Low stake "pros" ??? - Page 11

Riveredya · #**101** 02-01-2007, 05:51 PM

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Ok I undertsand what you are saying from the resume stand point but honestly resumes are somewhat overrated. The interview is the most important part of the hiring process.

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Get your foot in the door first and then impress, if all the see is gaping holes in your employment history, good luck. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

sanmarcosrun1 · #**102** 02-01-2007, 05:54 PM

Why does their have to be a gaping whole in your resume. Why cant you list poker? With as much TV coverage it hasnt gotten it isnt exactly considered a sin to everyone now.

Riveredya · #**103** 02-01-2007, 06:19 PM

I suppose you could try. It might make me worry as an employer that you were an addict, but it might also give you a chance to talk about some interesting stuff. I'd try it.

AKQJ10 · #**104** 02-01-2007, 07:58 PM

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I suppose you could try. It might make me worry as an employer that you were an addict, but it might also give you a chance to talk about some interesting stuff. I'd try it.

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Grrr... I had written up a response, but the cat walked across the computer and shut it down. So I'll summarize.

I'm not a hiring manager, but if I were, I'd be more concerned with your ability to articulate the business skills that you take from poker and how you plan to apply them in a new setting than with any stigma. Of course you'd be lucky to have a hiring manager who shares your avocation, but that could be a double-edged sword if you didn't come prepared. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

RR · #**105** 02-01-2007, 11:38 PM

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Ok I undertsand what you are saying from the resume stand point but honestly resumes are somewhat overrated. The interview is the most important part of the hiring process.

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Get your foot in the door first and then impress, if all the see is gaping holes in your employment history, good luck. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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There are some industries (gaming for one) that use a computer system to never talk to you if you have gaps in your employment history.

T50_Omaha8 · #**106** 02-02-2007, 01:43 AM

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Fuel for the fire: At 1/2NL I pull down $120 every 3-4 hours. At that rate I could see averaging $50k a year assuming for a couple of bad runs. That said I only play for 4-5 hours a week, one time a week and have a good paying job. If I were thinking at all that my Big Mac money was gonna go to some donk, maybe I would play different....

Yes I definitely think you could make a living playing low stakes poker for a living.

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$30/hr = $1/hand = 50 big blinds per 100 hands. Wow, sir.

otter · #**107** 02-02-2007, 04:25 AM

Lie on the damn resume! I had 7 years of sales engineer experience and if it came down to it I'd come up with something to cover the 2.5 year gap. I wouldn't think listing, "professional gambler" would be too impressive to a potential employer. You could always say that you left the previous job, x months ago and have been going back to school perhaps to persue some degree. Really it's not that hard, is it?

jeffnc · #**108** 02-02-2007, 11:54 AM

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10 years ago $10/hr at $3-$6 was pretty easy to make. The rake is higher these days, but the players are enough weaker (at these levels) to offset that. I would expect a good player to make very similiar amounat at 3-6 and 5-10 as 3-6 is a good structure that promotes action and 5-10 is a horrible action and is only spread in out of the way places that don't know any better.

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Well you wouldn't play 5/10. You'd go someplace where you have a nice office to work in like the Bellagio and play 4/8 or 8/16 all day(night). I can't think of any reason to play 3/6 in some crappy room when you could play 4/8 at the Bellagio where it's the lowest game spread.

rabiddog · #**109** 02-02-2007, 12:27 PM

What about parents who stay at home with their kids and take care of the house? Does this kind of gap look bad on your resume? My son was struggling in school with math, so I took the summer off and we hit the books together to improve his school work. Helped him tremendously. That summer has turned into almost 5 years now. Although I have been going back to school myself part time to work towards a degree. Still I consider myself a stay at home parent. My wife makes right at 30k a year and has good health benefits, our vehicles are all paid off and the only bills we have is rent/utilities and a couple credit cards. So we're not hurting for money. I play poker to supplement the income, but mainly still consider myself a stay at home dad, not a poker pro or anything even remotely close to that. But I have always wondered how that gap on my resume would be viewed where I have it listed as stay at home parent. Of course I do explain why I stay at home, to help child with school and attend school part time.

AKQJ10 · #**110** 02-02-2007, 01:26 PM

I wouldn't lie. I would tell the truth, that I've been building a freelancing business, and omit the detail that poker has been accounting for much of my income during that time.

As to the stay-at-home dad: My uninformed guess is that a summer is probably OK. Anything more, about 50-75% of potential employers would not let you get to the point where you could tell the story, but that 50-75% is not employers you'd want to work for.