Redundancy/fulltime poker advice please

[mulhuzz]

i will 99% be able to sort him out some work in gaming indust a freelance roll meaning his cv wont be empty.

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fancy sorting me out?

ohh. wait.

[istrabraq]

You have 2 ask a few hard questions 1 would you miss home and your mates 2 I would imagine grinding all day is pretty boring even if your a winning player . A lot of us play part time and the money we win pays 4 nice holidays and takes the pressure off bills . As you are single with no kids enjoy yourself and do what is best for you good luck

[Raman]

i will 99% be able to sort him out some work in gaming indust a freelance roll meaning his cv wont be empty.

+1

fancy sorting me out?

ohh. wait.

Tips on this please?  I have always fancied working within the gaming industry but not even sure where one would start. 

[FUN4FRASER]

At 21 with a little money behind you should go and travel the world as this becomes more difficult when you get older and have children etc

If you still want to play poker and have a backer...Why not keep things that way until you build a bankroll  ?

And finally...... decide if you are a cash game or tournament player and stick to it .

Good Luck

[tikay]

Think I'll refrain from commenting.......

[MANTIS01]

I would take that £1.2k and set up my own electrical business on a local level. Guy mentioned opportunity cost and it's a good point really because you need to evaluate the whole trade off. A young guy with a lot of know how and a bit of enthusiasm could build a good business over the next few years. All the money earnt from every electrical job that business did over this time and it's overall value at the end has to be considered as part of the trade. Rather than going from job to job and meeting new people multiple times a day, perhaps even women, getting out there and enjoying each day, you will be huddled in front of a screen. Your mood will prob be entirely dependant on whether the right card falls even thou you will insist this isn't so. There will be no guarantee of satisfaction for a job well done. A backer is working for someone a business is working for you. Oh yeah and you piss your mum off which is highly undesirable. Thus there is a hefty overall cost to consider and really nobody can convince me their edge is so undeniably big that the total trade off is worthwhile. Also if ur doing good playing p/t just continue playing p/t and not put all ur eggs in one basket. Get some bod to run your business when you hit 30 and play poker as much as you like with a significant stable monthly income guaranteed. That would make your mum happy. Man I love poker like nothing else but playing it full time for a living would be proper ghastly.

[toddswain]

i think getting a part-time bar job might be a good idea. Your potentially going to be looking for a place to live, without the cushion of being able to pay a years rent in advance whilst playing small stakes backed. Per sonally i think its a tough ask to play your best in this scenario. Also i'd much prefer playing .25/50c on my own bean than playing ssnl backed. Being backed for cash games seems like a terrible idea if your a decent winner.

I do actually have enough to pay upfront for somewhere to live for a year, also, i got the staking deal with my current backers for the coaching basically.

Other than poker, is there anything you have always wanted to do, but found excuses not to do it?

Like have you always wanted to own your own business, become a chartered accountant, or write a crime novel?

IMO you should maybe use this opportunity to both have a crack at the pokers AND dedicate some time to another non poker life ambition. That way, even if the poker goes tits up you will have still made some strides towards doing something else you have always wanted to do.

Lots of people see poker as a CV gap, not because its what employers will think, because afterwards it feels like they wasted that time. This way you get something else out of the poker too.

I didnt even wanna be a spark tbh, got given job whilst i was in last week of school and seemed a good place to start working life, obv happy now as i got a good qualification under my belt. Seeing as ive had that all the time ive never really thought about doing anything else, not sure really   

I would take that £1.2k and set up my own electrical business on a local level. Guy mentioned opportunity cost and it's a good point really because you need to evaluate the whole trade off. A young guy with a lot of know how and a bit of enthusiasm could build a good business over the next few years. All the money earnt from every electrical job that business did over this time and it's overall value at the end has to be considered as part of the trade. Rather than going from job to job and meeting new people multiple times a day, perhaps even women, getting out there and enjoying each day, you will be huddled in front of a screen. Your mood will prob be entirely dependant on whether the right card falls even thou you will insist this isn't so. There will be no guarantee of satisfaction for a job well done. A backer is working for someone a business is working for you. Oh yeah and you piss your mum off which is highly undesirable. Thus there is a hefty overall cost to consider and really nobody can convince me their edge is so undeniably big that the total trade off is worthwhile. Also if ur doing good playing p/t just continue playing p/t and not put all ur eggs in one basket. Get some bod to run your business when you hit 30 and play poker as much as you like with a significant stable monthly income guaranteed. That would make your mum happy. Man I love poker like nothing else but playing it full time for a living would be proper ghastly.

Whilst i think this is a good idea in hindsight, everywhere is dead atm in the building trade so i think it would be a really bad time to set anything up on your own, people just dont have cash spare for work, so many electrical companies struggling its unreal

[anthonyl]

Not sure if people saying don't worry about the hole on your CV are serious. Might be different for your industry, but in financial/accounting industry, a hole on your CV = GG you. All recruiters say you are more employable if you are currently employed.

I would only go full-time if I had enough in life savings to buy a semi decent flat/house mortgage free.

[marcro]

Think I'll refrain from commenting.......

+1

[pleno1]

He never asked if he should go pro or not, thw question was about staking iirip.

[kinboshi]

He never asked if he should go pro or not, thw question was about staking iirip.

Hey guys, basically ive been an electrician for past 6 years, started like 2 days after i finished school so always been in a job, well obv recession has hit us and im being made redundant at the end of the week. Im actually pretty excited/happy about it in a way, because ive been wanting to play poker for a living for a while anyway and im fully qualified so if it does go tits up, not that i think it will, but i have something to fall back on, and as i live with my mum, she basically said if i quit my job to play poker id have to find somewhere else to live, sigh. So now seems as good a time as any to go for it.

Just wanted to ask ppls opinions on playing fulltime, ive been playing hu cash backed since february and been doing pretty well, had 1 losing month, started at 50nl, and im playing 100/200nl atm and shotting 2/4nl. Whats ppls views on playing for a living and being staked, im unsure wether i should stay with backer or not, im sure alot of ppl gonna say only i will know the answer but just curious.

Also just basically any other advice anyone cares to share. Ive probs not supplied enough info, not sure what else, but if ppl want to know anything that may help me go for it.

[GreekStein]

Why do people keep saying 100/200nl and 50/100nl i assume you mean 1-2 and .50-1?

Because online we call them $100NL and $200PLO.

Live they are 1/2 and .50/1

[pleno1]

He never asked if he should go pro or not, thw question was about staking iirip.

Hey guys, basically ive been an electrician for past 6 years, started like 2 days after i finished school so always been in a job, well obv recession has hit us and im being made redundant at the end of the week. Im actually pretty excited/happy about it in a way, because ive been wanting to play poker for a living for a while anyway and im fully qualified so if it does go tits up, not that i think it will, but i have something to fall back on, and as i live with my mum, she basically said if i quit my job to play poker id have to find somewhere else to live, sigh. So now seems as good a time as any to go for it.

Just wanted to ask ppls opinions on playing fulltime, ive been playing hu cash backed since february and been doing pretty well, had 1 losing month, started at 50nl, and im playing 100/200nl atm and shotting 2/4nl. Whats ppls views on playing for a living and being staked, im unsure wether i should stay with backer or not, im sure alot of ppl gonna say only i will know the answer but just curious.

Also just basically any other advice anyone cares to share. Ive probs not supplied enough info, not sure what else, but if ppl want to know anything that may help me go for it.

ON not if.

[SuuPRlim]

I would take that £1.2k and set up my own electrical business on a local level. Guy mentioned opportunity cost and it's a good point really because you need to evaluate the whole trade off. A young guy with a lot of know how and a bit of enthusiasm could build a good business over the next few years. All the money earnt from every electrical job that business did over this time and it's overall value at the end has to be considered as part of the trade.

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Rather than going from job to job and meeting new people multiple times a day, perhaps even women, getting out there and enjoying each day, you will be huddled in front of a screen. Your mood will prob be entirely dependant on whether the right card falls even thou you will insist this isn't so. There will be no guarantee of satisfaction for a job well done.

NOT TRUE

A backer is working for someone a business is working for you. Oh yeah and you piss your mum off which is highly undesirable. Thus there is a hefty overall cost to consider

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really nobody can convince me their edge is so undeniably big that the total trade off is worthwhile.

So you think Jungleman could have made $8m in the last 2 years doing somethng else?

[muckthenuts]

So you think Jungleman could have made $8m in the last 2 years doing somethng else?

Jungleman was a complete freak of nature though, incomparable to anything anyone else has achieved recently. It won't be easy but you're 21 so whatever, go for it. A friend of mine who grinded nl400 backed went off to live in Costa Rica and has loved life for the past 3 years. Would definitely suggest you do something similar.