The last few months I’ve written about the planning and mindset required to make it successfully as a professional player. I hope those readers with lots of ambition and few responsibilities have taken my advice and are preparing to take their shot at playing for a living. Now is a Living on Easy Street|68|3.95|USD|| [...]

The Intelligent Investor is the Theory of Poker of investing. It is the best and most complete introduction there is to the theory of investing. If you have even one dollar in the stock market, the bond market, or any other investment, you simply need to read this book. Presumably …Login/Register for more.

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For the last two months I’ve discussed the financial planning necessary to make a successful run at playing full-time. If you haven’t read them already, check out Part 1 and Part 2. This month I’m going to talk about some of the intangibles: self-discipline and emotional control.

If you haven’t already, read Going Pro: What You Should Know Before Playing Poker For a Living - Part 1 of 3 where we learned to estimate our monthly expenses, or nut, and we learned to estimate our monthly earn.
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Your monthly nut is $2,300. So you have Going Pro: What You Should Know [...]

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 Going Pro: What You Should [...]

I dig books. I guess that’s not a surprise, since I write books for a living. But I strongly believe in better living through reading. Success is colored in black and white. Reading the right books can help you get control over all sorts of aspects of your life and …Login/Register for more.