Online/Live coaching
Posted by HasanGul
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Online/Live coaching
Hi everyone. My names Hasan and i live in hertfordshire, England. Very close to London for those that don't know. This is my first ever thread so apologies before hand for any mistakes i have made on the way.
I had a very bad experiences recently at home with my 4 month old baby girl who nearly choked on her own vomit. I was at work during this time and Luckily mum was there to save my little girl.
Why am i writing this thread, its because for some time ive been wanting to take my poker game to the next stage where i play the game on a more regular basis live and online and hope to make enough money to be able to pay my bills like my regular job does at the minute. When my baby girl was born i said to myself that i wanted to be there for when she does things for the first time, like when she first smiles and laughs, and when she first trys to crawl. I can only do that if i spend more time at home with her. After what me and my partner experienced yesterday i wona be at home with them even more.
i love to play poker more than most things in my lif (more than watching football or playing computer games). I want to be a regular at becoming a winning poker player on online mtts and live Mtts.
Im struggling to study alone at the minute with work and spending time with family (not that im complaining). If i had a poker coach or a group of friends who wants to take there poker game more seriously and take it to the next level and become a full time profesional and who would like to study everyday either but meeting up or through skype or whatsupp video chat that would be perfect for me. My partner hates the idea that i would like to turn poker into a fulltime career but im sure she would get around liking the idea once i get my first 6 or 7 figure poker win.
Let me know if you guys would like to do the same things and hopefully some of you are close enough for us to meet up and to review and talk about hands and situations.
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Welcome! Also coaching is always a good idea.
Hi Hasan,
The first thing I wanna say is that this is 100% only my personal opinion:
Luckily nothing happened to your baby and so I totally understand that you wanna take care about and protect your family. But I 100% agree with your partner!
-> I don't know how you imagine that the life of a poker pro is, but there are clearly some aspects which are very likely harming your family more than you realize at this stage.
It takes years to study and play the game on a daily basis before we can talk about making 6 figures and even then many guys don't make it.
Let's say somehow you are the most gifted poker player based on pure talent and learn / understand the game to be on a theoretical skill level which would allow you to make decent money in a couple of months. You still need a Bankroll to play those MTTs. It is super unrealistic to be able to build a bankroll very fast and at the same time have enough money for your family (especially living in the UK close to London)
Let's say besides being a "wunderkind", you are also lucky enough to ship a tournament at the beginning which boosts you BR. How do you imagine the lifestyle of a pro? Especially being a MTT pro, you will have long periods in which you don't win and even lose money. Dealing with those bad times is very hard people with no financial responsibility towards other people. Now imagine you have to take care of a family. You will have tons of pressure, you will start doubting yourself and your decision of becoming pro, and even if you partner still stands on your site during those times, in your head you know that YOU disappointed them.
4 Let's say you are able to somehow make your way in poker, what happens if in 5-10 years poker is dead and the best pros make 500$ a month? Even if this might sound unlikely, but do you really wanna put your future and that of your family on literally two cards?
So what I would recommend you, if you really love poker. Go ahead start with a 100$ BR and invest 100$ in RIO Essential and some books. Follow a strict BRM and see it as a hobby, maybe you can work your way up to make some nice bucks on the site to be able to pay a nice holiday once a year, but dreaming of becoming a pro and putting a lot on that card is imo very irresponsible decision at your stage of life, that's stuff you can do when you finished high school or college and are already on a very high skill level.
Sorry for being maybe a bit "direct" and personal, but as said this is only my opinion based on the short intro you wrote.
Thanks for your comment RunLikePanda. I really appreciate you given some of your time to not just reading my post but than sending a very detailed and thoughtful comment.
I agree that it is a difficult situation for any body who may be in my shoes to not be able to play poker as often as they would want forget becoming a pro. Than again there are so many poker players out there who play many many tournaments and cash games every month/year and have a family that they support. My plan is so spend majority of my weekdays to study to improve my game, and spend my Sunday's (if i can of-course lol) to play low to mid stakes online mtts. Also to play 1 live tournament a month at this time.
If i did get some coaching i would be able to put aside between $3 to $5k to start up a bankroll and that i can do without my family being affected buy this. But again only if i had the right coaching and than had the time to put more hours into learning and improving my game.
I love my family and family will always come first and i'm sure that's the same for most people. I wouldn't want to jeopardise my family's future. I believe that i can do well at poker and haven't done bad so far considering that i'm not even close to becoming a full time poker player.
I want to be able to offer my family a good life, one where we can spend alot of quality time together as a family, going on trips and having great memories to go with it. I believe that poker is one of thous ways that i can offer my family this life. I love the game of poker and i can only see if becoming even more popular as time goes on rather that plunging back down to where pros don't make much no more.
THANKS FOR BEING SO DIRECT, IF ONLY EVERYONCE COMMENTS WERE AS WELL WRITTEN AND PUT TOGETHER AS YOURS.
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