Cash game pros - lifestyle (and numbers) questions

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i don't understand it when people imply that it's harder to have a social life playing poker than working a real job. supporting yourself via poker requires less hours and provides more flexibility.

op, one thing to keep in mind that i don't think has been mentioned is the importance of exercise. this applies to anything, i think, and not just poker, but it's no coincidence that guys like ivey and antonius keep themselves in such good shape. i'm planning to do the poker thing for a while after graduation and will probably put myself on a schedule in which i work out for an hour or two every day prior to playing a session.

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tannen, i think one of the problems with the social life thing is that alot of people are going to new places but bc poker is so unstructured it is harder to make friends then if say, u got a job with Merrill and you went out for drinks with all your other fellow analyst for instance

so, on top of the lack on an institution thing, there is the backwardsness of your life that will, (often) despite your best efforts, not conveniently match up with everyone else's

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Sleep schedule is non exsistant. I'd love to get up by 11:30 everyday but it doesn't happen.

Play about 40 hours a week.

Make about nothing because I'm on permatilt. Make more then $100 & less then $200/hr In the last week I've played 3/6LHE, 5/10 2-73D & HORSE, 10/20Razz, 30/60 Stud8, $200 HORSE tournies, 1/2 NLHE & PLO, & 2/4 Uncapped Buy-in NLHE & PLO with 1500+ effective stacks. I've got range. Typically play 1/2 & 2/4NLHE though. Between 4-9 tables depending on what I'm playing and how hard I feel like paying attention.
75k hands a month?

Social life is kind of non-existant at the moment since I just moved across the country and you don't meet people as quickly as you would if you were in school or @ a real job. I also kind of moved so I could have a lot of alone time and focus on getting my stuff together since I had become kind of a mess thanks to the poker lifestyle. Not that it was it's fault I'm just young and immature. A lot of money, nothing but freetime, and a lot of friends doesn't make for the most promising future for someone out to just have fun.
I moved because I realized I wouldn't be able to discipline myself in that environment. Prior my social was nothing but helped by flexibility poker allowed.

I spend ridiculous amounts of money on whatever whenever. Actually spent more then I made year and took it out of my bankroll. Don't do that.