Quitting my crap job to grind 2/5+ live??

[Howard Beale]

My 2 cents:

Whenever I look at the young 'pros' in my games I feel more sadness for them than anything else even if they're winners and I think they'll stay winners. It's a horrible life, makes a person a social outcast and whatever freedoms you think poker as a career gives you they are not worth it. There is a reason that poker is an incestuous community. The only person that should marry a poker player is another poker player so that they can understand each other when times get miserable.

I say find a better job and concentrate on your education and career.

[otter]

It may be, but not quite yet. $15k isn't enough of a bankroll if you'll use it for your expenses also. It's stressful when you have a losing month AND your expenses come out of your bankroll. I've been there. Try to build up a bigger bank. On top of that I'm not sure that you've put in enough hours if you only play 4-6 times a month...but then again you do have a fall back plan; graduate school.

It's not as easy as it looks. Outside of good game selection you need good money management and discipline as well as being able to be honest w/ yourself. Grinding a cash game is hard work too

[kindergartencop]

i moved to vegas last summer after i got done with college with like 1000 dollars to my name and no plan on what to do, no car and no place to live. ive ground my wawy up online from microstakes and have paid all my bills rent food etc. it honestly sucked at first but now im glad i did it, its been a sweet adventure and i dont think there is any other time in my life where i would have put myself trough this. forgot to add i only did it cause i was done with school and i def. dont plan on doing this for the rest of my life.

[atrainpsu]

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Is this a good idea or not?

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If I were in this situation, I might give it a shot.
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I'm a successful 1/2 and 2/5 live player w/ 1000+ hours of experience. I've been going to Foxwoods 4-6 times a month, clearing over $1,500/mo. My game is tight and unsophisticated, and there is plenty of room for improvements/increased winrates.

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Some of this makes me skeptical at how successful you would be.
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I would take on 2/5 for a living with an initial $15,000 bankroll, and improve my game through experience and discussions with my new roomies. I would play poker probably four days a week, and bartend 1-2 days a week for a change, and to stay social.

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This is good, and I think those that have commented haven't thought about how spending 1/3 of your time working in another field and having 1/3 of your income coming from a consistent source makes this tremendously easier monetarily and psychologically.

I think this is an opportune time to do make such a move, especially if your planning on going to school. I fear making such a move because I don't want to do grad school and I've had enough trouble getting jobs in my 2 years since college.

P.S. Kinda drunk...hope I made sense

[PrimogenitoX]

lol...why be a live pro when the internet exists? is this a huge level?

[terp]

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lol...why be a live pro when the internet exists? is this a huge level?

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don't even bother asking this; people here have an irrational love affair with casino poker. yes, it's easier than online, but you get to play 10% as many hands.

i very much enjoy live poker as a recreational activity, but i play online to put myself through law school.

[im a model]

im staying with a friend in vegas and have been for a couple months. i spend a lot of time playing live and can safely say that anyone who knows what theyre doing can smash the games here. i play a different style than most people and i am a savvy fox and i have striking good looks, but the play is so bad at 2/5 that i feel like i could teach a ten-year-old how to win ~$500 a night in about a week of training. if it were a nubile ten-year-old girl i would then also teach her other things, but thats beside the point.

as for swongs, theyre one thing, but over the past three weeks at 2-5 (with about 10% at each of 1-2 and 5-10) i've had one losing session. and generally a session for me is like four to six hours, so i am a model of consistency. it is very realistic to run sustainably at 50bbs/100hands. (i think thats 25ptbbs). the obvious drawback is you get in like 30 hands an hour.

[AceOfClubs]

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it is very realistic to run sustainably at 50bbs/100hands. (i think thats 25ptbbs).

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Not over long run I think.

[PrimogenitoX]

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if it were a nubile ten-year-old girl i would then also teach her other thing

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you pathetic sick f uck

[Fishhead24]

Make sure you invest regularly in a high paying savings account........PAY YOURSELF MONTHLY.

When you reach your mid 40's you will have a nice nest egg.