[FortWorthJim]

I haven't worked in more than two years, but I am starting a job search now.

I burned out after two years of almost exclusively live play. Poker absolutely became a job like any other job, something I was not excited at all about waking up and doing.

I will be far better off having a real job and playing poker on the side when I feel like playing, with no pressure.

You have to know yourself. You really do need to LOVE poker to play full-time professionally. You need to get excited about playing every day, playing as long as you need to while the game is profitable.

I don't think I have ever loved poker. I like poker. But I think in the end, I was more drawn to the mental competition and easy money than the game itself.