Anyone quit their job to play poker full time and now they think that

ilovebadbeats · #1 03-01-2006, 03:47 PM

...it was a mistake?

Just curious...
From
most of the posts I've read anyone who has played poker for their sole source of income
"loves it" - "would never go back to their old job" - "things are great now" - etc.
(and I would expect that majority of 2+ 2 ers to be winners in the game...)

But, I would like to hear if anyone (hope the Zoo gets lots of traffic)
thinks it was a big mistake for them to "go pro" (even if they made a lot of money...).
Other reasons could be: they are simply "not happy" - to "not feeling productive" - "lack of fulfillment" - "not feel they are doing meaningful work/contributing anything to society" - etc.

My story: I still work full time...haven't yet quit my "office drone" job, but intend to within the next 3-6 months.

Ps. Now that I think about it, being a pencil-pusher/paper-shuffler/office drone
doesn't really "contribute anything to society," so full-timers, please forgive me if that
may have insulted you! lol

krazyace5 · #2 03-01-2006, 03:57 PM

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Ps. Now that I think about it, being a pencil-pusher/paper-shuffler/office drone
doesn't really "contribute anything to society," so full-timers, please forgive me if that
may have insulted you! lol

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This is such a bs arguement, a majority of jobs do not contribute a damn thing to society.

Terry · #3 03-01-2006, 04:09 PM

All of the above, except for the part about thinking it was a mistake.

The events of the past couple of weeks do have me thinking it may be time to move on to something else or go back to live play.

ilovebadbeats · #4 03-01-2006, 04:10 PM

Yea,
and that's exactly what I realized as I was wrapping up my post!

But, some people....myself included...take/would take some pride in
knowing they are performing a job/service where they are genuinely "helping people" or
"making the world a better place" - etc.
(note: "helping people" part with their money by playing TAG poker against them doesn't qualify! lol)

I guess you could make the argument that the world is already so f***ed up and is headed so fast
in the direction
of being even more f***ed up, that why should you bother trying to contribute anything?...if that's the case...but that's beside the/my point...lol

I mean, why try to better society when George W. is just going to
start wars without UN consent and flush Zillions of your tax dollars
down the drain and piss off the whole world b/c if he doesn't then "the terrorists win."

How's that for a bs argument?

RED_RAIN · #5 03-01-2006, 04:12 PM

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I mean, why try to better society when George W. is just going to
start wars without UN consent and flush Zillions of your tax dollars
down the drain and piss off the whole world b/c if he doesn't then "the terrorists win."

How's that for a bs argument?

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This type of straying is gonna kill this thread which I'm actually interested in original quesiton.

ElSapo · #6 03-01-2006, 04:15 PM

This is arguably the dumbest post I've ever read on 2+2. It's close, but I really think you may be in contention.

Also, check a post by me last week about thoughts on being pro.

ElSapo

ilovebadbeats · #7 03-01-2006, 04:36 PM

I'll check your post - thanks.

But my original question (forget about the George W. comment...lol)
I feel is a good one b/c you never hear about those who have "gone pro" and
quit for whatever reason (and not for just the obvious reason: b/c they went "bust").

It's a lifestyle change that I am 95% sure (barring a 2 outer on the river...lol)
I am going to undertake soon so I'd really like to hear if anyone attempted it and
found it to more or less be as bad as the dreary job they had before poker...

augie_ · #8 03-01-2006, 04:39 PM

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This is arguably the dumbest post I've ever read on 2+2. It's close, but I really think you may be in contention.

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What the hell? It's a good question. What's your problem?

MicroBob · #9 03-01-2006, 04:44 PM

It's a decent question.

But I really think that he's just seen posts from guys like me who really love the flexibility.

TStoneMD seemed really burnt-out really quickly as I recall.
And there are definitely other players on here who just didn't like it very much,..and after 6-12 months really really disliked it.

Some went back to their old jobs...there are others who I suspect feel kind of 'stuck' in poker (not sure though).

of course, part of the problem with this discussion is that those who get so turned-off by the game that they decide to quit are also not nearly as likely to keep posting on here either. So we just don't hear from them as much.

But I know we've heard from some of them.

Especially some of those who get too lost in it and practically blame online-poker for ruining their lives (GF is out the door, he's out of shape because he never leaves the house, etc etc).

The posts are out there somewhere....so anyone with links to some of the disgruntled ones feel free to share.

ElSapo · #10 03-01-2006, 04:45 PM

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This is arguably the dumbest post I've ever read on 2+2. It's close, but I really think you may be in contention.

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What the hell? It's a good question. What's your problem?

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Not that post. The other one, the one about all jobs contributing little to nothing to society, so what's the point.

His other post is a good question, and hence I made a post about it last week. So I don't really have a problem - what's yours?