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Obliterate

Advice needed (long winded)

Hey all,

Ok i need help on a pretty important choice I've got to make.  In August my job comes to an end in a town where it's pretty hard to get anything decent.  I played poker professionally for a couple of years back in 2006 - 2008 and have played the odd few games since black Friday.  After seeing Brokerstars HU challenge it really did make me seriously consider getting back into poker again.  Part of me feels like I've missed the boat abit on poker now though - the really great players can still make money at the game but from what I read it's getting harder and harder for us mere mortals.  Do people really still see the games being profitable in 5 years time?  I'm just at abit of a crossroads at what to do because it could be months until I can find a new job here, I could have a $4000 bankroll and 6 months living costs saved by the time my job ends - is it worth putting the study in and hard work in the upcoming months, as well as a few privates with brokerstar to try and make a living from it again?  

The other option is to just forget it, I'm 6"6 and train MMA on a daily basis so getting a job on a door shouldnt be a problem - i'd just much rather have another crack at poker then have to put up with drunken chavs.

Any advice would be muchly appreciated

Andy
blsmur

I think poker will always be here as a game and there will always be professionals  , you just have to decide if its what you want  , there will always be fish and there will always be someone better than you on a day as that is the nature of the game . If you want to do it it seems to me you got everything you need  financially   ,, so you just need motivation  , as for coaching well there is always something to adjust , so getting some  poker perspectives is always good.
U Cook Socks

Do both imo

Door work has decent hours doesn't it, to leave you free to play poker quite a bit.

Personally, I wouldn't put all my eggs in the poker basket, but if you really want it, then you gotta put some serious work in, and try and become better than the rest.

If I were doing it as a long term thing, I would also try and learn cash games of some nature, or Mtt's.
blsmur

sorry
U Cook Socks

blsmur wrote:
sorry


Why, what have you done now ?
blsmur

U Cook Socks wrote:
blsmur wrote:
sorry


Why, what have you done now ?


just got a post in the wrong page  and i couldnt delete it so it just say sorry
cdm

Re: Advice needed (long winded)

Obliterate wrote:
Hey all,

Ok i need help on a pretty important choice I've got to make.  In August my job comes to an end in a town where it's pretty hard to get anything decent.  I played poker professionally for a couple of years back in 2006 - 2008 and have played the odd few games since black Friday.  After seeing Brokerstars HU challenge it really did make me seriously consider getting back into poker again.  Part of me feels like I've missed the boat abit on poker now though - the really great players can still make money at the game but from what I read it's getting harder and harder for us mere mortals.  Do people really still see the games being profitable in 5 years time?  I'm just at abit of a crossroads at what to do because it could be months until I can find a new job here, I could have a $4000 bankroll and 6 months living costs saved by the time my job ends - is it worth putting the study in and hard work in the upcoming months, as well as a few privates with brokerstar to try and make a living from it again?  

The other option is to just forget it, I'm 6"6 and train MMA on a daily basis so getting a job on a door shouldnt be a problem - i'd just much rather have another crack at poker then have to put up with drunken chavs.

Any advice would be muchly appreciated

Andy

was blazing said.

i took a job doing mobile app development because i have a degree and a masters and no CV.  now, i can easily earn more playing poker than i do working 9-5 (at home Very Happy), and the hours often stretch later than they should... but the guarantee at the end of it is that i'll have a better CV/resume, a portfolio of work, and a more hardened craft that can be applied to the professional world.

while it's not exactly the same as your situation, i'd highly recommend keeping the job & working through it and studying up on the side.  it'll take you a while to get accustomed to poker again, particularly HU if you hadn't been playing that before.  the added pressure of *needing* money as opposed to wanting money (professional vs. recreational) player could negatively affect you, and you could also run bad which happens to everyone.  

here's what i'd do, keep working and excercise the same martial spirit and tilt control you got from training MMA + holding back from smacking scumbags (this'll be great for your return to poker ;D), and punt on a few quid and do a small bankroll build.  ask to stay on in the job as a part time doorman (i presume you can do that?) and dedicate more time to learning/training/winning.  if it gets to the point that you've got a good bit saved, a nice deep BR and you're extremely confident and have experienced a long sample of games to understand the true nature of the ups and downs of variance in HUSNG, then quit the job completely.  

it's always good to have a guaranteed wage.  relying on poker for cash when you're tilting/experiencing bad variance will cost you money and can screw with your mental health.  just be careful before diving in, and don't make any decisions until you've played at least 1000 games ;P
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