Stay at home dad/poker player..... is it possible?

[mooks]

Hey all, well I'm not a stay at home dad, don't have kids, and am not married. But I've long felt that would be a great job down the road, especially if my wife was a doctor.

How many of you out there are actual stay at home dads who play poker for a living?

Do you recommend this? Is it possible?

mooks

[ds914]

Read the weekly journal of "davidross" entitled "Playing Online for a Living."

Here's the first one.

[MicroBob]

The David Ross journals are a good example of a stay at home Dad who has done it (is doing it).


This is the route I would like to take if/when I get the opportunity to have kids (I'm 34...it's something I think about).


I know another 2+2'er whom I have communicated with via PM who has 4 kids including a new-born.
Once got a PM from him at 4am while he was playing and his baby was sleeping in his lap...thus making it a little difficult for him to type but he says that his lap is one of the only places his kid sleeps.

I'm not naming him because I don't know if he wants details of his personal life being shared (he doesn't post too much anyway)....but it seems he has a fairly 'normal' stay-at-Dad type of life with his wife and kids.

I think the new-born factored into his decision to go back to ring-games from SNG's for his income (so that he can be free on a moment's notice if necessary).


But also read all of the David Ross journal posts. That's some really good stuff.

[oreogod]

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I know another 2+2'er whom I have communicated with via PM who has 4 kids including a new-born.
Once got a PM from him at 4am while he was playing and his baby was sleeping in his lap...thus making it a little difficult for him to type but he says that his lap is one of the only places his kid sleeps.


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I hope hes good at controlling tilt. Suck to football your kid into the ground like u just made the worlds greatest touch down while in a rage of tilt. I mean, how do u explain u just made a hunchback out of your kid over a game of cards?

[MicroBob]

I don't think he has tilt issues but I don't know him in real life so couldn't really say for sure.

I think he just grinds his way along in 4-6 cash-games or SNG's (whatever he's into at the time) to make his income.

Are there really that many people out there breaking/kicking things in their homes when the cards aren't going their way?

[oreogod]

Yeah I guess after taking a couple pretty big loses I come from the Hellmouth school of hard knocks. Well when I first started playing anyway...now it takes a bit to get me angry, which is weird in itself, as I know I'll get the money back...with poker the biggest thing for me was getting used to losing even if u are without a doubt the best player at the table.

I hate losing to my grandmother while playing board games. So sometimes my competitive attitude sucks...poker has given that a huge overhaul for the better, let me just say that. But there is still frustration there sometimes.

[lacky]

trust me, after 2 years of playing 6 to 8 tables, it's hard to care much anymore. If I'm still down by the 3rd week of the month it starts getting a little frustrating (never had a losing month, want to keep it that way!) but getting A's cracked is barely even noticed anymore.

Steve

[lacky]

ya, what he said. I post, just not much compared to YOU.

Yeah, been doing it for 2 years now, works great. I never miss a game or an event. It is a struggle to work as many hours as I would like, but I make as much or more as I was making and am able to get in 25 to 40 hours generally depending on how hectic things get.

I've been playing sng's and mtt's mostly, but when the wife goes back to work from maternity leave I will have to play limit again when I'm in charge. One change I've made is I hired my younger sister to help babysit a few hours a day. It makes getting in hours easier, I make ~$50 an hour, and I pay her $7. A very +ev situation for everyone.

Steve

[x2ski]

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How many of you out there are actual stay at home dads who play poker for a living?

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Me... but I won't be a dad for another month.

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Do you recommend this?

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Um, if you make money and are used to sitting in front of a computer all day... yes. If not, I wouldn't recommend it.

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Is it possible?

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Um, if you make money and are used to sitting in front of a computer all day... yes.

[danzasmack]

seeing buster's face and "I won't be a dad for another month" makes me giggle. ohhhh lucille 2...