Going Pro: What You Should Know Before Playing Poker For a Living – Part 1 of 3
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A fair amount has been written on the topic of going pro, but a lot of it is only moderately useful.
Most of the material written more than three years ago is almost entirely obsolete. And a lot of the new material is little more than a warning or plea to newer players not to try playing fulltime.
I quit my last job on March 14, 2003. Since then, I have derived 100 percent of my income from poker: playing, writing, and teaching. Leaving a steady income for poker was scary, but I am truly grateful that I made the leap. I don’t think it’s fair to tell new players, “Don’t even try going pro because most of you will fail and those who don’t won’t like it.” I tried, succeeded, and I like it. For the next few articles, I’ll give you my insights about going pro.
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There are much tougher places in the world to live than America (Iraq comes to mind), yet people stay in those places also. It takes a lot to uproot yourself and move to a strange new world… but I would appreciate some love from our government one of these days.
Getting harder and harder to find nice juicy games, but rakeback helps quite a lot to my monthly income
[...] This article originally appeared in the June 2005 Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. It’s the first in a three-part series on things to think about when considering quitting your job and “going pro.” A fair amount has been written on the …Read more… This entry was posted on Sunday, October 29th, 2006 at 6:34 pm and is filed under news330. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...]