there's nothing stopping you from doing poker + other things in your life. its your own fault youre a lazy sack

If u think it's a crappy life, why do it? Isn't the main selling point of being a poker pro that it is better than doing some other crappy job for equal or even more money?

lol tattoos and tazmanian devils

unless you save lives, everyone is useless.i prefer to be useless playing

I woke up on my Temperpedic Mattress today, in my house, at 6pm. I proceeded to have breakfast consisting of bison meatballs, chicken mole poblano, rice, and coffee & ancho rubbed steak which was cooked by my personal chef yesterday while I was sleeping. I watched "Before the Jersey Shore" or something on MTV while eating on a comfortable couch in front of a 55" TV.

Man, this sucks. I would much rather have gotten up at 7am to get ready to begin my commute. It would be really cool to have a boss who doesn't appreciate me. Why would I want to stay home when I could do the 9-5 routine of paperwork and promoting synergy?

When you make it big you won't eat day old food.

living the dream scw, living the dream

For now I can only dream.

If you link your quality of life and well-being to your job/career, it will be ****ty no matter what you choose to do for a living.

if you make 8 bucks an hour at arby's then it's hard to live life to the fullest

ha ha

This

If you think being a professional poker player isn't great, you're either a) doing it wrong, b) not very good at it, or c) don't have friends who work 70 hours a week for £20k (~$33k or something right now) with no career advancement prospects.

I'm on my second stint on playing full time. After 2 years of grinding 60 hours a week I got burnt out and got a job. After 2 years of working I am back to poker again.

Your job/career is what you spend the majority of your waking hours on. It's kind of hard to be happy while hating what you do for half your time.

it really does suck ballz, i've been doing it for 6months as my only source of income, and i already hate it,i go to college too, so poker will also be used as a sidekick when i get a real job. i dun't think i ever see myself turning fully pro, although i have thought about it. in conclusion, unless you making +150k/yr the swings and the toll it puts on u mentally really isn't worth it.