I only have a sample of about 30k hands atm. I'm break-even. Im taking on a huge gamble but if I never stop trying, the odds are in my favor.

True I should have a bigger bankroll. But I can never live with myself if I don't take this risk and see what happens.

Logically I would graduate but what if die tomorrow? I have to think about now. Take a huge risk for a huge reward

im happy you have this outlook on the situation because you are 100% going to feel pain and failure.

Don't get her pregnant.

Otherwise... lol at the haters.

Most of these YOLO topics I follow usually started with either one of these situations:

A: I'm a guy in my early twety's, just finished my college degree but guess what? I'm a true degen, I'm gonna try myself as a pro and I'm sleeping in my car.
B: I'm a guy who hates his job/ just got fired, I'm kinda degen I'm gonna try myself as a pro I'm sleeping in ****ty motels/ friend's couches

So what is the common aspect in those stories? Really important: they ALL have a Plan B to fall back on. They might be degens but they are not uneducated/unemployed. They're doing what they're doing BY CHOICE not by anger, depression, desperation. Having a plan B is the most important imo and you're having none. Playing at the tables and knowing you can just go back and print money with a regular job just takes off a huge burden off your back. Poker is stressfull enough as it is, don't make it more stressfull by being a guy who HAS TO make it otherwise he is done.

By the way i don't wanna give you lectures, one thing is for sure: however this story will end it is gonna be a great life lesson to you Let's hope you can still fix it somehow if you **** it up. Anyway you being Swedish, why would you wanna do this to yourself? It's like hitting the jackpot living there, your starting salary+social care would probably be better than you will ever earn palying live poker GL anyways, I'm gonna follow you!

Most likely school isn't the major problem.

Most likely the problem is your mentality. You should probably focus on getting your life mentality together, not drain yourself mentally even more.

Gl getting your **** together

Well its not like you're gonna die if you fail, i'm sure your parents would agree to take you back if you fail, although it'd be a preeeety awkward scene if it comes to that.

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How can you expect to beat poker when you can't even finish school which is way easier...

I did exactly what you plan on doing. You will regret not powering through that last year of tedious studying even if you actually succeed in making a living of off poker. It won't last forever and it will certainly feel like a job. You're not "your own boss", you are variance's little bitch and it will be stressful, boring and all the other things you are trying to escape. Just trying to give you a reality check because I certainly could've needed one.

That being said, you remind me of myself and so I'm pretty certain you won't take anyones advice and just do it anyway. There are thousands of reasons not to do this but I won't bore you with them since you will ignorer them anyway.

My friends/family think I'm an idiot for doing this(rightfully so) and I actually made it. I couldn't imagine facing them had I failed. I don't want you to have to do that either so here is my advice

Play PLO. Seriously, that's the only realistic chance you have of turning this into your career for the couple of years it might last. Do it.

Work extremely hard on your mental game and if you notice any problems like tilting, lack of focus/discipline get it fixed immidately. This will save you soooo much pain, time and $$$.

Play on svenska spel and study 5x more than you play while you learn the game. Try to stay passionate for as long as you can because poker will eventually become a grind.

Run good.

Good luck, you will need it!

I don't expect to beat poker. But I'll do everything in my power to try to. I respect and understand your distrust. Hopefully I'll prove you wrong.

Great response and advice. Thanks

Believe me, socialistic Sweden is only nice if you want a regular job and an average life. If you want to excell at something, it's terrible.

I hope your parents slap some sense in you. Quitting high school without even having proved you win at poker ( whatever sample YOU think you have live cashgames is worthless ) is beyond terrible of an idea. Finish high school AT THE VERY LEAST.

P.s. I'm a college dropout who never got his degree further than high school so I believe I can actually relate and give you some honest advice. I know everybody likes to feel special and believe there was some special path carved out for them which will make them succeed and fail, but the reality is that if 1.000 people in your position would try the same thing, 99% would fail miserably and be negatively impacted for live ( you will NEVER finish high school once you drop out and choose to play poker, thus limiting your future options drastically )

I urge you to not do this

GL.

I'm not special. I'm just a stupid kid with a vision and a dream. So what if I don't achieve the "impossible", not trying is worse. I still have no reason to continue high school.

The world needs McDonald's employees too I guess. Just don't spit in people's burgers when you get upset over wasting your life.

I'll be the best burger-flipper McD has ever seen

I was where you were in the states. I left half way through my senior year to pursue poker. Good luck

I'm a 18 years old drooler like you, just finished highschool. I just want to tell you that managing both poker and school is super easy. I'm not a poker superstar but i've made decent money (for a student) out of freerolls while maintaining high grades, and still had time to party and socialize. Wait till you earn a decent amount playing poker before you go pro.

Also quitting highschool 1 year before you graduate is a very bad decision. You spent a lot of years for this degree and one more year won't kill you. You are kinda too commited to it to give up now. Like if you needed 4 more years to have your paper it would be more understandable, but for one more year you clearly have to finish. Think of the life equity you gain by finishing your paper and think about the life equity you would gain by starting your poker career 1 year earlier. Clearly the best choice would be to finish school.

Also online cashgame are by far the thoughest type of game right now. I would advise you to grind SNG. Hit me up if you need any help or advice!

Gl with your dream

Playing poker full time is gonna be even bigger struggle than finishing high school. If you find high school "braindead", booring etc. unfortunately grinding poker will feel the same or even worse therere if you couldn't finish high school odds are against you that you will grind it through and became succesful in poker.

You are looking for "mountain to climb", challange etc. but can't even finsh high school when obstacles appear. See anything wrong with that?

You are right. However, I quit high school not because I was tired of studying. School is really easy. I quit because I don't believe in doing something that doesn't help me in any way. Why would graduating high school be good for me? So I can show on a peace of paper that I did what 95% of all swedes did too? I'm not going to go to a college or university.

I actually think sits are the toughest, except for 180s and maybe 45s, if you (now talking to you sweden kid) had the time and money to support downswings, the best would be to play MTTs (a lot of fish), but given your position i suggest you to play live games... or the lotto.



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Great response.

1 year seems like a small time but is it really? What if I only live for 5 more years? What if I die tomorrow from an allergic attack? I think we're all too often looking at our lives as if we're garantueed to se a tomorrow. Now is the best time to start following your dream in my oppinion. I tried doing both school and following my dream for over 3 years but it didn't work. I'm the kind of person who rarely work with balance. When I find something I believe in, I go all in.

But think about it. Do you really think that on you have 5 years of life left in your situation? Like you remaining equity in life amounts to 5 years in average? I don't know you but you don't seem to have cancer or a very serious problem, so you can estimate that you still have the life expectancy of the average swede. So do you really think knowing that you still have 60 years on this planet to live that going all in on poker is the right choice? Again there is always a chance that you might die in the next hour, but the probability of it happening is so small that you can't base your life choices on it.

But I respect your choice and hope that you'll work things out. If you give 200% of yourself you might do it. Best of luck.