Thinking of Dropping Out - My Plan

[dr_doogie_md]

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It's great if you love to party... Which I don't, too many people are alcohalics for me to even begin touching that [censored]. As for finding classes I like, since I'm a freshman I really cant take any of my core classes for at least another year.

I realize people just tell me "shut up and just do your studies." But since I was never challenged really in my life I find it extremely difficult setting goals to become a good student. In high school i never did homework and got good grades on tests. I do this in college now too, but since i am skipping 50% of my classes just out of laziness I feel like i'm just pissing away my money.

I know in my head I should just shut up and do it, but when it comes to it, I find something else to distract my time.

So for all of those people that say I should stay in college, what are some [censored] I can change that'll help me become more successful in college and get off my ass.

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If you lack the discipline to grind a few classes, can you really expect to grind poker 8-12+ hours a day, 5+ days a week? Yes it's fun, and you obviously have a passion for the game, but grinding the tables, sweating the bankroll, it can take a toll. It's the hardest easy living to be made.

If you bust, what would you have to fall back on? You'd be dead broke and uneducated. You'd end up a 30 yr. old pizza delivery man. Not a pretty picture

[greg nice]

do yourself a favor and read the legislation forum

[Acein8ter]

Most of the 'top' poker players are really 'smart'. Many of them have degrees, masters, Phd's, etc... If you are smart, you would get your 4 year then start playing. You can always find a job if things do not work out. You probably have not had a downwards variance swing for a few months...

[MicroBob]

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Don't flame me about "you dont have the br to play 6/12..." It's a beatable game and I know I can make money on those tables.

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It doesn't matter that the game is beatable.
Any game will still have variance. You are not guaranteed to win at all.

The reason why you don't have a large enough bankroll is because you can't ensure that you have enough to ride through these swings.


The fact that you think you can get away with saying, "I know i can beat this game. So having a short-bankroll is okay" indicates that you just don't understand the point of having a bankroll in the first place nor do you understand the significant chances of losing even in a game where you believe you are a big favorite.


With your bankroll and I'm guessing your relative lack of experience in the game your idea is a ridiculously terrible mistake.
Your 18.
Stay in school.

As has been pointed out before, if you really have what it takes then you can make a ton of dough WHILE you are taking your classes and you can have a boat-load by the time you graduate.


Even staying with it for a yr or two and then having a boatload when your 20 and THEN deciding if you want to continue school would be a MUCH better plan than your current one.


You should seriously consider listening to the advice here because so many different 2+2'ers are actually agreeing on how obviously wrong your plan is.
There have been several players who have a plan of leaving school or their job and give their background and if they have a good chance of making it work then 2+2'ers aren't shy about telling him to 'go for it'.

But you definitely don't make the cut with this really iffy plan.

[retep]

YOu obviously have not been reading the legislation forum. Poker is here today, gone tomorrow. DOnt be stupid. College is extremly beatable.

If you are as smart as you say, then you can get by with avergae grades and not even trying. I know many students who got C's and even B's with bare minimum effort.

Studying only takes 1-2 hours a day. IF THAT.

[Abbaddabba]

Is there any way that you could set a webcam up so we can watch you freak out when you crash and burn?


I could've easily gotten in 20 hours a week of 6 tabling while i was in college and done well at school. If you're half decent, playing that much should be pulling in assloads even at stakes as low as 2/4 limit.

Realistically, you wont ever want to play more than 20 hours a week anyways. You might as well have somehting else to do in your off hours.

[jrbick]

OP,

Dumbest. Idea. Ever. Read legislation forum.

Thanks,

jrbick

[Kneel B4 Zod]

only upside of the new legislation: no more of these threads

[Isura]

DO IT.

[kibble420]

Go to school at least part time.