Re: Anyone quit their job to play poker full time and now they think t
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BTW - right now I'm sitting outside my front-door soaking in the 70-degree temps on this gorgeous day...while getting my work in.
Somewhere else in this city are tens of thousands of people who are trapped inside some stuffy office environment just wishing they could ditch their job and enjoy the day.
If these people met me and knew how I made my income they would certainly not be saying, "That must really suck. I'm so glad I get to get up at 7am every day and come to my stuffy little office."
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MicroBob I think you just summed up nicely why so many people are in love with the idea of playing poker for a living.
I happen to like my job (and am probably not good enough to make a living at poker anyway). So I have no plans to go pro. But my real question to the pros, is how do you handle the inevitable big downswings? Surely a run of 20 OTM in SNGs, or a long losing streak in ring games, must be really hard psychologically when that is your only source of income. For myself, I know I've considered quitting the game after a horrendous run - and it's only extra spending money for me. If it was my only source of income I'd probably be running back to my old job as fast as I could.
Have any of the pros considered quitting during the depths of a monumental downswing?
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