Good stuff!

I agree with both NIp and Todd. I guess it depends on what kind of job you quit. Did it pay well? Or was it at Taco Bell? Are you single or have a family? I mean if you had a job paying $5.00 and hr it is a no brainer move. If you had a job paying $100k maybe a tougher decision. I fortuanately have the best of both worlds. I have a real job that pays well into the six figures and I have the flexibility to play poker.

so before everyone says good decision you have to know all of the facts. I have played with TC many of times and believe he is very capable of earning a living playing poker.

Thank you much Duff, compliments are nice to hear no matter who they come from..even you...haahahaha just kidding...i kid i kid,, i do appreciate
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That quote is an Entrepeneurs creed.

Look at it this way? By making this move what is you worst case scenario, your downside? Iif you gave this your all and did not succeed? What would happen? Go back to your job? Sell real estate or mortagages and make a mint? Or do like Duff and do both?

Risk is minimal if not non-existent-correct? So go for the gusto?

Most people have no idea what risk really is-this one has minimal if any downside. Good luck in going for something you love.

How can you make such comments? Maybe if you were a young kid still living with your parents and had no assets and nothing better to do, you could say such a thing, but for most people it would be much more risky than what they are currently doing.

I think being positive is great, but you also need to be realistic. I'm sorry, but I've been playing poker for a long time now and I think there is a lot of bad advice in this thread. You need to open your eyes and try to understand as much as you can of what you are getting into. You need to understand the good and the bad, not just the good. That's common sense, isn't it?

jsbyun, we all understand that there is substantial risk and we need to be aware of the realities. Of course, he will be aware of the reality. He is not stupid. Anyone who plays poker with any success is obviously intelligent enough to have theie eyes open to the obvious.

However, to succeed, one CANNOT listen to those voices or he'll be dead. Please stop drilling in the 'reality' as it will NOT help him. You are stating the obvious, not an epiphany. The greater the risk, the greater the reward. EVERY super successful person in the world took a risk where there were realities of failure and the odds were against him. If they focused on those or even thought a bit about them, they would have failed miserably.

Go get em TQ, don't listen to the negativity (even if the negativity is logical, it's STILL negative) GL

This is exactly the issue.... YOU DO NOT need to know him to encourage him.!!!!! That is NEGATIVE. His post wasn't, hey guys should I....... it was hey guys I DID.... Therefore, positive reinforcement is the ONLY thing that will help him succeed..... not well, maybe you coud be the one in a million guy that makes it....... blah blah blah....... Your friend didn't try hard enough or have enough passion and likely had voices around him that were not positive. Period.

Are you this positive all the time? I think it's great. I really need to work on my attitude to be more like yours. I really believe that if you are negative then negative things will happen and vice versa.

I am 21 years old, and have a max of 1.1k in bills a month...I have made this decision because; On my worst months, I have made atleast enough to cover the bills, and I'm doing it playing poker!!! Not getting up to an alarm when someone else says I have to! So, my reasoning behind is that if i can take advantage of the extreme amount of money out there to be won and to do this as my sole income..why not?!?! Worst case scenario I continue to grind out my 100 bucks a day and make 2-3k a month and still pay the bills doing something I love, not something I "have" to.
Nevermind worst case scenario I lose it all,go pick up the sandwich i threw at NSXT under that bridge and eat it myself, and him and I can come up w/ devious plots to pillage the bridge-crossers.
F...um....F me for being a quitter

everything I said reamins true, however, I did not realize that you were 21 and just hated working for someone else and getting up in the mornings.... these are perks, not reasons. You need to set loftier goals than to make 2-3k per month. That'll work for now but creates nofuture. What happens in 5-10 yrs.? You end up in the situations jsbyun talks about. Be careful. Who knows what doors open withing those years but if they don't, be prepared.

A speech I recently read by Steve Jobs was one of the best pieces I have ever come across. A truly great read.

http://news-service.stanford.edu/new...bs-061505.html

I don't know any of you, but I think it fits this thread well. TC, good luck to you.

-trplthrt

First of all Great Picture TC.

When I wrote my other long post I was not speaking directly to you TC because I don't know you. THere are many young people who are thinking of going pro just like you so I was trying to balance all the BS smoke with some reality for them. Maybe they are thinking of giving up an education, job, career etc. to become the next Bax. They decide in part because of hearing all the success stories on TV and the internet. Other players give them rockstar status. But all stars eventually burn out.

THere is a lot of bragging about $20k beds, Huge TV's, profiting $20k per month and a lot of other BS. Not that these guys haven't made that kind of money, but you ONLY hear about the successes. For every success story there are many sad stories of people giving up a bright future to become an eventual poker bum. Two years later they have no meaningful relationships with their families, have no money, are embarassed to go to Thanksgiving dinner because they owe most of the people there money, have no health benefits, no retirement savings, shot their credit report, and wish they would have never heard of internet poker. Maybe you won't be one of them but many will.

NSXT is a very good poker player and business man. He also seems genuinly interested in helping people but he is not helping when he only gives the positives of going full time pro.. Remember, he has another job teaching people about poker and charging dozens of people hundreds, even thousands, of dollars. I am sure it is well worth it but he still has another job besides playing poker. Same with SHEETS and DUFF and many others having an education, a real career, and playing poker for tens of thousands of dollars in profit per year. Don't you think this is a better way to go?

Sure, a positive attitude is very important but so is balanced advice.

I truly hope you make me eat my words. Good luck to you.

i agree with niptuck and everyone else's realistic advice. See my latest post above. I always tell players to make their BR outside of poker beforehand and make sure it's big. Also, having worked hard for many years before 'poker as a career' allowed me to have a nice 401k. I recommend having one or creating one for you at 21 as well.

My earlier posts were simple. Be positive first cos regardless of realities, without positivity, you are dead from the start.