i am an embarrassment

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Nation -

You have PLENTY of money, trust me...



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compared to...what? his age cohort? The other types of people spending 3k a month with 12k in the bank?

From the sounds of it he has like 6 months living expenses left as a full-time poker player, that's not exactly a rosy picture. He needs an exit strategy.

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I guess I missed the part where he spends 3k/month. That's absurd.

I'm not even going to go into my financial situation, but it's a hell of a lot sparse than yours, Nation. I still manage to have fun.

Figure out a budget, make enough playing poker to cover that budget. Whether you do it in 2 days, or 5, so be it, don't set aside a certain number of hours, hands, etc. Too constraining imo.

Why are you spending 3k/month again?

[nuclear500]

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fwiw i'm 23, just got a job as a sharepoint developer/consultant, and am getting paid 65k (associates degree as well.) I have no idea why people think there is a strong correlation between level of education and earning potential (If this were the case all PHD's would be millionaires.)

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QFT and nice. SharePoint seems to be starting to take off of lately. Our company just started its implementation as well.

[AcTiOnJaCsOn]

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[carrotsnake]

gl sir, come grind it out with me <3

[Gonso]

With a good FT job and a lot less poker, you might be better off. Stressing over poker income sucks hard. Grinding as a FT occupation just isn't for everybody.

[BarryLyndon]

Nation,

If you play full ring, there is no [censored] way that 12K or 35K in life savings is going to prevent you from busto by the time you are 25 y/o. You can rectify burning out temporarily or finally make it to 400NL and make more money, but in the end, boredom will defeat you every time. Time to find a real job and become a PT player. Or take a shot at NL 5/10?

Barry

[Lori]

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yea, the way things are going we are going to be wiping our asses with $400,000 Plane tickets in 20 years

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[NANONUTS]

I'm in the same boat, have played [censored] all for the last 9 months after a good '06. Now though, I'm actually looking at the price of things and, I hoped I'd never see the day again, having to realise the value of money. Didn't help that I spent almost half my winnings from last year on a car that no-one will insure me on this year as I have too many penalty points so I'm gonna have to sell it and take the €10K+ deprectiation hit.
I <u>have</u> to play poker again now and I think it's for the best as I really lost the run of myself when I didn't have to play. I'm now approaching it with the same attitude as yourself which is the attitude I had when I was playing my best.

[KingDan]

instead of playing a bunch of hands at 1-2 I would play less tables and try to get decent at poker

that or you know, if you have decent skills/qualifications

[Teh1337zor]

I 1-3 table the majority of the time