

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Rory is right Barron, I congratulate you on achieving this very important step in your goals, but you will become disenchanted quickly if you don't live close to your office due to the lifestyle you will be forced to live. 9/10 of the people in my building are investment bankers, the one thing I hear from them time and time again as they complain e about the hours is how glad they are that they live less than 10 minutes from their office.

You have made us all proud....

TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

sfer · #9 08-28-2005, 08:19 PM

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the 70-90 hrs a week is just for the first year or 2. then i work 7-4 mostly. within 5 years i'll likely be an MD myself w/ a small team and a nice paycheck.

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Everyone convinces themselves of this. There are lots of Associates and fewer MDs.

DcifrThs · #10 08-28-2005, 08:20 PM

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the 70-90 hrs a week is just for the first year or 2. then i work 7-4 mostly. within 5 years i'll likely be an MD myself w/ a small team and a nice paycheck.

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Everyone convinces themselves of this. There are lots of Associates and fewer MDs.

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well i guess i'll soon see for myself...

Barron