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« on: November 27, 2012, 04:18:27 PM » |
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Know there's been quite a bit of discussion on "poker as a career" - and area I love talking about with my professional Hr head on. Poker Deck linked this article on Facebook - think its a really good read, especially for some of the guy whom play for a living; no answers as such but jst really well written and some interesting discussion areas http://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/world-of-poker/Column:-The-Poker-Career-Gap_66337/ |
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kinboshi
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2012, 04:20:35 PM » |
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Yeah, tis a good read. Always wonder about some of the young poker geniuses, and if they could be making a fortune and building a career elsewhere or not.
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'The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.'
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AlunB
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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2012, 04:28:03 PM » |
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Barry Shoelace just owns with that column at the moment
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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2012, 04:36:24 PM » |
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Good read!! Thanks
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pleno1
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2012, 05:20:22 PM » |
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Confirmed, Barry and his columns are incred. much love.
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Worst playcalling I have ever seen. Bunch of fucking jokers . Run the bloody ball. 18 rushes all game? You have to be kidding me. Fuck off lol
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Tal
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2012, 05:41:47 PM » |
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Excellent article.
Historically, there used to be a stigma in some countries over being called a Professional Chess Player. I recall being told that most of the USSR players would get permits to leave and play in other countries in the 50s-70s (the time of the great Russian teams) on the basis that they were Journalists. Tal's own book on his greatest games refers to him as a journalist.
If you wrote an article or a chess book, you could describe yourself as one, sort of, even if it wasn't your living, as at least it was internationally recognised as a profession.
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"You must take your opponent into a deep, dark forest, where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one"
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2012, 05:57:54 PM » |
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I follow Barry on Facebook and everything he writes or posts links to is worth a read.
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AlunB
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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2012, 06:06:17 PM » |
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I once met him in real life. He's so dreamy.
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kinboshi
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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2012, 07:47:48 PM » |
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He's so witty and charismatic too.
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'The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.'
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« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2012, 08:30:41 PM » |
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. I must say some of the discussions recently on blonde have influenced a lot of the stuff I've written lately. My next column is on amatay's breakfast.
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kinboshi
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« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2012, 08:32:19 PM » |
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OMG! Barry Carter ITT!!!!
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'The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.'
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« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2012, 08:59:33 PM » |
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. I must say some of the discussions recently on blonde have influenced a lot of the stuff I've written lately. My next column is on amatay's breakfast.
oh pls make that happen. many pics. pls pls pls |
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Simon Galloway
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« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2012, 09:03:14 PM » |
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Yea it's a good article. I talk to a lot of players that went straight from school/uni to poker (some of them for a lot shorter than others..) and I agree a lot of them do have some very transferable skills... allbeit a hard sell on a CV trying to break in to a new field.
The biggest area of weakness in that group (yes this is a generalisation, there are some exceptional exceptions) is that they just can't take direction very well at all. One of the first books I ever read on poker was John Fox.. 'Play poker, quit work and sleep until noon' and it all sounds a very nice existence when everything is going well, I'm sure a lot of players that haven't even heard of the book sign up readily to the sentiment.
A reasonable stint in paid employment (kind of like a watered down National Service) does give some backbone to a lot of people. Getting up to the sound of an alarm clock is manageable after all, mornings go from being non-existent to highly productive, spare time is more valuable and often better used because of that.
If I was 21 again (there's another thread for this...) and was doing well enough at Uni playing poker to want to do it full time, I'd definitely either do a part-time Masters in a topic of interest or at least learn a language fluently, which is pretty easy to do when you can play from a laptop anywhere) and start to build a skillset that is both useful in life and would open doors into the workplace at a later point.
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« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2012, 09:08:21 PM » |
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Not really sure how sleeping until noon is a good thing ?
I'd much rather play 8-6 and have a better social life than having to grind 2-12.
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Simon Galloway
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« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2012, 09:11:59 PM » |
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The book was written long before you were born Ray.. no internet poker then, games started at 9pm.
Apart from that, I'm a firm advocate of early mornings. 6 a.m. (not so much in the winter admittedly) is without doubt my fav time of day.
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