a lot to talk about - Page 2

KaneKungFu123 · #11 02-13-2006, 04:23 PM

This is totally true. Agree 100%

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You say you prefer poker to your job. Fine. I don't know how many hours you play nowadays, but you _will_ get sick of it.

You can start running bad, lose the motivation to play, the games dry up, the legality issue, etc etc. You say you can never go back to your sweet job if you leave. Why on earth would you want to jeopardise that? Just keep it as a sweet hobby for now man and maybe retire early.

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samoleus · #12 02-13-2006, 04:27 PM

Kane, I did not want to reveal my winnings because I did not want to brag (and I doubt that others will believe me). But I have won just short of 6 million in the last two and half years.

I believe you either do not have a large sample of experience with me, or are just trying to be abrasive for the sake of entertainment. Probably the former.

Regardless, even if you do not believe my winnings, I do respect your talent and aptitude. I would be curious as to what your advice would be for me IF YOU WERE TO ASSUME THAT I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH about my winnings, etc.

KingNeo · #13 02-13-2006, 04:28 PM

I am an engineer as well. I have considered quitting several times and taking up poker full time as well. I have recently just started a business so I think this will officially be the end of me engineering career. I will now be able to exlusively play poker, although I was playing about 2-3K hands per day even with working 8 hrs a day as an engineer.

I really don't think the legality of online poker should be an issue. There is not any serious talk in legislation right now to shut it down or regulate it. When those serious talks do begin you can expect at least another 2 years before legislation is passed.

You and I are in a different situation as I graduated from college 2 years ago and I am single. You are married and are about to become a father. Big difference. My advice is coming from my perspective here.

I am pretty aware of the entire scope of engineering salaries so even if you are on the top end of the salary range you will probably make your entire years salary in 2 months playing full time.

Let's just say you are able to play for the next 3 years full time.

36 months
2 months = 1 year of engineering salary

In 3 years you will make what you would have in 18 years working as an engineer.

I say go for it an quit your job. You will enjoy raising your child and you should also now have plenty of free time to explore other ventures besides poker.

Good luck. Now I must break you.

Yeti · #14 02-13-2006, 04:29 PM

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But I have won just short of 6 million in the last two and half years.

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huh?

KaneKungFu123 · #15 02-13-2006, 04:29 PM

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Kane, I did not want to reveal my winnings because I did not want to brag (and I doubt that others will believe me). But I have won just short of 6 million in the last two and half years.

I believe you either do not have a large sample of experience with me, or are just trying to be abrasive for the sake of entertainment. Probably the former.

Regardless, even if you do not believe my winnings, I do respect your talent and aptitude. I would be curious as to what your advice would be for me IF YOU WERE TO ASSUME THAT I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH about my winnings, etc.

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KaneKungFu123 · #16 02-13-2006, 04:30 PM

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But I have won just short of 6 million in the last two and half years.

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huh?

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Tournament?

fsuplayer · #17 02-13-2006, 04:30 PM

nice post.

KaneKungFu123 · #18 02-13-2006, 04:31 PM

If you have 6 million and are still working then you are insane.

samoleus · #19 02-13-2006, 04:31 PM

I did win the PP million and made a couple of WPT final tables in 5K events, but that has amounted to less than 700K. The bulk of my 6 million has come from cash games.

ggbman · #20 02-13-2006, 04:34 PM

I've played a very good amount with Samoleuos over the last month or two. He is obviously a significant winner in these games, although his stlye of play is what leads KKF to the incoorect conclusion that his game has tons of holes. He is very good at extracting money from the poorer players, while his style of play will not be that effective against the top regs. (By this i simply mean they won't fall victim to overcompensating as much against him) But the money he makes off the weaker players makes him a very significant winner in these games.