OT: My mom wants me to be a poker pro

[Mr_J]

"Cost of living can be cut dramatically through online poker as you can leave a major city center"

The no tax thing kind of just balances out the higher cost of living than what americans have.

[NiR]

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Why not? Imho, this is no different a call than a good college athlete leaving college early to take a shot at the pros. If it doesn't work out, go back and finish. If it does work out, chances are good you'll make a lot more money than you would with a degree.

Congratulations. You've got a better Mom than I had, or still have. (She thinks I'm a degenerate gambler, but never misses the Tues Night Lotto and Sat Night bingo.)

CJ

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u cant just go back and finish college. wont happen. it wont happen!! just finish college .im sure your playing alot anyway so whats colege got to do with it. i play like 25 hours a week and i have college full time in a nerd engineering school. and plus. u want the bitches also. unlimited supplies in college. most colleges...

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Thanks for the props!

How many hours do your friends work? Do they do the typical 40hr week, or are they killing it?

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Killing it. NO ONE works 40 hours! 60 hours would be a good week, with 13 hours each day being more typical for sales & trading. Friends in IBD, Capital Markets, Syndicate, etc work longer (or at least more unpredictable) hours for the most part.

So in other words, no life at all?

[ravensfan]

Here in Canada we don't pay taxes on it either... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[ravensfan]

And to think i passed on law school because of the 50-55hour weeks

[zambonidrivr]

Reno? LOL. Hillarious.
DOn't you play the $10's?
Is your mom on crack?

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So in other words, no life at all?

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Plenty of life, just no sleep.