Quitting my crap job to grind 2/5+ live??

[Machmood]

playing for a living is MUCH harder then people think. When your winning everything is great, but what happens when u lose a few buy ins?? many people start chasing money, their game deteriorates, they completly lose focus of the rest of their life and focus only on poker and "winning their money back". a few tips i would give sum1 is as follows.

1. GO into the venture extremly over bankrolled. Your gonna take your lumps along the way, figure out your money managment, this will allow to take some loses and not freak out. Belive me this is VERY important, it will rleiv stress and let u just "play your game"

2. Dont be so result oriented. Just go into the casino and play solid poker. If your at the table for 8 hours and down 50 bucs, and feel like ur gettin anxious and frustrated go home and call it a day. a 50 dollar loss isnt really a bad day in the long run, but a tilt out -400 is.

3. Dont allow poker to take over. have hobbies, and other things you do with your time. I reccomend getting in the gym almost every day to relive stress and keep ur mental edge. This will keep u sharp at the table and ur brain focused.

4. enjoy every day. Remeber u made this choice because u love poker, and in reality it is easy money. Dont lose site that your doing what u love for a living. Some days r gonna be [censored], just keep it in perspective