Got the guys at PokerPlayer to give the thread a tweet. Hopefully get a few more runners.

Great idea guys - I've just made a £21 donation and can I be added into the cash game hat please?

Best of luck with it all, do let me know if there is anything else PokerPlayer can do to promote it.

Cheers,

Ross Jarvis

Thanks.

Have you just paid the donation directly Ross ?

Yep, just used the link on page 1 of the thread, hope that's ok...

Great idea guys - I've just made a £21 donation and can I be added into the cash game hat please?

Best of luck with it all, do let me know if there is anything else PokerPlayer can do to promote it.

Cheers,

Ross Jarvis

Hey Sam,

Ross from PokerPlayer here - thanks for all the great work you have done for us in the magazine over the last year.

My question/thought...

I think poker is a brilliant way for young people to make money - sometimes a lot of money - in a relatively short space of time. However, I always worry about the future for 18-25 year-olds that have never had any other form of income outside of poker. If you're beating $200NL (or higher) for a decent rate when you're that age it's a really good wage but if you suddenly lose that capacity to earn at the same rate - whether it's through losing your edge, not being prepared for a downswing or whatever - then these people are screwed. Nobody is going to employ a 25-year-old with no employment history in a decent job. And it's very hard to start from the bottom money-wise when you are used to the daily swings of poker.

So, as someone intelligent and with tangible skills that got into poker relatively late, what would be your advice for youngsters coming into the game? Dedicate themselves to it completely and worry about the future later? Or try and secure a fall-back option from the start, perhaps at the expense of some poker experience?

I just worry there will be a lot of busto former 'pros' in the next few years that are basically restarting their lives from scratch in their 30s.

Cheers!

Bad luck Wrighty, see you in the office tomorrow!

Good luck Wrighty, all yours mate!