Tell the worst TURNING PRO STORY you have heard.

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I have heard a few doozies. Recently a guy told me that he won $800 in a tourney in Atlantic City. He comes back from the trip to discover he has been "snubbed" for a promotion at work (he is some kind of a salesman making $50-55k per year). He angrily quits, citing his stellar poker results as a sign that he will easily make a living playing poker. His plan: play 2-4 and 4-8 lhe and $40-100 buyin tournaments (mostly no-limit), all live. I had this conversation with him about 3 months after the experiment had begun. He was flat broke and returning to his sales job.

Of course, he told me he would only return to regular work temporarily to build a bankroll as the previous 3 months had taught him that... he could easily make a living playing poker.

[MasterLJ]

It's really a product of who is telling the story.

You can pretty easily make 5-figures/month if you're not a retard and you've put in the time to learn and build a proper bankroll. That being said, what is the stat? It's something like 3-5% of all players being longterm winners...

[plzleenowhammy]

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You can pretty easily make 5-figures/month if you're not a retard and you've put in the time to learn and build a proper bankroll.

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level?

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http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...rue#Post6827081

[bustedromo]

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Ok. I get it.

going pro = dropping out of job/school/everything else play higher and higher limits always underfunded totally ignore kelly criteria wildly swinging br up/down hang out with other "pros" looting savings accounts maxing credit cards borrowing from acquaintances never pay back chase losses blowing it all no housing money move back in with parents

I thought going pro was something else. Thanks for clearing that up.

[jtown1010]

I think you can play poker to pay bills and not neccesarily have "turned pro". It's not that hard to make more playing 40-50 hours a week than you could waiting tables or some other menial job you can get in college. Dropping out is a big mistake though IMO, even if you make all the money playing poker, it still never hurts to finish the degree and have it as a back-up plan.

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Ok. I get it.

going pro = dropping out of job/school/everything else wildly swinging br up/down looting savings accounts maxing credit cards borrowing from acquaintances never pay back blowing it all no housing money move back in with parents

I thought going pro was something else. Thanks for clearing that up.

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Busted,

That's why this thread is the WORST going pro stories you have heard. Noone wants to hear those boring old "I ground my way up from .5/1 nl until my bankroll was established before I decided to quit my menial job and go pro, and still had a backup plan if poker doesn't work."

We are looking for horrible decisions compounded by perhaps a shocking ending...this is NVG, after all.

[wpr101]

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You can pretty easily make 5-figures/month if you're not a retard and you've put in the time to learn and build a proper bankroll.

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level?

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2/4 NL?

[mused01]

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You can pretty easily make 5-figures/month if you're not a retard and you've put in the time to learn and build a proper bankroll.

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level?

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2/4 NL?

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1/2 NL?

[Squareview]

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You can pretty easily make 5-figures/month if you're not a retard and you've put in the time to learn and build a proper bankroll.

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level?

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2/4 NL?

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1/2 NL?

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.5/1 NL?