Question re Turning Pro - When is Best?

SuperUberBob · #1 08-05-2007, 03:07 AM

Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about poker as a profession. Poker make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.

Rekwob · #2 08-05-2007, 03:12 AM

dont do it unless you have no dependents and few overheads, unless your bankroll is huge for whatever you're playing

Hoop Addict · #3 08-05-2007, 03:57 AM

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dont do it unless you have no dependents and few overheads, unless your bankroll is huge for whatever you're playing

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Well, if I were to quit now, I'd have no overheads (living with folks) and no dependents. But I'd have trouble getting a home loan 6 months down the track.

Hoop Addict · #4 08-05-2007, 03:56 AM

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Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about poker as a profession. Poker make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.

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I'm 23 & I dropped out of school when I was 17 for completely different reasons & got myself a job.

0evg0 · #5 08-05-2007, 03:58 AM

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Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about poker as a profession. Poker make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.

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dude, at least read his post. He isn't currently in school, and college probably isn't a realistic option at this point in his life.

I can't speak to the difficulties you may encounter re: getting a home loan without a guaranteed income, but I can say that if you were to quit your job now and focus on poker, the next 6 months could easily be spent working exceedingly hard so that if you still do need a loan, it will at least be much much less sizeable if you want it to be (by working exceedingly hard at putting in as many hours as possible).

THAY3R · #6 08-05-2007, 04:09 AM

If you're strictly an MTT'er there really is no reason to quit your job to play poker, the most profitable times to play is when you will be home from work anyways.

Not saying you should always have another job since working sucks, but maybe keep as is while playing more poker and see how things go over a bit larger sample.

THEOSU · #7 08-05-2007, 04:31 AM

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If you're strictly an MTT'er there really is no reason to quit your job to play poker, the most profitable times to play is when you will be home from work anyways.

Not saying you should always have another job since working sucks, but maybe keep as is while playing more poker and see how things go over a bit larger sample.

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thayer,

in op's situation, he would not be working your average 8 to 5 job.

Hoop Addict · #8 08-05-2007, 08:14 AM

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If you're strictly an MTT'er there really is no reason to quit your job to play poker, the most profitable times to play is when you will be home from work anyways.

Not saying you should always have another job since working sucks, but maybe keep as is while playing more poker and see how things go over a bit larger sample.

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Unfortunately, this isn't true. I live in Australia. The only tournaments I get to play right now are: $26 on Tilt, 2 X $30 on Stars & a $5r. Plus some small ones on another site I play at.

To add to that, I can't play every night due to other (sporting) committments.

All the "big" tournaments are run mid-morning my time, hence, holding a job & playing anywhere near seriously isn't really an option.

timex · #9 08-05-2007, 08:19 AM

Is your job one such that if you took a year or two from it, you could easily come back and get a similar job without too much effort? If so, I don't see that much wrong with going pro, so long as you leave yourself outs.

If you think it would be difficult to get an equivalent job, I might wait a little while because your life could be pretty [censored] if you go pro and fail.

Hoop Addict · #10 08-05-2007, 08:32 AM

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Is your job one such that if you took a year or two from it, you could easily come back and get a similar job without too much effort? If so, I don't see that much wrong with going pro, so long as you leave yourself outs.

If you think it would be difficult to get an equivalent job, I might wait a little while because your life could be pretty [censored] if you go pro and fail.

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Well that's the thing - I don't think it'd be a huge issue getting a job in a similar field if I had to. It's not like it's a high qualification type job or anything.

See - my issue is that it's a dead end job anyways. What I'm earning now, I'll probably be earning a similar amount 5 years from now. I ain't going to uni because I can't fathom studying. It's not like I'd be giving up a promising career to take a shot at doing something I genuinely enjoy. For me,'right now I don't think it's so much a matter of "ïf", but rather "when".