A DOG'S LIFE

[snoopy1239]

ROLLING THE DICE


 I’ve been playing poker for around 4 years now. During that time I’ve lived and breathed the game, almost to an obsessive extent. I’ve had highs and lows, some very high and some very low. Whilst riding the poker rollercoaster, I’ve been privileged enough to meet some of the nicest folk you could ever hope to encounter. All shapes and sizes from a wide range of backgrounds. Whatever I’ve experienced from playing this incredible game, I’ve enjoyed it.

So… why am I spending my time sat in an office staring at a monitor?

That’s the question I’ve been asking myself over the last 2 or 3 months, and, so far, I’ve yet to come up with an acceptable answer.

We have an hour at work, aptly named ‘Death Hour’. This hour of torture occurs between 3 and 4pm.  It’s during this time that I am at my lowest. Bored out of my mind and wishing I was at the table. I keep glancing at the clock, praying that it suddenly jolts forward an hour, but alas, it just seems to go slower. At one point, I’m sure it went backwards. Is this how someone my age should lead their days, willing away their time in the world? When I’m older and my time is up, I’m sure I will look back on those days in dismay, wondering how I could have allowed myself to reach such a predicament.

So, as I have no responsibilities, I guess it’s time to quit the job and do something else.

What could I do?

Well… I could always give poker a crack.

I’ve been thinking about going down the poker route for a while now, but never had the guts to give it a proper go. At the moment, I work all day and poker all night. At the weekend I might play live, but I won’t get back to the early hours, which in effect turns my sleeping pattern upside down. As a result, I end up spending Monday at work totally exhausted. Death hour then takes 3 hours rather than the standard 2. I’m bloomin knackered, which makes focusing on my game that more difficult.

In a nutshell, I don’t want to spend all my time working, and when I do get home, resting so I am fresh for the next day of tedium. Sometimes you just have to face the truth. It’s just not me.

So it’s decided. In a few weeks time I’m gonna jack the job in and play poker full time. I’m still young, no wife, no kids and no debts. If there was ever a perfect time to give it a shot, now is it. I could do my whole bankroll, end up back at square one, dreading the approach of the day’s death hour. If it goes belly up, then so be it. At least I would have tried, rather than sitting in the office wondering, ‘what if?’

Recently I’ve learnt that putting your thoughts onto paper can be an extremely constructive process. Whether it’s logging your progress, discussing hands, or just airing a few ideas, I feel you stop yourself from becoming detached. Your grip on reality needs to remain firm, and my discussing of this keeps me in touch.

Every so often I will write an update on this thread, just a few paragraphs outlining my progress. I’m approaching it as an experiment. A ‘will snoopy succeed or fail?’ type of experiment. Hopefully it will be the former, but it’ll be fun finding out.

I sincerely hope that some Blondites out there find my updates interesting. I was going to just write my own private diary on a blogspot, but I thought this would be more fun. And considering the great community we have here, my belief is that I could bounce ideas off others. A few may even be thinking of heading down the same road. If that’s the case, then they’ll probably be able to learn from some of my mistakes. Either way, I really want this thread to serve a purpose.

Finally, I shall be spending the next few weeks calculating my bankroll, studying the different sites, just generally getting myself organized. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail, and if this is going to be my rent money for the upcoming months, then I want to give myself the best opportunity possible to succeed.

So, back to the aforementioned question, ‘Will snoopy succeed or fail?’

Only time will tell, but hopefully the poker gods will be smiling down upon me. . .

snoopy

-- please feel free to reply to this post --

[Royal Flush]

Fantastic Snoopy (i felt your post deserved your name!!)

You have nothing to lose, glad to see that you are going to give it a go.

Wish you all the best mate!!

[Robert HM]

Good luck my friend. You deserve success, you're a good bloke, happy to meet you at last yesterday. You also have a fair game on you, so close the taking the STT at Rob's

[Nem]

Good luck  

[dik9]

Good Luck Snoop!! Just remember if it does go tits up, as you love poker so much, the card room is always looking for decent staff So for 8 hours a day you are a winner and then get home and do it all on line!

Seriously Good Luck Though!!!

[jezza777]

WOW Snoop , I envy your youth and balls very very best of luck. If you ever need a place to crash if you are at a live festival in london give me a shout.

[byronkincaid]

In a year or so you'll most probably understand the word variance a lot better than you do now. I wish you the very best of luck.

Justin

(just starting to win again hopefully after a 2 month break even run)

[ifm]

wow, i am so jealous.
I too am stuck in a rut at work and detest the though of going, the thing is of course you need the steady income.
The trick i think is to find the winning formula, obviously you have found yours, i have yet to find mine.
I just hope it's out there............
Stick to your strengths or experiment now, there is no point giving the job up and then giving your bankroll up trying out new sites/games etc.
good luck

[divaflava]

Fine. Best of luck.

But tell everyone u r going travelling. It looks better on the cv just in case it doesn't work out.

Can I suggest u start off playing ladders/rounders 9-5 so u understand what ur doing by playing cards full-time, cos to be brutal, it's very, very boring  to play online full time unless u have a real aptitude for it.

GL tho snoop. Live the dream.

[Longy]

I wish you the best of luck snoopy its a brave step. It is one i have given alot of thought to and i may well quit teaching at the end of this school year if its viable. Keep us up to date, I would be seriously interested how you find it as a lifestyle and how you control bankroll and so on.

[bundle]

 This is going to be of great interest.

The best of luck to you

[RED-DOG]

Snoop, what ever happens mate, when you look back in years to come you will realise, it's already a sucsess

[Karabiner]

Best to have a go now than to be forever wondering "what if "

All the very best of luck (except against me of course) 

[M POWER]

One thing I would say regarding Gambling for a living.

DISAPLINE and don't be greedy

Every £20 per week you make is another £1000 per year. £80 a day is a £40k job

Good Luck

Regards

M

[Wardonkey]

Go for it Snoopy!

I quit my job in May. At the time I thought 'as long as I can get thru' the summer and watch all the cricket then I'll be happy'. Jobs are easy to get and if the worse happens then all you do is get another!
I had a couple of moments over the summer when I was tweaking my CV between hands, but it all came good. You seem determined to be better prepared than I was and I'm sure you will be ok.