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Listen to coxy, lolraise & yoyo. all great players with a vast amount of experience who have made a shed load of money over the years. Yet they are all telling you to stick with uni and get a plan b.
I remember when i started playing poker, i loved everything about the game, was immersed 24/7 just like you.
But now, only a few years down the line i really struggle to even turn the comp on. I would never of imagined feeling like this, and im sure numerous players like me are exactly the same.
You have had some excellent advise in this thread, i would seriously reconsider quitting uni, i 100% know for a fact in a couple of years you will look back and regret it MASSIVELY if you do, even tho right now in your head it feels the best thing to do.
This is not a brag, but i made (sometimes even now) serious monies playing poker, but the best decision i ever made was keeping my career going at the same time.
I look back and remember taking a year out and not wanting to go back but i cant tell you how happy i am that i did.
Poker isnt going anywhere, a year is f* *k all. Just get it done, then play poker.
Good Luck
Nailed on.
I would never kid myself, with my state of mind i reckon i could never be a full time poker pro, plus i got a lot to learn, so my only option is education if i am to be frank with myself.
Take the quality advice above onboard bearly but make it YOUR decision no one elses, because your the one thts gonna have to live with it.
Theres a lot of really good advice from young pros/good part time players right through to Julian, who although he apologises for putting his dad cap on is 100% on the button.
You're a good player there is no doubt, but you need options. People like simuk and runitsrann are into trading. Other players have either gone back to uni ala coxy or completed their degrees. If you have intelligence and basic common sense you will easily get a good job. If you dont want to work for someone else then there are loads of opportunites to do something self employed eg poker coaching, setting up a poker events company or something totally non poker related.
Just saying that you want poker to be your life is a bit naive in my opinion, its probably one of the most boring jobs going. When you have learnt 99% there is to learn about the game then what?
Hi Conor,
Probably best if I don't comment much, you have had some wonderful advice from some guys who have been there & done it, but when I was your age, I never liked taking advice, so I know the score. It must be said, your game, even at this early stage, seems to have bags of potential.
PS.......
Ps - What is PS.fr ( Is it pokerstars france as ive seen afew ppl playing in French Comps recently, yet pokerstars is a worldwide site and i,ve seen other sites with .fr after the name. Just wondering what it means?
Paul
the thing is to be happy in life, you have only one chance, grab it and be happy..
wish you all the best,, exept with the celtic thing,,lol
Im interested in the fact in the last 4 or so months uve made 3 drastic statements.....
1st moving to aussie
2nd going vegas for 3 months
and now
3rd leaving uni.
Your what in yr mid/early 2os, you sure you aint having a early midlife crisis lol
Its a serious post, you just dont seem to know were you are or what you wanna do in life. Getting a big win in the ukops was great but in 6 months can you really say poker full time is the answer????, as in making it yr livelyhood
If your heart really isnt in something and a passion is completely distracting you then I cant really see it as a bad idea to take some time to pursue that passion/dream.
Took me two cracks to finish uni, for similar reasons.
Interestingly though I have a few friends (and hear a fair bit about) successful players using poker winnings to fund their furthar education. Pokers great lol, but life can get abit empty when its your priority over a long period.
The bulk of my income over a 3 and a half year period came from poker. But about 8 months ago I was offered a job that I would have been stupid to pass up and have to admit I feel a lot better now. The mental grind has such an impact on just about everything.
Good luck and see where you are in a year or two bud.
"Global sites" cannot operate in France EXCEPT as a completely seperate entity, & if they have been awarded a specific Gaming Licence. So, the major sites you know of with monsta traffic volumes do NOT operate in France on their "usual" platform, instead they have a dedicated "France only" site. Hence the "Fr" suffix. These sites are COMPLETELY different to their international platforms. (*By "completely different", I mean the Clients & Licence, not the Software, which is presumably identical).
Several European Countrires follow this model, Italy were the first, (hence the rash of "It" suffixed sites), but there are many more now, & this trend will grow, as Governments seek to regulate Online Gaming.
But now, only a few years down the line i really struggle to even turn the comp on. I would never of imagined feeling like this, and im sure numerous players like me are exactly the same.
You have had some excellent advise in this thread, i would seriously reconsider quitting uni, i 100% know for a fact in a couple of years you will look back and regret it MASSIVELY if you do, even tho right now in your head it feels the best thing to do.
This is not a brag, but i made (sometimes even now) serious monies playing poker, but the best decision i ever made was keeping my career going at the same time.
I look back and remember taking a year out and not wanting to go back but i cant tell you how happy i am that i did.
Poker isnt going anywhere, a year is f* *k all. Just get it done, then play poker.
Do you feel they are adding enough to your game to justify such a "management fee"?
I understand this might be too early to answer but questions had me interested
Also, your comment about having the day off when you have something you would have liked to do/thinking about poker 24/7 made me think. Do you feel you have enough discipline to treat playing poker as a full time job so you get the balance between burning out and putting in enough volume?
Anyway, as I said before, good luck with it!
Matt
Yes basically i did have the bankroll if i wanted to continue playing for myself but i wanted to improve as a player and i felt this was the best way for me to do this. The other option i could have taken was to hire a coach but i felt this was a much better option. 50% is pretty standard within the poker backing industry and there services are well worth it.
Basically i cant send any hand histories to them of sky as the format doesnt allow for the hand history to me sent by email but if i am playing on another site i will ask for the hand history to be emailed to me and send it to them after the tournament. They then view the hands in universal replayer and tell me what i did well and what i did bad and what i can improve on. There record speaks for itself and i feel my game can improve so much listening to them.
Joining the stable has made me so much more disciplined and i definately have more focus to my game than i did before. As a: I am playing for other people and not just myself and B: I cant just go randomly reging upto 100 hyperturbo heads up games as i used to do! My game selection is so much better as they allow me to play as high as 50nl on cash and 55s in tournaments im not allowed to play any higher than that unless i ask them on a 1 of basis for example the super roller which is a £110 buyin they would let me take a shot at a tournament like this on a one of basis if i ask them can i play it before hand.
However now that i am older (53 years of age) i would finish the Uni course and then play poker.
All the best bearly and also i am glad to see you are a fellow Hoops supporter,take care mate.
Lots of pros and cons of it.
Main pro - the money
Main con - sitting in a corner pressing 3 buttons at silly oclock gets very very tedious and boring.
The main question is, look futher down the line as most have said. Ye its great now & your loving it but in 2,3,4 years time can you honestly say youll be this passionate about poker????. Youve already dont the hard part in uni so just stick with it & cross the line. Atleast then you have something to fall back on