so today i hit up some friends i went to UMCP with that i havent talked to in awhile.
one of them jus reminded me what the hell im gonan do for a living. he (T) was asking how i was doing in poker, i basically told him that im jus making pocket change, nothing big enuf to make a living out of. he then tells me how he hates his job working 12 hours a day workin for the "man" in the big rat race. another big surprise! who would've thought working the 9-5 pm wouldnt be fun?
sigH*. one of my other friends (R) who works doesnt really complain, he jus works man. he's the type who jus accepts the way things are an keeps chugging away.
on another note, i talked to K_ about his upcoming europe trip. the plane ticket costs lik 500$ an he's planning on stayin there for 5 days. i kinda hoped it woulda been atleast a week. but im thinking of goin with him. he said he leaving early march. so i think i got some time to decide. the chance to see europe while im still unemployed seems lik a good chance i prolly wont have later on when i start working, so im gonna think more about it.
on another note. talked to a friend (T) who's also been tryin to game and he's talkina bout how i should come out with him to sarge. he thinks im some pro at gaming which im absolteuly not, prolly cant even open a set anymore since im so rusty. but im gonna go out with him to chill, catch up on old times, and prolly to talk to girls. fun times i hope :)
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Opinions, Live Poker
so since i last posted havent really done much cept a pretty long AC trip i went on. lasted lik 10 days playing live poker. spent lik $2500 on tournament costs and lik $500 on room and even more on living expenses. each tournament i busted out on cooler/badbeats an couldnt bag a big win at all to save my poker dreams. also, the fact that i cant play tournaments at all to save my life, except 10man SNG's, didnt help me either.
other than losing tournaments i played alot of cash. the first several days were straight down swings, break even an losing money. afterwards however, started making hands and made back all the money i spent on the trip. prolly $3000 total from the cash tables if not more. now taking this into consideration, making $3000 in 10 days, several of which were spent on tournament play or no play at all. i can prolly make around $3000/10days = $300/day. 300*365 = over $100,000/year. and also, i can think of several hands which i could of played better which woulda prolly gotten me to about $4000 across the 10 days. live poker is easy. however, since i dont got the roll to move out on my own and sustain a comfortable lifestyle with no stress across several losing months, theres no way i can go pro. also, personally i got kinda tired of grinding live poker tables. it got kinda old around the 5th day or so.
right now i ordered a fresh new LCD monitor and three books online about game design and game theory. i plan to read up on all that across the next 2-3 months. once spring rolls around im gonna start applying/researching for jobs i wanna do. hopefully, ill prolly start working before fall or up around then.
up until i start working though, im gonna also be playing ONLINE POKER AGAIN. (i kno ill run bad in the future an quit again lik always) im only planning on playing lik 500 hands a day at 100NL or 200NL and jus try to build steady pocket money and hopefully build up my roll a bit more. this summer Flawless is planning on goin to vegas so i might try live poker again, an maybe play in some WSOP events to win something, ya kno, ANYTHING.
other than losing tournaments i played alot of cash. the first several days were straight down swings, break even an losing money. afterwards however, started making hands and made back all the money i spent on the trip. prolly $3000 total from the cash tables if not more. now taking this into consideration, making $3000 in 10 days, several of which were spent on tournament play or no play at all. i can prolly make around $3000/10days = $300/day. 300*365 = over $100,000/year. and also, i can think of several hands which i could of played better which woulda prolly gotten me to about $4000 across the 10 days. live poker is easy. however, since i dont got the roll to move out on my own and sustain a comfortable lifestyle with no stress across several losing months, theres no way i can go pro. also, personally i got kinda tired of grinding live poker tables. it got kinda old around the 5th day or so.
right now i ordered a fresh new LCD monitor and three books online about game design and game theory. i plan to read up on all that across the next 2-3 months. once spring rolls around im gonna start applying/researching for jobs i wanna do. hopefully, ill prolly start working before fall or up around then.
up until i start working though, im gonna also be playing ONLINE POKER AGAIN. (i kno ill run bad in the future an quit again lik always) im only planning on playing lik 500 hands a day at 100NL or 200NL and jus try to build steady pocket money and hopefully build up my roll a bit more. this summer Flawless is planning on goin to vegas so i might try live poker again, an maybe play in some WSOP events to win something, ya kno, ANYTHING.
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