Win rate in Bellagio $15-30 games

[coyotej]

Well said, goodgrief. I concur.

I had a big tourney win last year (which I coincidentally won 2 weeks after quitting an engineering job), and I had planned to find new work within a couple months. With the "cushion" of the tourney win I felt like I could see what playing everyday would be like, though... after 5 months of the grind, I realized it was time to get back "a real job", since I wasn't even making 1BB/hr at the local 20 game.

When I first started looking for work, the "what have you been doing the last 6 months" question came up, and I pretty much had to say I just took time off, that I hadn't done so in several years of working as an engineer... had that span of time been much longer, I probably would have had a harder time finding a good job.

Having a real job again, and playing a few times a week instead, has been a much more comfortable existence. I might not get as much experience as fast, but I haven't gotten mired down in the grind, either: it's still fun to play pretty much every time I go, now.