Re: Time to Go Pro?
I'm also in a situation where I'm thinking of "going pro" - but not permanently. I plan to go to graduate school in a year of a half, but I basically have til then to just work because of the way application deadlines and stuff fall. So my choices are either stick with my current crap job (really boring, sometimes stressful, and I only make 33k a year) or quit and just play full-time to support myself. My savings does total about 6 months living expenses, and even with all the health insurance and extra taxes, I'd probably make double what I'm making at my job right now.
It'd be a no-brainer except for one thing: everyone here talks about burn-out, and I'd be lying if I said it didn't scare me. I have no idea what my mentality would be if poker was my sole source of income. It's easy to say right now that I'd be all disciplined, and I mean I am a pretty disciplined person, and I do force myself to log hours of poker in order to support a rather luxurious lifestyle...but what about when I hit the 200 bb downswing which forced me to drop from 20-40 all the way down to 5-10 last year. I'm a lifetime winner from poker of about 20k, but I do remember my bankroll getting crippled substantially during about a 2 month period and I'm scared of that happening again. I multi 10-20 right now but if I ran badly and had to drop down to 5-10, I'd start getting nervous.
That said, I think my thoughts and plans are:
A) make the plunge - there's potential for great reward if I run well and keep learning and improving
B) if I start running badly and find myself stressed/nervous/trouble sleeping at night I could just look for another job
C) I do have savings of close to 6 months living expenses so it's not like I couldn't pay my rent if scenario (B) occurs
sound ok?
And if anyone else in a similar situation (pyedog?) would like to discuss this stuff via email or AIM or ICQ feel free to msg me
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