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Article: Combining Poker and School

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  1. jr125 jr125 is offline

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    May 12th, 2008 (5/12/2008 7:44pm)

  2. kasilof kasilof is offline

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    May 12th, 2008 (5/12/2008 8:40pm) in reply to jr125

    <p>If you have the option go to school.  If you are making 7 figures a year I think it would be ok to drop out of school.  There is a great unknown on the number and quality of the games 5 years from now.</p>
    <p>The entire cities of Reno and Laughlin generally have very small games.  Furthermore if you spend your entire life playing poker on your death bed you might not be proud of the life you chose.  That being said poker money may give you the option to chose the career you want.</p>
  3. miken22 miken22 is offline

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    May 12th, 2008 (5/12/2008 9:50pm) in reply to jr125

    <p>I think that's besides the point, it's a very good article about how people who ARE in school AND play poker can manage both at the same time and be happy with it. Very good article.</p>
  4. bdubs3737 bdubs3737 is offline

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    May 12th, 2008 (5/12/2008 10:36pm) in reply to jr125

    <p>nice article Jr125</p>
     
  5. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 12:01am) in reply to jr125

    <p>The best part about having this knowledge now, Matt, is you will use those balancing skills for as long as you play poker.  Unless you want nothing more than to be a professional poker hermit, you'll have to juggle between poker time and life time.  Nice work.</p>
     
  6. BSU Champ BSU Champ is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 1:46am) in reply to jr125

    <p>Another good thing about going to school and playing poker is that you can use that financial aid a lot of us get to buy into the Main Event! Yeah right...seriously though everyone should consider staying in school unless they feel like they can consistently make 60k or more playing poker.  I have just started grad school and have been doing the whole poker and school thing for 5 years and have been very succsessful at both.</p>
     
  7. beck_AA beck_AA is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 2:40am) in reply to jr125

    <p>wpwp, GL Matt.</p>
     
  8. The Sour Diesel The Sour Diesel is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 5:35am) in reply to jr125

    <p>But if you had to choose between researching in a lab (minimal travel) or playing cards (guaranteed circumnavigation) which would you choose?</p>
  9. Matedog_88 Matedog_88 is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 7:46am) in reply to jr125

    <p>fantastic article, keep it up! I will def bookmark this</p>
  10. mjay mjay is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 8:22am) in reply to jr125

    <p>great article :)</p>
  11. Dee1e Dee1e is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 9:34am) in reply to jr125

    <p>i dont think dropping out of school either way is a good idea. poker, like most things, is a trend. as players get better and better it will become a more and more difficult game. counting on poker as a lifetime income is unrealistic.</p>
  12. MasterJNeel MasterJNeel is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 9:40am) in reply to jr125

    <p>Great article, </p>
    <p>I find myself in the exact same situation. Still I don't wanna quit school. And then there is also the obvious situation of the parents... I can see there faces already: 'mom, dad, i quit school to play poker professionally!'</p>
    <p>Hmm, no thanks :)</p>
    <p>So thank you for the great article.</p>
     
  13. jr125 jr125 is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 10:23am) in reply to jr125

    <p>Thanks guys, Diesel, i think that Dee pretty much answered the question, obviously traveling and playing poker would be a fun life, but my point is that its not realistic for most people. However, going to school while playing poker is. </p>
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  14. teamnolimit1 teamnolimit1 is offline

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 11:21am) in reply to jr125

    <p>Great articcle. There is something to be said for an education. Playing poker is a tough life full of ups and downs. When u have that degree it open your options up alot but like i said great article.</p>
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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 12:23pm) in reply to jr125

    <p>Great Article it can be applied to poker and work or life in general. I went to school, work and have a family before I discovered poker. So, balancing your priorities never ends. Instead of poker or studying for exam I think about poker or doing thinks with the family. Same logic would apply. Again great article. </p>
  16. that_pope that_pope is offline la la la...I'm so sexy

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    May 13th, 2008 (5/13/2008 7:16pm) in reply to jr125

    <p>People from U of A are dumb.</p>
  17. Autolobotomist Autolobotomist is offline playing air is my style? so what

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    May 14th, 2008 (5/14/2008 8:58am) in reply to jr125

    <p>Do not leave college to play poker. There is no greater concentration of hot pussy than in colleges. Maybe the Playboy mansion, but they don't have an admissions department that will accept you. God damn you youngsters. </p>
  18. frying_sok frying_sok is offline

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    May 15th, 2008 (5/15/2008 3:50am) in reply to jr125

    <p>His recent scores didn't include that B+ on the stats test!!</p>
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