thoughs about my future in that game, looking for advices, full time grind?

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thoughs about my future in that game, looking for advices, full time grind?

Hey guys, i'm in a pretty tough spot and i need some piece of advice.

I have to tell you my "story", will be easier for you guys to evaluate all this.
I'm a former someking of gamer pro, was a top counter strike player, and geeked so much MMOs, DotA and stuff.
I quitted games for poker 1 year ago, (before i was just playing one time a month with friends for 5€, smoking pot and drinking, did not know what was a 3bet)
so i started, taking the game as any other game, removing the idea of money, and thinking about "levels"
limits were my levels i had to beat to get to the other one.
Started SNGs won some bucks (150$ or smtgh) on stars.fr
Went to NLSH, going from 2NL to 25NL in 3month (20 BI management), rolled up 1K
cashed out some, made a cool party with friends like "yeah i'm a shark girls see"
anyway

NLSH went boring for me, i loss motivation to grind 6-8 tables and make thousands of hands and beeing BE due to short badruns, and little spews.
Started MTTs seriously in october , won one or two 5€ to roll me up, then at the end of november, powered up my roll to 2K€, with some good final tables.

Then i had some health problem (december), staying at home and couldnt work or even move out.
for informations i'm project manager in communication, especially for politics.
so i decided to work my game even harder than before and trying to get the approach of a full time grinder
compared my situation with goku's time room where he trained with gohan to beat cell ahaha

anyway here i am now :

http://fr.sharkscope.com/#Player-Statistics//networks/Winamax.fr/players/ashroth1
registered runitonce after my 5.5K € won in february
my skill doubled up since that, btw thanks MTT coaches focus, on paul, espen, grayson, nick.

here is my problem now :

i have to get back to work in 3 weeks, despressing me...
roommate leaving paris, have to find another one (flat costs 1400€/month)
and my bestfriend who lives in slovakia (financial director there) says to me :
hey got a new big flat, i got ps.com, come live here, grind, get pro.
seeing how i improve every month, and how hard i work that game, why not?
i'm still young 24yo..

here we are!
i know the golden age of poker is over, but seeing all of this, i need your advices, i really dont know what to do...

thanks for reading all that boring stuff...

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TheRaulrus 11 years, 11 months ago
It's a risk for sure, but if you have the 4 P's for poker, which are, Patience, Persistence, Positivity, and most importantly, Passion, I would say go for it. My best piece of advice would be to possibly get a part-time job on the side, aside from poker, to create a more secure type of income so you don't go broke from poker due to a bad downswing. It's tough these days to become a full-time pro, but it's not impossible. Like with anything pursued in life, you just have to believe in yourself and stay positive. There's gonna be bumps in the road without a doubt, but those bumps are gonna show your true character from how you get passed them. Always make sure to read poker books of your choosing which will help improve your game and take it to the next level. Read poker forums. Try to involve yourself with poker players who know what they're doing and talking about because having some type of poker community in real life is always a huge plus. Take breaks, or vacations from the game when your in a bad downswing to re-evaluate your strategy and to clear your head. And most of all, love what you do. Passion for the game will motivate you to always be better.

Hope this helps, and good luck to you in your journey. I hope it works out.

Take care.
fitzroy 11 years, 11 months ago
I agree that some kind of non-poker income is mandatory. The stress from a downswing is so unbearable that it can literally take over all aspects of your life if you aren't properly rolled.

Aside from financial reasons, a source for non-poker income helps to create balance in your life so that everything isn't 24/7 poker.

Good Luck....keep us updated on how it's going.
Tom Coldwell 11 years, 10 months ago

Honestly, it sounds like you have a pretty good job with a secure income. My advice would be don't quit that for the potential of a poker career - it's a very bad risk/reward decision. What you should do is stay in the job you're in whilst devoting the time you can to poker. At the same time, save up some money and see how you develop. IF you find yourself making enough money that you could support yourself without your job and have enough saved that you could survive a bad run for a couple of months (or six), maybe you can quit, but in reality 7k cashes in a few weeks isn't really enough to convince me that this is a good move. Yet. But there's every chance if you keep on the path you are that there will come a time in the not-too-distant future that you could make this transition.

ashroth 11 years, 10 months ago

agreed,

some pro friends, told me to not quit work until i got 30-40K liferoll + 7K pure bankroll.
btw, i'm learning hypers, MTT only for living is really tough


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