[MrGrob]

The sad part is that most kids...(man, I can't believe that I can say that now...damn I am getting old ~ oh well)...most kids don't realize just how hollow playing poker really is. Sure, you can earn cash etc etc, but if you are not going to school, and/or doing something to better yourself, you are going to be a clueless hollow person who knows all about 52 pieces of paper with some spots and drawings on them, but nothing about life. I think the worst beat would be a life of only poker and nothing but.

Again, the answer, as it usually is, is moderation.

I would suggest to ANYONE who was going to go pro to set limits...not only for the amount of hours you need to play...but also the maximum amount of hours you CAN play. It shocks me how many people hate working and would never think of working 60+ hours a week cause they have better things to do, yet they are willing sit in front of a computer for that long playing poker and doing nothing else. It is like the old AMWAY person...I am working for myself...I am free to set my own hours...i have no boss...all good, but 100% of their time is AMWAY.

It would not surprise me in the least if a lot of the “winning players” on 2+2 now are only winning cause they devote unhealthy amounts of hours to playing. A true poker professional, in my opinion, is good enough not only to support himself playing poker, but to do so within a reasonable amount of hours so that he can still have a good quality of life.

I do not mean this sarcastically. Really, from someone that has been there and done that ~ GET A LIFE and KEEP IT ~ it is worth more then all the money you could ever win playing poker.

Oh, and don't forget. There is a big difference between playing poker and working poker. Until you absolutely have to play or you don't eat, I would not believe that anyone can say for sure that they want to be a poker pro, as the only poker they know is being played under completely different circumstances.