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[quote user="Deoxyribo"] Do you want to do this for your whole life? I see all the people grinding out a decent living playing poker, but tbh, we live a looong time. Do you really wanna grind poker your whole life? If not, what is your plan after? What are your thoughts on this? I kinda wanna try going pro (after i graduate in 2.5 years obv) but this is one problem I have with it. I'm not sure I like the idea of me being 42 and just playing poker still, even if it does make a lot of

What do you describe as more money? Not that I make mucho bucks but I have the liberty play when I want and not worry about making my mortgage/car/student loan payments...

Jon Bon - is it too late to get in?

TJ! Glad you did so well it that tourney awhile back, what happened to the winnings? remember br management.

[quote user="mhoddi"]I would lie/make something up and not include poker, especially "high speed decision making... etc". I mean I guess for a mock resume you can try it, but any real world resume try and find a friend that is in charge of others and ask if you can put their name as a reference and some job title under them. just my opinion [/quote] Even being a mock resume, I wouldn't include poker. As a someone that sees lots of resumes, mentioning this as your career would

Full Tilt Poker Game #15257284574: $3 + $0.30 Tournament (111711692), Table 27 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:04:08 ET - 2009/10/10 Seat 1: AlgoRhythm (3,304) Seat 2: Chiefmonk (14,065) Seat 3: Racin65 (1,684) Seat 4: Suavesativa (7,802) Seat 5: Sonicboom54 (3,148) Seat 6: almost good (14,730) Seat 7: d2dlee (5,791) Seat 8: nerds1 (17,635) Seat 9: BB_GUEZ_BB (10,232) AlgoRhythm antes 25 Chiefmonk antes 25 Racin65 antes 25 Suavesativa antes 25 Sonicboom54 antes 25 almost good antes

I'd agree. Finish the degree, you have the rest of your life to play. 3 semesters isn't that long and not much will change during that time, but you could have your masters and have that behind you for the future.

[quote user="apestyles"] I dunno, I'd rather poker have a nerdy reputation than a seedy reputation. I like that people are seeing young "math wiz"'s succeed. Alot of people have this mistaken impression of what poker is and I think the show does a good job showing that its a skill game. [/quote] ^ agreed

 

What do I do with this? Full Tilt Poker Game #14658817583: $5 + 0.50 Knockout (107537338), Table 71 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:32:55 ET - 2009/09/12 Seat 1: WheelchairsFull (2,420) Seat 2: CoolC32 (38,163) Seat 3: cdm8890 (10,952) Seat 4: BB_GUEZ_BB (6,708) Seat 5: teschio80 (5,145) Seat 6: MrsTree33 (2,936), is sitting out Seat 7: pokerfacefs (6,363) Seat 8: Poppy1951 (2,020) Seat 9: TRUBLOND (3,255) Poppy1951 posts the small blind of 60 TRUBLOND posts the big blind of 120 The button is