A man with a plan?

For over two hundred years, America had a simple algorithm for its success. Vast natural resources and a risk-taking, hardscrabble, energetic immigrant class to develop those resources.

The resources have been largely depleted and the hard-working immigrants have been replaced by the ladyboy gamer generation nurtured in the bubble-wrapped suburbs on time outs.

You sir, are a charter member of that utterly useless, ladyboy gamer generation.

Welcome home to Mommy and Daddy at age 40!

Go for it.

Re: poker, I'd encourage you not to nit it up. You'll make very little in most Vegas games, like barely a living wage, and you'll quickly grow to hate poker (have you ever played 50 hours of poker in a week? it gets boring really quickly when youre nitting it up).

Here's a thread I started on how to get out of the nit trap:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...ve-nl-1169750/

The reasoning behind shipping the car is it takes awhile going across the country. I estimate 3 days and at least $500 of expense plus wear and tear on my car. Thats also 3 days Im not working nor really doing anything (although the trip would be interesting from what I hear).

TO ship and fly would prob cost somewhere in the neighbordhood of $1000. Not cheap but doable.

Thanks for the input about TI .I didnt play there last time but I had heard it was decent.

Not since I was 18, 3+ decades ago. I have a very nice single family house in Spanish Trail that I paid for with cash when I moved to LV in 2010 because housing is just so ridiculously cheap here, but nice try on the sophomoric insult. I also have a six-figure retirement income and a seven-figure net worth, but that's besides the point. If you think groceries are expensive here, you must never have lived in any other major metropolitan city in the country. For the final 10 years I lived in the DC metro area, I never walked out of a grocery store without having spent a minimum of $100. For the 2+ years I've lived here, I've only hit that number once or twice. Big difference.

And you haven't addressed my statement about housing costs or taxes. If you think Las Vegas is expensive to live in, your financial situation must be pretty pathetic.

[QUOTE=M8Ludi;33689177]True but housing is cheap M8. Its quite below the national average and now may be a good time to find a place. Thanks for the input

The subject is groceries. I spent most of my adult life in the remote republic of Vermont where everything was, (and is) much cheaper the Vegas where I have been thawing out since 2007.

I think you're under-estimating the cost. I spent about $1,100 when I shipped my car from DC a couple of years ago because I was anxious to get to Vegas and had no interest in a cross-country trip at the time. Ironically, my wife and I are now in the midst of planning a cross-country trip to Florida because we just rented an oceanfront condo on Miami Beach for 3 months and we also want to take the time to spend a few days in Santa Fe, Dallas, New Orleans, and Gainesville along the way.

But getting back to your move....

I think you should look at driving cross-country as a way to save some money and perhaps use the savings to add to your br. But whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck.

SCHEDULE

Im trying to put together a schedule of what my days will look like in Vegas. Obv this is heavily dependent on finding some type of part time employment. I would ideally like to have set days I work a pt job and set days I play poker. I would think Fri and Sat may be best for poker but that may be a false assumption.

I also plan on making sure my routine includes enough rest. When I dont get enough sleep (7 hours or so) I am in for a rough day the next day. I certainly dont play my best poker when dead tired. One of the disadvantages of not being 25 any longer!

Exercise will consist of some simple household equipment I already own. I also own p90x which is pretty good. Exercise relieves stress and obv puts me in better physical condition to stay at the table longer. I think this is one aspect of many players' games they overlook. Your physical well being is just as important as your mental well being. They go hand in hand.

Finally an eating schedule. This is one where I could use a little help. I am a big fan of CLiff bars and I plan on taking those with me to eat at the table. Water can be brought in so no tipping for the servers. I plan on a decent size breakfast which consists of bars ,some protein shakes, a piece of fruit and toast. Pretty cheap and not that bad for you. "Lunch" is the issue. What to eat when there? If I get on the tables in the early afternoon, a meal somewhere around 5:00 might be in order. What do you guys eat there to stay cheap and as healthy as possible?

Playing will be in no more than 8 hour shifts. I also like to get up and walk away from the table every couple hours. That seems to keep me more alert. I have played 14 hours in one stretch before and I was not playing my 'A' game for sure. I think 8 is plenty and I have done it numerous times.

Thanks for all the feedback. I hope I can make this an interesting journey for everyone to read about and hopefully one that works out well for me and my dreams.

Thanks DC. A friend had quoted me a price fo $800 to ship but that may be low now esp given fuel costs.

Perhaps driving is the best plan now that I think about it. thanks

As far as playing poker how is Vegas a young person’s town? What advantages would a player who is in their 20’s have over someone older? Im betting on the older player with more experience.

In case you have not been paying attention the economy has sucked for the last several years. Given its getting better, but there are a lot of reasons to not have a huge net worth at 40.

Groceries are only expensive here if you're shopping at Whole Foods, Vons or Albertsons.

Fresh and Easy and Smiths for the win.

F+E always has a lot of things on sale especially their prepared foods and meats. If they are expiring that day or the next day they are either 35%, 50% or 75% off. Just about every week their flyer has a $5 off $25 purchase and if you join their loyalty club (free) they email you another coupon that is from $10 off $50 to $14 off $70. We just got back from there, got a cart full of prepared foods, sandwich meats, vegetables, frozen stuff, a 6 pack and a bunch of other stuff. After all the discounts and coupons it came to $54. Reg price would have been over $100.

Smiths supermarket just always has low prices.

I would say drive the car here if at all possible, when I shipped my car here from NY 11 years ago it was around $1000, its gotta be more then that now.

Good luck PolProf, seems like you have a good plan!

King kind of stole my thunder.

Was just going to say not to worry so much about an eating schedule since your playing schedule will make that fall into place. Just prepare your own food, eat healthy, save money. GL.

Definitely pulling for you, will be somewhat living vicariously since ive always wanted to try it. Good luck - Ron

40 - old.....GTFO

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