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[DrewDevil]

$10 million in cash, at 5% interest, throws off $500K a year.

I think I could live on that pretty comfortably forever.

[Sack Lodge]

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I basically suck at poker and play low limits, but I think if I had 100k in the bank, I could get by on my meager poker income pretty comfortably for a long time.

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and if poker dries up?

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Well, I guess I'd have to get a job again. So what?

[deathtoau]

About a month ago, during a period of serious burnout at work, I sat down with a spreadsheet and calculated what required asset allocation I would need to never have to work again. I figured out that if I could invest $1.2 million in after tax dollars, I could retire and live off the interest/dividends.

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[gusmahler]

Once I did the calculations for how big the lotto had to be so that I never had to work again. My number was $7M before taxes.