[mak15]

I don't really know why I'm making this post. I know there are millions of turning pro threads all the time, but I think mine at least doesn't have any obvious parts that illicit, "you're an idiot, don't turn pro" responses, but I suppose I'll ( maybe deservedly?) get some.

OK, so I'm a Junior at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. If you don't know, it's the best undergraduate business school in the world and after you graduate you are supposed to go work 100 hours a week as an investment banker. Well, I really don't like school and I'm pretty much sure I won't like any job related to what I'm studying, or any other traditional job for that matter. I basically slide by with the bare minimum at school. I have a 3.0 gpa at this point, but I basically never go to class and just cram right before tests. I was a better student freshman year, but not much better, and have gotten slightly worse every semester.

I play poker well. I'm currently playing mostly 6max 3/6 and 5/10 NL. I've won 6 figures this year without playing that much at all. I enjoy poker, this summer I was playing a lot and did have times where I was sick of it, but certainly nowhere near how sick I got of my job working at a Hedge Fund the summer before. I have plenty of money for a bankroll and a lot of savings from both poker and the fact that when I was born my parents put away enough money that would cover 4 years in college into a fund with my name on it. Since the market has done far better than escalation of college prices in the last 20 years, I entered college with enough money to cover 4 years and have money left over.

The problems of course are the normal ones:

I'm somewhat afraid of the legislation- I have little desire to grind it out in a casino although moving out of the country if need be is not out of the question at all.

I'm somewhat afraid of burnout and obviously if I play poker for a few years after college it's going to be hard to get a job. Does anyone know what it would be like if say 3 years after graduating I wanted to get a job? Could I still get a job near the type of job I could've gotten at graduation?

My parents obviously wouldn't love the idea but they would be supportive so I'm not too worried. I have a serious girlfriend at the moment, and she doesn't love the prospect but I'm fairly certain I could convince her that Poker is pretty safe IF we were going to get engaged or something. I actually think one of the plusses of playing professionaly would be the ability to spend time with my future wife and kids whenever I wanted, specifically being able to do things like coach my kids sports teams and such.

So ya, I guess I'm just wondering what people think of my situation. I find that I have little incentive to work in school since I sorta plan on becoming a pro after college. I have no plans to dropout since it's not like i'm killing myself here and it's obviously a good idea to have the diploma just in case.

summary / cliff notes: I'm a junior and am sort of planning to turn pro after college. I've made 6 figures from minimal play this year and have a lot of money saved up. Tell me why I shouldn't turn pro or tell me that I should.

To emphasize, if you are in position to hire students out of business school, specifically for trading, banking, and such jobs. What's the difference and how big is it between a senior in college and a 25 year old guy who has been playing poker for the last 3 years?