@GagginKs Thanks for the support man, honoured that your first post was on my thread I'll see you at the tables , gl
@RyanC7 I understand your points a lot of people have said these things to me, but I'm young, don't feel like I am sacrificing much if anything really by taking a shot for a year, let's see how things go
Seems like you're dressing up having a year out before getting into the real world as an attempt to go pro which given your results and the fact you're staked is highly unlikely to ever come to fruition.
Firstly I genuinely wish you good luck with this, although skill, patience, and discipline will be needed more than luck.
Secondly I do hope this isn't a growing trend whereby people get a loan to study for 3 years at uni and then
a) Never use their degree
b) Never get a salaried job to pay the loan back
Us tax payers will be left plugging the black hole of unpaid student loans in years to come
I guess the parent/taxpayer part of me should say, get an income and do this part time to see how you go for a while and give yourself some security.
However the poker player/gambler in me says why not, go for it, better than having a gaaaap yaaaar, live the dream or at least give it a shot while you have no mortgage/dependents to worry about.
I say "Give it a go", you might never look back and good luck!!
If you crash and burn - get a job and play poker part time and you'll be a better player for it.
If you ever lose your job and need some income inbetween, then poker is a nice little handy earner until you find a job.
Everyone's a winner
Remember be honest with your results and ability and as long as you're not kidding yourself you'll see the warning signs before they bite you in the rear.
Firstly I genuinely wish you good luck with this, although skill, patience, and discipline will be needed more than luck. Secondly I do hope this isn't a growing trend whereby people get a loan to study for 3 years at uni and then a) Never use their degree b) Never get a salaried job to pay the loan back Us tax payers will be left plugging the black hole of unpaid student loans in years to come I guess the parent/taxpayer part of me should say, get an income and do this part time to see how you go for a while and give yourself some security. However the poker player/gambler in me says why not, go for it, better than having a gaaaap yaaaar, live the dream or at least give it a shot while you have no mortgage/dependents to worry about. Posted by Phantom66
Thanks for the post, I appreciate your concern however I can say that the large majority of my friends are all working their socks off to secure work placements for the next year And I'll probably be doing the same next year
I say "Give it a go", you might never look back and good luck!! If you crash and burn - get a job and play poker part time and you'll be a better player for it. If you ever lose your job and need some income inbetween, then poker is a nice little handy earner until you find a job. Everyone's a winner Remember be honest with your results and ability and as long as you're not kidding yourself you'll see the warning signs before they bite you in the rear. Best of luck Posted by SUPERSNEDD
Haha this is a great post I agree with everything you say, think its very solid advice so thanks a lot.
Best of luck to you... I was in a similar position to you 12 months ago although i never went to uni, i did put a semi decent career on hold to have a crack at going pro, so far so good... if you ever need any help/advice feel free to drop me a pm
my main advice to you would be to nail down solid bankroll management first of all.
also never take things for granted when its going well and never give up hope when things are going bad.
I too am a final year economics student so best of luck, in terms of training and perfecting your game what resources are you using apart from your backer? I was tempted to take a year out aswell but reckon a grad job is the lower variance choice, good luck
In Response to Re: KingBowl - An attempt to become a full-time pro: If your any good you dont need a backer. If your backer is any good he would spend his/her time playing not backing others or coaching. First sign someone is not doing well in poker anymore is they start to offer coaching. Analogy time: Why do footballers become football managers? Because they arnt good enough to play football to a decent level anymore. Posted by ajs4385
Without turning this into a debate about backing. I somewhat agree with your notion. I especially agree that if you are doing it for a living, you shouldn't be backed. As for players backing other players, it can be a very profitable, mutually beneficial agreement.
If your any good you dont need a backer. If your backer is any good he would spend his/her time playing not backing others or coaching. First sign someone is not doing well in poker anymore is they start to offer coaching. Analogy time: Why do footballers become football managers? Because they arnt good enough to play football to a decent level anymore. Posted by ajs4385
Pretty poor analogy aj imo
Do you watch Dragon's Den? Do you think Peter Jones is a washed up businessman incapable of cutting it on his own? Or do you think maybe he finds people with talent and a good idea but who need investment and advice to grow their business while he gets a return too?
If you think of a poker pro as a 1 man business - how do they grow? multi-table more? play at higher stakes? Or maybe they could find a pool of players to back, coach, invest in and get a bigger return with a better spread of risk too?
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Whatever justification you need I guess.
You must be off your rocker, Mr Bowl, daftest thing I've ever heard.
And if I were your age, & had the skillset, I'd prolly do exactly the same as you.
Good luck fella.
Or are you really from Selby, but don't want to admit it so lump yourself in with us Yorkies?
If your backer is any good he would spend his/her time playing not backing others or coaching.
First sign someone is not doing well in poker anymore is they start to offer coaching.
Analogy time:
Why do footballers become football managers? Because they arnt good enough to play football to a decent level anymore.
If your any good you dont need a backer. If your backer is any good he would spend his/her time playing not backing others or coaching. First sign someone is not doing well in poker anymore is they start to offer coaching. Analogy time: Why do footballers become football managers? Because they arnt good enough to play football to a decent level anymore.
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